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Research Suggests Tobacco Companies Add Weight Loss Drugs

Posted by Soulskill on from the but-they-seemed-so-honest dept.

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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  1. Better summary by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    More accurately, research finds that Nicotine is an appetite suppressant. And that tobacco companies have looked at adding other appetite suppressors in the past.