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Utah scientific: Can't quit cigs? Genetic link found

Conejo | 2:08 a.m. July 14, 2008

Just one more reason to not start an unhealthy expensive habit at an early age. It just doesn't seem to work out for people!

SJ Bobkins | 5:01 a.m. July 14, 2008

This is simple "junk" science. You come up with a theory, then you find "proof" to make it correct. Smoking has a nicotine addiction element, also a hand/mouth element, and some folks have a more addictive personality than others. We know all that, and we treat the nicotine addiction with other forms of nicotine delivery, addictive personalities with drugs and talk therapy. This "NEWS" will have no effect on current therapies at all.
It's too bad the news media and good old Readers Digest handle health news in the same way the National Enquirer deals with celebrities by inventing news that isn't there. There are ignorant folks who sadly tend to believe all they read.
"Uncle Frank, don't even try to give up that tabaccy, the Deseret News says yee can't"

Craig Coleman | 7:54 a.m. July 14, 2008

I have read the article in PLoS Genetics and the science behind the study is very solid. You may not find much use for the newspaper explanation but the study itself makes a strong contribution to our understanding of the genetic factors which influence nicotine addiction.

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uncannygunman | 8:43 a.m. July 14, 2008

"Teen anti-smoking efforts just got science on their side"

Really? What the "science" says to me is that the legal age for smoking should be lowered to 17. I don't know how else to interpret it.

I'm glad they're studying this stuff if the point is to help people who want to quit, but if it's just going to be misused by those annoying, dishonest Truth kids, they should save their money.

Janet | 9:13 a.m. July 14, 2008

Why dont they mandate a ban on smoking? liberty? freedom?

Wanda | 9:22 a.m. July 14, 2008

Couldn't this be the same for alcoholics or people who are addicted to sex? Maybe this desire becomes so strong that it just SEEMS that you are born that way?

Misguided Ted | 11:53 a.m. July 14, 2008

Funny one, Ted. Seems many of my friends who were raised in strict LDS families became party hounds including drinking and smoking. I, being from a sound atheist family, took up neither habit. Go back to your drawing board, Ted. You just failed.

Jim | 1:42 p.m. July 14, 2008

I think maybe Ted should have a smoke to help him relax while he's re-thinking his... erm... thinking.

RE TED | 5:30 p.m. July 14, 2008

WRONG... try again.

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