Directory of Nicotine and Addiction Resources

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Nicotine and Addiction: the Brown and Williamson Documents

http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/274/3/225
Once-secret memos show the tobacco industry had a sophisticated and scientifically accurate understanding of nicotine pharmacology, including an explicit recognition of nicotine's addictiveness, more than 30 years ago.
Prying Open the Door to the Tobacco Industry's Secrets About Nicotine

http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/short/280/13/1173
AMA scientific article. Tobacco industry documents "reveal that for decades, the industry knew and internally acknowledged that nicotine is an addictive drug and cigarettes are the ultimate nicotine delivery device; that nicotine addiction can be perpetuated and even enhanced through cigarette design alterations and manipulations."
Secrets of BAT Industries

http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/7/3/315.full
"Inside the restricted laboratory compound on the south coast of England, five senior scientists for BAT Industries, the world's second-biggest cigarette maker, were devising ways to make it harder for people to quit smoking..."
Why and How a Cigarette Maker Created a More Addictive Tobacco

http://www.rense.com/health/tobac.htm
Article on tobacco industry research into nicotine and addiction, and research and development efforts to engineer more addictive product.

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