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Menthol increases nicotine addiction by tweaking brain

Health

Menthol increases nicotine addiction by tweaking brain

The popular mint cigarette flavouring menthol may make smoking a harder habit to kick by increasing the number of nicotine receptors in our brains

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Enter the kaleidoscopic world of cancer drug crystals

Health

Enter the kaleidoscopic world of cancer drug crystals

Regulars

Australian smokers learn to accept gruesome packets

Health

Australian smokers learn to accept gruesome packets

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First 'smoking' TV ad for half a century a bad move

Health

First 'smoking' TV ad for half a century a bad move

Comment

First world war dysentery bug was penicillin-resistant

Health

First world war dysentery bug was penicillin-resistant

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Smoke without fire: What's the truth on e-cigarettes?

Technology

Smoke without fire: What's the truth on e-cigarettes?

Features

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Health

LSD's ability to make minds malleable revisited

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Kew's Intoxication season: live the high life

Life

Kew's Intoxication season: live the high life

CultureLab

Linking cannabis and suicide doesn't prove causation

Health

Linking cannabis and suicide doesn't prove causation

Comment

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Health

WHO vaping report is 'misguided', say tobacco experts

A group of tobacco experts has called into question the reliability of the World Health Organization's guidelines on e-cigarettes

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Health

US aiming to help more heroin addicts and jail fewer

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Life

Modified yeast makes opiates for the first time

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Health

UK push to put warning labels on alcoholic drinks

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Technology

Esports: Doping is rampant, industry insider claims

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