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by jncfhnb 182 days ago
> manufacturers targeted to areas with high rates of smoking-related illness

Oof

> epigenetic changes making smokers more susceptible to opioid use disorders

This one seems… a bit mystic to me. I would have been much quicker to suggest that a psychological propensity to start smoking mirrors a propensity to start using other drugs vs. arguing for emergent effects of cellular behavior.