20 Feb 2007
Smoking produces changes in human brain like those in animals using illicit drugs

There ya have it: one cigarette and the next think ya know you'll be shootin' smack!

I'm gonna apply for a grant to study the deadly effects of carrots - why, did you know that every single human who ate a carrot before 1870 is now dead! Astonishing how long this threat has gone undetected! But don't worry, I'm digging for the root of the problem - the Orange Menace must be stopped at all costs!

New research shows for the first time that smoking produces long-lasting biochemical changes in the human brain similar to those changes previously seen in the brains of animals that used cocaine, heroin, and other illicit drugs.

(link) [EurekAlert!]

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