Month: September 2022

PLATFORM FOR ENDOGENOUS DRUGS. "Rather than deliver a physiological effect directly we might incorporate an additive which causes the body to produce its own physiological agent. Thus, we could alleviate pain, increase sex drive, etc., without adding agents to do this but by adding a naturally occurring promoter." The pipe dream of the tobacco industry. https://lnkd.in/dazJ8n2 View in LinkedIn

ADDING NATURALLY OCCURING PROMOTORS for sex drive and other desirable effects in tobacco. While thinking and acting like pharmaceutical companies, tobacco companies have been exempt from regulation and enjoy a great deal of protection from disclosures. https://lnkd.in/dazJ8n2 View in LinkedIn

CIGARETTES AND APPETITE. "It was noted that one beneficial attribute ascribed to smoking is appetite suppressance [sic]. A thorough study of this effect and publication of the results may have a beneficial impact on the image of smoking." (Internal tobacco company document). https://lnkd.in/dazJ8n2 View in LinkedIn

TOBACCO AND WEIGHT LOSS. "If particular compounds responsible for the effect can be found, it might be possible to enhance the effect in a cigarette aimed at people desiring help with weight control. Care must be taken not to make specific claims or to invoke a “drug additive” image." (Internal tobacco company document). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2040350/ View in LinkedIn

LUCKY STRIKE. "For a slender figure reach for a Lucky insteady of a sweet." ... the “Reach for a Lucky” campaign is one of the most successful, albeit controversial advertising campaigns in the history of modern advertising ... sought to give the female market a reason to smoke as well." https://lnkd.in/dDuB6rn View in LinkedIn

ADOLESCENT GIRLS' HOT BUTTON. "Being thin and desire for weight control do influence adolescents in terms of smoking behavior. Research demonstrates that adolescent girls that strongly value being thin are more likely to initiate smoking ... girls already engaged in risky behavior for weight control are at increased odds to begin smoking as well." https://lnkd.in/dDuB6rn View in LinkedIn

MOUSE TOBACCO AND WEIGHT STUDY. "after just one day of exposure to the smoke, food intake had already started to decrease. This continued, such that over the trial, food intake in the smoke-exposed mice was 30% less than the control mice and their body weight had reduced by about 10%.” https://lnkd.in/dyJX9em View in LinkedIn

SKININESS DEPENDENT ON CONTINUED NICOTINE. "If people used, say, a nicotine patch, "you might find that patients do lose weight but then become dependent on a patch all the time." Stop smoking and gain 2Kg. A winning strategy. https://lnkd.in/d75vVJD View in LinkedIn

KICKING NICOTINE AND WEIGHT GAIN. "Most smokers put on a couple of kilos when they quit smoking. This is not due to an increased calorie intake, but to a change in the composition of the intestinal flora after quitting smoking, as a study suggests." https://lnkd.in/d-JjpRM View in LinkedIn

MICROBIOME AND NICOTINE. "While the bacterial diversity in the faeces of smokers and non-smokers changed only little over time, giving up smoking resulted in the biggest shift in the composition of the microbial inhabitants of the intestines." https://lnkd.in/d-JjpRM View in LinkedIn