Having a sore throat is common among smokers
Tobacco Transformation Index Finds Most of the 15 Largest Tobacco Companies are Failing to Advance Harm Reduction News provided by The Foundation for a Smoke-Free World 21 Sep, 2020, 17:30 IST Index Reveals Limited Progress to Date
That illusion of control, the nicotine buzz, it promised a temporary escape
Nicotine is a stimulant found in tobacco plants and acts on nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, producing addictive effects and stimulating the central nervous system
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Interestingly, the greatest differences in the composition and abundance of the metabolomes between smokers and non-smokers were among biogenic amines, including, cadaverine (fold change in non-smokers, FC = 53.19), putrescine (FC = 15.80), agmatine (FC = 15.49), tyramine (FC = 5.15) and tryptamine (FC = 4.43), which were much higher in smokers (Table S2, Figure S2)