Diego Pineda

The new drug, varenicline, is a non-NRT that simulates the effect of nicotine in the brain without creating addiction. When nicotine is present, the drug helps suppress some of the reinforcing effects of smoking.

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Published by Diego Pineda

Diego has been a science writer for some years now, writing mostly about immunizations and infectious diseases. Before becoming a science writer, he wrote both fiction and nonfiction in South America. Visit...  View profile

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