If only there was a way to magically “shut off” our cravings for all of our vices. Some kind of pill or shot that just took it all away…
It sounds very sci-fi, but it’s close to becoming a reality.
U.K. researchers are preparing to investigate whether hormones found in the gut could help people beat their addictions, and stop people who have given up smoking, drinking, and even overeating from relapsing into their bad habits.
A large test of reduced-nicotine cigarettes finds that the products may help smokers kick the habit.
New research published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that smokers who use low-nicotine cigarettes don’t smoke more or inhale more deeply to get a bigger nicotine “buzz.”
For the first time ever, the rate of daily cannabis use has now surpassed the rate of daily cigarette use.
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Tobacco has been cultivated as a cash crop in the USA for many decades. Because of its high revenue potential, tobacco growers often went the extra mile to ensure a good harvest. Toward that end, the growers eagerly embraced the latest and ‘greatest’ farming methods which kept pests and weeds at bay.
When paradigms shift, tyrants fall, or corporations lose their market, it is often not from some spectacular event, but by a single, humanizing display. We have just witnessed such an event during the interview of high-profile GMO advocate Patrick Moore.
Is there a way to mitigate the damage caused by smoking cigarettes? Preliminary research is showing the answer to this question may be yes, and the result could be a financial blockbuster to anyone able to patent a form of it.
