Smoking cessation; nicotine gum?

i always thought nicotine keeps you addicted to smoking, but the tar is what is a danger to your health. now i hear nicotine causes damage to lungs also. does anyone know if this happens only when inhaled, or would the nicotine in the stop smoking gum also damage lungs? i have been using the gum to not smoke (haven't smoked in 9 months, still addicted to the gum) my lungs are worst than when i smoked!

I don't know the answer to whether nicotine damages you or not. It is a strong poison, so the chance is good that it does. If you have gone 9 months without smoking, you are free of the smoking addiction and your lungs are probably looking great. However, you are NOT free of the nicotine addiction. It's not as hard as you think to free yourself of this. Actually, it's easy. Read the book, "Easy Way to Quit" by Allen Carr. It worked for me. And you don't even have to stop the nicotine until you have actually finished the book. The book helps a person get rid of all the brainwashing that makes us believe its difficult to stop smoking. That brainwashing is the reason people fail to stop sometimes.
If I can do it, you certainly can!

No the gum does not hurt your lungs, however it is not good to be addicted to it either. Use patches to get off gum.