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I don't know if the evidence is more than anecdotal, but I've read that ADHD smokers who are taking adderal have to increase the dose of their treatment to remain functional when they quit smoking.

I've been taking nicotine patches for half a year now, with great success (and it is available OTC unlike other stimulants). Nicotine in itself isn't toxic at these doses (7, 14, 21mg), it's a cool life hack :-).

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I enjoy cigars and notice the positive effect, my fear with the patches or Lucy/zyn is that it not being self limiting seems to lead to people having one in their lip literally every waking minute when they’re not eating.

Patches are changed once per day, and their pharmacokinetics isn't addictive (the nicotine blood levels rise too slowly to give you a dopamine boost).

I sometimes realize in the afternoon that I forgot to change my patch in the morning because I'm a bit drowsy (a feeling not unlike being uncaffeinated when you're used to drinking coffee). AFAIK the withdrawal symptoms fade out in at most a week.

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