Vaping delivers nicotine, which will cause a positive cotinine test and lead to the same immediate effects as cigarettes (spikes in glucose, cortisol, etc.)
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In the lab, Springer puts a cigarette or a joint in a plexiglass box, lights it and lets the chamber fill with smoke
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Plot [edit] Nick Naylor is a Big Tobacco spokesman using "research" from an institution of which he is vice-president, a tobacco lobby called the "Academy of Tobacco Studies"