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Addictive properties. is this the case, or is nicotine itself a cancer causing agent, what to do?
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Maybe: There's one cancer for which nicotine may be a growth promoter, but the really wicked stuff in tobacco smoke that damages genes is in the products of combustion.
Answered 2/6/2014
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