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How do we safely get people to stop smoking?
Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.) - 1 Nov 2011
Lam David C L, Minna John D
Abstract excerpt
Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) is a valuable, proven, and U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved tool for smoking cessation. However, the discoveries of functional nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR) on lung epithelial and cancer cells and of nAChR polymorphisms associated with lung cancer risk, in addition to a large number of preclinical studies indicating that nicotine may promote or facilitate...
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