While additional animal testing is needed to confirm the theory, the early findings from Komuniecki and his graduate student researchers, Wenjin Law and Mitchell Oakes, are significant because of their potential to add a new treatment in an area that hasnt seen much recent development
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"Our data suggest that these individuals may have survived for so long in spite of their heavy smoking because they managed to suppress further mutation accumulation." They may simply have "very proficient systems for repairing DNA damage or detoxifying cigarette smoke," he said
But recent research shows smoking on screen has up to doubled in the past several years, especially in shows geared toward Gen Z and Gen Alpha, even after filmmaking giants like Netflix promised to scale back
So-called ZYNfluencers on TikTok and other social media platforms have been criticized for promoting the pouches to young adults
