The Addiction Lie One of the most misleading narratives being peddled by charismatic influencers and doctors on social media is the claim that nicotine isnt addictive
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We have also revealed for the first time the full neural effects of active (simulated) smoking, which includes activation in a network of cortical (motor, insula, cingulate, amygdala) and sub-cortical (putamen, thalamus) regions, with relative deactivation in ventral striatum and orbitofrontal cortex
For households with children, elderly individuals, or anyone with respiratory conditions, the safest and most effective way to protect against secondhand smoke is to eliminate the source entirely
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