October 4, 2010

Experts Urge Making Cigarettes Non-Addictive a Research Priority

ScienceDaily for October 1, 2010 reported on research to reduce the nicotine in tobacco.

According to this new report, reducing the amount of nicotine in cigarettes to non-addictive levels could have a significant public health impact on prevention and smoking cessation. Over time, the move could dramatically reduce the number of annual deaths related to cigarette smoking by decreasing adolescent experimentation with cigarettes preventing a progression to addiction, and by reducing dependence on tobacco among currently addicted smokers of all ages.