Nicotine Addiction
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- 17 June 2010
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 362 (24) , 2295-2303
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmra0809890
Abstract
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, and social and environmental conditions.Keywords
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