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Side Affects Of Nicotine Gum
Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the U.S. today. Each year, one out of every six deaths in the nation is attributable to this habit - a public health threat so severe that the Surgeon General set the ambitious goal of a smoke-free society by the year 2000.
As every smoker knows, quitting is no easy matter. Cigarettes and other tobacco products are both physically and psychologically addictive, principally because they contain a powerful drug -
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Nicotine
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Nicotine is a bitter-tasting compound that naturally occurs in large amounts in the leaves of tobacco plants.Nicotine poisoning results from too much... Read more »
Nicotine Addiction
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