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Why It Is More Difficult For Women to Stop Smoking

April 09, 2012 By: Jane Category: Women Health

women smokingDespite it being a bad habit especially for the human health, many men and women nowadays are already addicted to smoking. In women smoking can make their breast nipples sag. It is also known that quitting smoking tends to be more difficult in women compared to men. Scientists believe that what causes this is because women’s brains react differently to nicotine.

Quitting smoking certainly gives many benefits for women, it was even known that prohibition of smoking lowers birth of premature babies.

According to scientists, the nicotine receptors in the brain – which bind nicotine and increase  the habit of smoking – are expected to increase in number when a person smokes. The results of studies in men revealed that male smokers have more nicotine receptors compared to men who does not smoke. In the other hand, women smokers have nicotine receptors similar to female non-smokers. (more…)

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