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Nicotine is still addictive, and it can briefly tighten blood vessels, raise demand for oxygen, and affect the cardiovascular system

Our results confirm the early study of Gable 6 who found that the margin of safety (defined as therapeutic index) varied dramatically between substances

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Additional methods are reported in the online data supplement Results Cell free-mtDNA and -nDNA are higher in human plasma from former smokers with COPD than former smokers without COPD Because COPD is characterized by extensive lung inflammation driven by neutrophils, alveolar macrophages, and vascular endothelial cells (4), and mislocalized mtDNA could contribute to inflammation, we determined whether the altered abundance of cell-free DNA could be associated with COPD