Carcinogenic tobacco-specific nitrosamines (TSNAs) such as 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK) are found only in tobacco and derived products. Food and Drug Administration of the ...
People who use chewing tobacco expose themselves to even higher levels of a particular cancer-causing compound than tobacco smokers do, according to a new study. Subscribe to read this story ad-free ...
NNK causes a protein that interferes with tumor suppression to build up in the nucleus, according to a study in JCI. The tobacco-specific carcinogen NNK may promote lung-tumor formation and ...
New research suggests a direct link between smoking and brain damage. Scientists have found that a compound in tobacco provokes white blood cells in the central nervous system to attack healthy cells, ...
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