To understand at the molecular level how genetic variability, particularly with respect to nicotinic receptor genes, influences risk for drug dependence and co-morbid ... in many studies to alter risk ...

Which is natural: nicotine salt or fresh air? Do not let Big Tobacco make decisions for you. Choose fresh air over flavored poison, writes guest columnist Prince Pempton, a longtime Cleveland native ...

Nicotine is an addictive chemical found in tobacco products, such as cigarettes, electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes), cigars ...

The effectiveness of a common drug to quit smoking could be down to people's genes, according to a study from the University of Leicester (United Kingdom). Varenicline is widely recognized as the ...

Tapper and his collaborators habituated mice to nicotine by spiking their water with the drug for six weeks. When the researchers then withheld nicotine from those mice, they exhibited the classic ...