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Mind Over Matter: Tobacco Addiction

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Describes how nicotine acts on the heart to change heart rate and blood pressure, and discusses dependency, treatment, and effects of long-term nicotine use.

NIH Pub Number: 06-4248
Published: January 1998
Author: National Institute on Drug Abuse
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Describes how nicotine acts on the heart to change heart rate and blood pressure, and discusses dependency, treatment, and effects of long-term nicotine use.
Publication Cover
NIH Pub Number: 
06-4248
Date: 
January 1998
Author: 
National Institute on Drug Abuse

This page was last updated January 1998.

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