Is Nicotine Bad

I was searching on the internet the other day and came across this question that someone asked, "is nicotine bad for you". I thought about this for a while and didn't really know how to answer the question because I thought the wrong question was being asked. Seriously, should we be asking if nicotine is bad when there are a host of other cancer causing agents in tobacco. I mean, is someone going to quit smoking because the idea of smoking causing lung cancer just isn't scary enough, they also need to know that nicotine makes your ears ring before they'll quit.

I talk a little more about this question on my website. But I just wanted to drop in for a second and publish this thought before I forgot about it.