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Nicotine is more addictive physiologically in our brain than even cocaine or heroin is, said Russell Buhr, MD, PhD, a pulmonologist at UCLA Health who also runs an outpatient practice in Westwood

If you live in a rural area and you want to quit using smokeless tobacco, its very hard to find effective help, said Devon Noonan, assistant professor at the Duke University School of Nursing and the primary investigator of the three-year study funded by the National Cancer Institute

Gilbert, who is 87 and lives in Florida now, sounded pleased in a phone interview with Smithsonian , and said he was proud to be associated with an invention that has helped people quit smoking