Nicotine Addiction
Nicotine Addiction
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Waltham, MA: Massachusetts Medical Society
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English
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Waltham, MA: Massachusetts Medical Society
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This review gives an account of the cigarette as a highly efficient nicotine delivery system. It explains how nicotine induces pleasure, reduces stress and anxiety, and causes addiction to tobacco smoking. The basis of nicotine addiction rests on its effects on the brain, but addiction is also influenced by learned or conditioned factors, genetics,...
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Nicotine Addiction
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_2928221
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_2928221
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0028-4793
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1533-4406
DOI
10.1056/NEJMra0809890
