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Tracy Hampton, PhD

JAMA. 2007;298:1152.

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More than 100 cigarette additives have pharmacological actions that camouflage the odor of cigarette tobacco smoke and enhance or maintain nicotine delivery, according to findings by scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles, who investigated tobacco industry documents and other sources (Rabinoff MD et al. Am J Public Health. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2005 .078014 [published online ahead of print July 31, 2007]).

A recent study has found that some of the more than 100 additives in cigarettes may have effects that are detrimental to human health. (Photo credit: Alexandre Boudreault-Ferland/iStockphoto.com)

They also discovered that some of the additives contain chemicals that can make it easier for cigarette smoke to penetrate the lungs—possibly increasing the addictiveness of cigarettes. Others have properties that may help mask symptoms, such as an anesthetizing effect that makes it easier for smokers to avoid coughing.

The researchers concluded that their findings "provide . . . [Full Text of this Article]