Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
A recent study by a Kansas state researcher (find it here) reports that part of the power of nicotine may be in its enhancement of other experiences that go hand in hand with it.
While the online source I included suggests that nicotine's effect may be only in this indirect enhancement, ...
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Thursday, December 24th, 2009
We've known for a while that genes play a role in addiction in general and that nicotine is addictive at least in part because it activates receptors for a chemical called Acetylcholine (ACh) that are found all over the brain and body. Nevertheless, finding the specific mechanism for the genetic ...
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Thursday, November 19th, 2009
Contributing co-author: Andrew Chen
It's no secret that alcohol and cigarettes go hand in hand, but for most drinker-smokers, the reasons are probably a mystery. Does alcohol simply make people less able to control urges or is there something more direct about the connection between the two?
Alcohol reduces control over cravings
A ...
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Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
When most people think about addiction, they imagine a person completely unable to control their cravings, always wanting the thing they're addicted to. That was certainly my experience throughout most of my addiction.
So what happens when you just can't have it? What happens when drug use is just not allowed? ...
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Saturday, August 8th, 2009
A recent addiction research article combined findings from 31 different studies to assess the impact of large terrorism events on rates of alcohol, cigarettes, and drug use. The researchers noted that most of the studies occurred after the World Trade bombing of September 11th, 2001.
After controlling for the level of ...
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Saturday, May 16th, 2009
A recent study published in Addictive Behaviors showed that thinking actively about quitting allows people to smoke less!!!
In the experiment, participants from one group of smokers were asked to think about reasons to quit smoking and write them down on a piece of paper. Participants from a second group of ...
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Friday, November 14th, 2008
Contributing co-author: Andrew Chen
When a pregnant mother smokes cigarettes, nicotine and carbon monoxide pass across the placental barrier. This disrupts the normal transfer of oxygen and nutrients to the developing fetus, harming its development.
It's been estimated that nearly 1 in 10 American women smoke cigarettes while pregnant (1). This ...
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