"They said people with high concentrations in their urine of a nicotine byproduct called NNAL had double the risk of developing lung cancer compared to smokers with lower NNAL concentrations in their urine.
And smokers who had high urine levels of both NNAL and another nicotine byproduct called cotinine had more than eight times the risk of lung cancer compared to smokers with the lowest concentrations of these two compounds."
Study reveals cancer culprits in tobacco smoke | Health | Reuters
Maybe nicotine is not as benign as we had previously thought?
Hmm.....
And smokers who had high urine levels of both NNAL and another nicotine byproduct called cotinine had more than eight times the risk of lung cancer compared to smokers with the lowest concentrations of these two compounds."
Study reveals cancer culprits in tobacco smoke | Health | Reuters
Maybe nicotine is not as benign as we had previously thought?
Hmm.....