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Start on the lower end, oral nicotine hits differently than inhaled

Image Credit: Radhavar / Shutterstock In a recent study published in the journal Translational Psychiatry , researchers summarized the characteristics, mechanisms, harmful consequences, and interventions for betel nut addiction

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As a physician, but also as a mom of three impressionable kids, Im deeply concerned about how the media are targeting nicotine pouches directly at teens and young adults, helping to normalize nicotine use at an age when the brain is still developing and most vulnerable

If youve been smoking for a while and find that youre regularly feeling out of breath or that youre having pain in your chest from smoking, this could be a sign of COPD

Another study published in the August 2025 issue of Hypertension found no link between cumulative lifetime use of cannabis and risk of hypertension