Research Suggests Tobacco Companies Add Weight Loss Drugs

smitty777 writes "According to an article from the European Journal of Public Health, the tobacco companies have been implicated in adding a number of drugs to tobacco products (PDF) to enhance their weight-reducing properties. Discovery News explains the neurological process for appetite suppression, which involves activating pro-opiomelanocortin cells in the hypothalamus."

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So it makes you thin

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as well as being the safest addictive substance known to man. There's a reason so many people smoke, and it's a combination of social and genetic factors which creates a tendency for them to establish addictions. Alcohol addiction kills quite quickly as do a lot of illegal drugs. Food addiction only takes about 20 years to kill people and money and sex addictions can easily ruin lives very quickly indeed. Cigarettes take an average of about 50 years of sustained use to kill people and still don't kill all of their users. Pretty good safety record in comparison to any of the alternatives, and they keep you thin too. Win win.