Medically reviewed by Kashif J. Piracha, MD Key Takeaways You can get addicted to nicotine within days of starting to use it.

New research shows that astrocytes play an active role in nicotine-induced brain changes, challenging the long-held ...

Nicotine addiction remains one of the most persistent public health challenges worldwide, driven by changes in the brain that ...

Nicotine addiction remains one of the most persistent global health challenges, yet the cellular mechanisms underlying it are ...

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