Prolonged exposure to nicotine rewires specific brain circuits to dramatically increase the motivation to work for food, ...

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Biohackers chasing the fountain of youth are turning to an unlikely new tool: nicotine. Once demonized for its role in cigarettes, the addictive stimulant is now being recast as a cognitive enhancer ...

Nicotine addiction remains one of the most persistent public health challenges worldwide, driven by changes in the brain that reinforce repeated use and make quitting extremely difficult. For decades, ...

When Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, was reportedly spotted using a nicotine pouch during his Senate confirmation hearing, it sparked a firestorm of curiosity.

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One day, long ago, a tobacco plant discovered humans and it has never relinquished its control over our brain. During the intervening millennia, we humans have tried to find novel uses for this plant ...