Tag: Nicotine
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Tobacco and hunger
Nicolas RoblesArturo Benegasi Jose MarínBadajoz, Spain Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) is a plant whose leaves contain high levels of nicotine, a highly addictive stimulant. Spaniards brought tobacco to Europe in the fifteenth century from the Antilles in the Caribbean, where it was smoked in traditional ceremonies by native populations. Its consumption spread rapidly throughout Europe, despite…
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Self-regulation in peril
Yasmina Rebani-LeeNew York, New York, United States One day on my walk home, I began to tally up the number of vapor shops, or vape shops, I came across. To my dismay, I found that four of these shops had sprouted within a five-block radius, practically the equivalent of one on each block. I began…
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It’s elementary: The addictions of Sherlock Holmes
Kevin R. LoughlinBoston, Massachusetts, USA One might ask, why write about the addictions of a fictional character? The answer is that there is often a fine line between reality and fiction. The New York Times columnist Bret Stephens recently quoted a survey that found 20% of British teenagers thought that Winston Churchill was a fictional…