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A Pharmacological Effect of Tobacco Smoke

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MANY of the effects of nicotine which are investigated in pharmacological laboratories involve amounts of nicotine which are considerably higher than seem likely to be absorbed from tobacco smoke in man.

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CLARK, M., RAND, M. A Pharmacological Effect of Tobacco Smoke. Nature 201, 507–508 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/201507a0

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