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Using a nicotine patch or nicotine gum does not release your body from nicotine addiction, but they help to relieve symptoms of nicotine withdrawal, including intense cravings for cigarettes
This conundrum is best captured in this quote from a 2014 study, Effects of Cannabis on the Adolescent Brain: There have been considerable additions to the literature over the last decade, yet the degree of impairment related to marijuana use in adolescence remains inconclusive. 8 9 On a related note, a 2020 study looked at hundreds of pairs of twins, in which one used cannabis and the other didnt, and concluded that cannabis use doesnt seem to cause cognitive decline, or correlate with other negative outcomes
Researchers Highlight the Urgency of Complete Cessation The authors add, This is one of the largest studies of cigarette smoking to date using the highest quality data in the cardiovascular epidemiology literature