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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2007 99(10):749-750; doi:10.1093/jnci/djk218
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NEWS

ADDICTED TO CIGARETTES

Can Reducing Nicotine Help Wean Smokers?

Mary Beckman

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The tobacco industry has admitted it outright, and now researchers and health care professionals are taking it to heart: Cigarettes are a nicotine delivery system.

The trouble is that nicotine itself isn't all that bad for you. In fact, some research suggests it could help schizophrenia, attention deficit disorder, and depression, as well as the average Joe who just wants to focus a little better.

And cigarette smoke is an effective courier. Breathing in naked nicotine hurts the lungs, and as odd as it seems to nonsmokers, cigarette smoke actually smoothes nicotine inhalation. From the lungs, nicotine has a straight shot to the brain. Taking in the addictive drug through other routes doesn't feel the same, nor does it act as quickly.

But cigarette smoke is full of a myriad of chemicals known to cause cancer. Because tobacco smoke causes so much disease, public-health professionals and organizations are more concerned . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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