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Reduced Nicotine Cigarettes Make Anxious Smokers Smoke Less

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Pennsylvania: According to Penn State College of Medicine and Harvard Medical School researchers, reducing the quantity of nicotine in cigarettes to non-addictive levels may help smokers with mood or anxiety issues quit without harming their mental health. The findings were released in the journal PLOS ONE.

In the United States, tobacco use continues to be the biggest preventable cause of early death and disease. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the government of New Zealand recently made plans to reduce the quantity of nicotine in cigarettes to levels that are not highly addictive.

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