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American cigarette manufacturers have filed a lawsuit against the FDA.
The largest US tobacco companies filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the District of Columbia against the Federal Office of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
read more ...05/04/15
Interesting facts about cigarettes, countries - tobacco leaders.
Every minute in the world are sold about 8-10 million cigarettes and daily 13-15 billion cigarettes.
read more ...04/01/15
Anti-smoking campaigns run to extremes.
It is strange to what can bring the foolishness of anti-smoking crusaders in their attempts to impose all the rules of a healthy lifestyle, even if they lead to a violation of all norms, artistic freedom and civil society.
read more ...03/03/15
Two Proteins Linked To Nicotine Addiction

02/04/08

A genetic study of 14,000 smokers from the United States and Europe found two proteins linked to nicotine addiction.

A genetic study of 14,000 smokers from the United States and Europe found two proteins linked to nicotine addiction. DNA samples from about 6,000 people were analysed for 500,000 known variations in the human genome to determine whether any of the variations predicted cigarettes per day during the period of heaviest smoking for the subjects. A second population of about 8,000 people, whose smoking histories were known, was analysed in a similar manner, the result again suggesting that variations in these two genes increased risk for heavy smoking. Taken together, the two studies provide evidence that variations in the alpha 3 and alpha 5 nicotinic receptor subunit genes play a significant role in risk for nicotine addiction. The researchers said the alpha 3 and alpha 5 nicotinic receptor subunits will be made targets for new smoking cessation medication development programmes by pharmaceutical companies. The findings by researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, GlaxoSmithKline and the University of Toronto are published online in advance of publication in Molecular Psychiatry.

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