A nicotine patch could be used for the treatment of neurological disorders, including Parkinson’s, mild cognitive impairment, ADHD, Tourette’s, and schizophrenia.
Dan Hurley, author of Smarter: The New Science of Building Brain Power, is on a quest to make his brain work better. He is looking into the evidence for why nicotine may be the best bet for building brain power.
Continue reading… “Can a nicotine patch make you smarter?”
More than 1.78 million middle and high school students nationwide had tried e-cigarettes in 2012.
Electronic cigarettes use among middle and high school students has been rising rapidly, a trend that public health officials worry could undermine decades of efforts to reduce youth smoking and put a growing number of teenagers on a path toward conventional cigarettes.
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The research effort will attempt to design a vaccine conferring immunity to nicotine, using nanotechnology.
At Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute, Yung Chang and her colleagues have launched an ambitious new project designed to attack nicotine dependence in a radically new way.
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People who use nicotine replacement therapies find it easier to quit smoking, but are just as likely to relapse.
Millions of smokers have used nicotine gum and patches to help kick the habit. But they have been found to have no lasting benefit and may backfire in some cases, according to the most rigorous long-term study to date of so-called nicotine replacement therapy.
Continue reading… “Nicotine patches and gum won’t help smokers quit long-term: study”
Early morning smokers have higher levels of nicotine and possibly other tobacco toxins in their body.
Are you a smoker that needs a cigarette soon after waking up in the morning? Then, you have an increased risk of developing lung, and head and neck cancers, two new studies have warned.
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Alex Hearn’s nicotine inhaler
There are thousands of ex-smokers who haven given up their habit, only to feel the yearning for the euphoric effects of nicotine. And there are the smokers who refuse to listen to reason and continue the habit saying, “Death is inevitable -whether by cigarette or a car-it make no difference.” Continue reading… “New nicotine inhaler: Is it a safer alternative to cigarettes?”
A woman smoking an electronic cigarette.
On Monday, the U.S. government said it plans to regulate electronic cigarettes as tobacco products.
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