In article <81bnr3pgurb4s4p01knhgldc8n0ufhevcq@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
mike weber <fair****tfan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> A single cigarette can cause addiction, says study
>
> PARIS (AFP) - Smoking just one cigarette can cause tobacco addiction
> in some people, according to a New Zealand study published on
> Wednesday.
>
> Medical researchers asked 96,000 youngsters aged 14-15 to fill in
> questionnaires about whether they smoked and whether they felt the
> need to continue smoking.
>
> Those who smoked frequently replied, as expected, that they felt the
> urge to continue smoking.
>
> But what surprised the investigators was the number of infrequent
> smokers who also re****ted a craving
>
> (more)
> http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hZ0brn5mtYzZ48MW51Lnk3UkJTwA
Note the difference between the headline and the study. The actual
evidence was not about addiction but about teenagers who, in responding
to a questionnaire, said that they found it hard to repress an urge to
smoke. Among those who said that, "10 percent had the impulse within two
days of smoking their first cigarette." And the actual conclusion was:
"these data suggest that smoking one cigarette in total can prompt a
loss of autonomy,"
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