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Key to kicking the habit all in the head for smokers

A discovery that explains why some people cannot give up tobacco may lead to new anti-smoking treatments.

Scientists have identified a brain pathway which when defective leads to an uncontrollable desire to smoke.

It involves a component, or "subunit", of a receptor protein sensitive to nicotine.

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Source: John von Radowitz, The Irish Independent, 31/01/2011

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