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Could the long-standing villain in tobacco yet prove a hero in medicine? Mounting evidence suggests that nicotine can help in certain diseases—but researchers are wary of giving cigarettes a good name. Apoorva Mandavilli reports.
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Mandavilli, A. Nicotine fix. Nat Med 10, 660–661 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0704-660
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