robbster wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptCould our new president of the United States become a poster child for smoking cessation and the millions of Americans trying to quit?
Now that President Obama is in the White House the eye is one him to see if he will follow through with his [...]

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CiglessBot wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptUniversity research suggests individuals with greater sensitivity to bitter tastes are less likely to develop a dependence on nicotine than those with a lower sensitivity to such tastes.
“If a person is a [sensitive] taster, then that person is less likely to become a smoker,” said [...]

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CiglessBot wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt University of Virginia Health System researchers found that two interacting genes related to bitter taste sensitivity play an important role in a person’s development of nicotine dependence and smoking behavior.
People with higher taste sensitivity aren’t as likely to become dependent on nicotine as people [...]

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robbster wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptNicotine dependence is the physical vulnerability to the chemical nicotine, which is potently addicting when delivered by various tobacco products.
Smoke from cigarettes, cigars and pipes contains thousands of chemicals, including nicotine.
Being addicted to tobacco brings a host of health problems related to the substances in [...]

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CiglessBot wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptNew study from Canadian researchers published in Addictive Behaviors
Parents who smoke cigarettes around their kids in cars and homes beware – second-hand smoke may trigger symptoms of nicotine dependence in children.
The findings are published in the September edition of the journal Addictive Behaviors in a [...]

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CiglessBot wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptA Kansas State University psychology professor’s research suggests that nicotine’s power may be in how it enhances other experiences.
For a smoker who enjoys drinking coffee, the nicotine may make a cup of joe even better.
And that offer another explaination why smoking is so hard to [...]

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