Nicotine
- News
UK’s Haleon to sell nicotine replacement therapy biz outside US to Dr Reddy’s
New Delhi: UK-based consumer healthcare company Haleon on Wednesday, June 26, that it has entered into an agreement to sell its nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) business outside of the US to Dr…
- Health
Reduced grey matter in brain linked to teen smoking, nicotine addiction
London: Levels of grey matter in two parts of the brain may be linked to a desire to start smoking during adolescence and the strengthening of nicotine addiction, a new study has…
- Technology
CSIR-CIMAP study lowers nicotine content in Tobacco plant
Lucknow: The CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP) has successfully lowered nicotine content in the Petit Havana Tobacco plant variety by using a genome editing tool and reduced 60-70 percent…
- Health
E-cigarettes can cause cardiac arrhythmias, warns new research
New York: A new US study involving an Indian-origin researcher has found that exposure to e-cigarette aerosols can cause heart arrhythmias in animal models — both in the form of premature and…
- Health
Nicotine dose in one cigarette blocks estrogen production in women’s brains: Study
Vienna: The amount of nicotine in one cigarette inhibits women’s brains from producing estrogen. This may explain a variety of behavioural differences in smokers, including the reason why women have a higher…
