Cannabis, tobacco and the hippocampus A widely-reported recent study correlated long-term heavy cannabis use with reduced volume and density of the hippocampus, an area of the brain that is associated with memory, inhibition and addiction
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Mutations of the neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and their association with ADNFLE
In its press release announcing that decision, the FDA acknowledged its menthol plans, stating, In reaching todays determination [authorizing the MRTP applications for VLN], the FDA considered both the current legal status of menthol cigarettes and the available science demonstrating that these particular products are appropriate for the protection of public health and could help addicted cigarette smokers reduce their nicotine consumption and the number of cigarettes they smoke per day. In its announcement today, the FDA reiterated the importance that reduced nicotine menthol cigarettes could play in a marketplace where menthol cigarettes are banned, and it laid out a process through which such products could be exempted from the proposed product standard