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From: bch@mcnc.UUCP (Byron Howes)
Newsgroups: net.misc.coke
Subject: Re: Of vanilla beans and tobacco juice in old Coke
Message-ID: <657@mcnc.mcnc.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 27-Jul-85 23:40:27 EDT
Article-I.D.: mcnc.657
Posted: Sat Jul 27 23:40:27 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 29-Jul-85 06:35:06 EDT
References: <1054@ames.UUCP> <1375@peora.UUCP>
Reply-To: bch@mcnc.UUCP (Byron Howes)
Organization: North Carolina Educational Computing Service
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Summary: 

In article <1375@peora.UUCP> jer@peora.UUCP (J. Eric Roskos) writes:

>You could also test the hypothesis on a smoker (one who smoked relatively
>few cigarettes per day), by seeing whether or not coke satisfied his or her
>craving for nicotine.  (This wouldn't be a good test in itself, since the
>caffeine, etc. might also influence it... I am not sure; also, if it didn't
>work, your test smoker would be climbing the walls with frustration trying
>to get a cigarette... :-))

As a relatively recent (3 months) ex-smoker I can assure you that coke in
any of its various incarnations does *nothing* to assuage the craving from
nicotine.  Even so, I doubt the test is a useful one.  As it turns out I
use bubble gum to chase away the nicotine heebie jeebies to good effect.  I
don't think bubble gum has nicotine in it....
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						Byron C. Howes
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