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by baxtr 2 hours ago
Mice smoke?
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Only the cool ones

  > "Mice smoke?"
The experiment summary:

  > "The team bred four strains of mice.
  >  They then exposed the mice to a single dose of the liver carcinogen diethylnitrosamine (DEN).
  >  DEN is found in tobacco smoke."
They simulated the "consequences" of smoking in mice.
When near the lab's Bunsen burner.
Only if they grew up near a BBQ joint