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Is nicotine itself the dangerous part?
Mostly, no. Most of smoking's cancer, lung and heart disease comes from the smoke: the tar and thousands of chemicals from burning tobacco.
But nicotine is addictive. It raises heart rate and blood pressure, and it can harm babies in pregnancy and teenage brains. So without smoke, pouches and vapes are less harmful than smoking. Not harmless.
About this film
A 27-second vertical (9:16) explainer film, made in the Risograph print style, published on 18 October 2026.
Is nicotine the dangerous part of smoking? Mostly no: most of the harm comes from the smoke. Nicotine still hooks you and pushes your heart.
The style: Risograph print. True spot-ink print: halftone dots, misregistration, drawn in code.
Scene by scene
- 0:00Hook: nicotine lifts out of a cigarette — MOSTLY NO
- 0:03The smoke swallows lung, heart and cell
- 0:07Inside the haze: tar drops and thousands of chemicals
- 0:10Turn: nicotine alone — a hook, and a racing heart
- 0:14Pregnancy and teenage brains
- 0:18Verdict: less harmful, not harmless
- 0:22End card: tomorrow, your last cigarette
Transcript
Is nicotine itself the dangerous part? Mostly, no. The cancer, lung and heart disease from smoking? Mostly the smoke: tar and thousands of chemicals from burning tobacco. But nicotine is addictive. It raises heart rate and blood pressure. It can harm babies in pregnancy, and teenage brains. Without smoke, pouches and vapes are less harmful.
Not harmless. Tomorrow: What happens after your last cigarette? Follow to find out.
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