▲ 272 ▼ A Chinese man who chain-smoked his way through a marathon was disqualified for smoking on the course (www.businessinsider.com) submitted 2 years ago by roastedDeflator@kbin.social to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world 41 comments fedilink hide all child comments A Chinese man was disqualified from the Xiamen Marathon for chain-smoking during the race, violating a new rule against uncivilized behavior.
[–] Pulptastic@midwest.social 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) Smoke is bad but nicotine is an upper. Maybe that makes is less bad in the short term? Or maybe when helpful? permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago it's also a vasodilator/bronchodilator. Not a good one, not one you'd want to use for performance enhancement, but yeah. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago it's also a vasodilator/bronchodilator. Not a good one, not one you'd want to use for performance enhancement, but yeah. permalink fedilink source parent