Hope for the hooked after scientists find nicotine gene
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A single gene could be responsible for determining how easily people become addicted to smoking, according to a report published today.
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Research published in the international medical journal Addiction showed that moderate exercise reduced the intensity of smokers' nicotine withdrawal symptoms
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Researchers say they have identified brain cell receptors that appear to be responsible for nicotine addiction, a finding of clear importance for smokers who are desperately trying to kick the habit.
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Scientists in China have identified  about 400 genes that appear to make some people more easily  addicted to drugs, opening the way for more effective therapies  and addiction control.
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Researchers have identified brain receptors in mice that seem to control nicotine addiction.
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Future smokers may be programmed in the womb to take up the habit later in life, research published on Tuesday said.
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The finding raised hopes of developing novel drugs that would abolish pain by blocking the geneâs function.
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By altering a gene, scientists have produced "marathon mice" with more muscle, less fat, and twice the endurance of regular mice. The find could lead to new anti-obesity drugs.
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Scientists at the Washington University School of Medicine have identified a gene that may be connected to both alcoholism and depression, the Associated Press reported Sept.
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A new study has found that chewing tobacco may be almost as effective as cigarettes in delivering nicotine and carcinogens.
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SAN FRANCISCO  - Researchers report another   benefit from quitting smoking: beneficial bacteria in the nose   and throat soon return to normal levels.
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People who find it difficult to clear nicotine from their body may be more vulnerable to getting hooked on smoking.
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Respite from the diet roller coaster may come in the form of an experimental pill. And because the pill also targets the brain&#39;s pleasure center - the first diet pill to do so - it&#39;s showing some promise in helping smokers kick cigarettes.
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BOSTON -- The level of nicotine found in U.S. cigarettes has risen about 10 percent in the past six years, making it harder to quit and easier to get hooked, according to a new report released Tuesday by the Massachusetts Department of Health.
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WASHINGTON - Researchers in California, using genetically modified mice, say they&#39;re closing in on understanding exactly what makes nicotine in tobacco so addictive.
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A single gene could be responsible for determining how easily people become addicted to smoking, according to a report. By tweaking a gene in the brains of mice, US researchers were able to create a hypersensitive
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Are you addicted to nicotine? It could be in your genes. A new study published today in the journal, &#39;Tobacco Control&#39; indicates that people who have a gene mutation that causes their liver to clear nicotine