While its true that cigar smoke from tobacco leaves, specifically the nicotine it contains, can have a repellent effect on bed bugs, its important to emphasize that the practice of intentionally smoking bed bugs carries significant risks and is not recommended
Visual cues trigger automatic responses through classical conditioning, so removing them should cut urges by 40-50%
non-fatal diseases related to smoking peripheral vascular disease, cataract, Crohn's disease, ulcers of the stomach, duodenal ulcers, hip fractures (over 65 years)
Typically, a nicotine patch can last you for 16 to 24 hours, which is already long enough for an NRT product
Of course any parabola reaches its zenith or its nadir but the appeal of purple hearts or nicotine is that up and down cancel one another out, which is why those who use them simply keep on going