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New Zealand scraps world-first smoking ‘generation ban’ to fund tax cuts (www.theguardian.com)

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Health experts say axing plan to block sales of tobacco products to next generation will cost thousands of lives

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[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

No reason other than nicotine

It's not just nicotine though. Effects of MAO inhibition and a combination of minor alkaloids, β-carbolines, and acetaldehyde on nicotine self-administration...

We don't know the full role Tobacco specific Nitrosamines and other alkaloids play, but it's there.

[–] gila@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

It reinforces the effect of the nicotine. That's literally why tobacco companies were adding acetone to cigarettes back when they were publicly denying it was even addictive.