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Gene Variant May Decide Who Smokes and for How Long
8/12/2008

University of Michigan researchers, examining the link between genetics and smoking, found a gene variant that may influence a person's initial response to smoking and lifetime smoking habits. Regular smokers were more likely than never smokers to have a less common form of the CHRNA5 gene. Smokers were also eight times more likely than never smokers to have gotten a pleasurable buzz when they tried their first cigarette.

Source: HealthDay

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