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According to a study published online August 23 in The Journal of the National Cancer Institute, nicotine promotes breast cancer. It binds to a specific receptor in the body. This promotes both nicotine addiction and breast cancer. Yuan-Soon Ho et al of the Taipei Medical University found that human breast cancer cells consistently over-expressed the alpha 9 subunit of the nAChR (nicotinic acetylcholine receptor). The expression went on becoming high with the progressive breast cancer stages. Researchers from the institute mentioned, also found that reducing the levels of nAChR inhibited tumor growth in the experiments conducted in the laboratories and …