DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsgos.2023.09.006 Never miss a breakthrough: Join the SciTechDaily newsletter
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In practical terms, more than two billion additional people are now exposed to stronger, more visible health warnings every time they see or handle a cigarette pack
In trying to protect your mind from the neuro-chemical influence of the toxic natural pesticide nicotine, in some brain regions it actually desensitized important neuro-chemical circuits by reducing neurotransmitter receptor sites (down-regulation), in other regions by increasing the number of receptors (up-regulation), and still others by diminishing the number of transporters
Likewise, studies in health psychology have documented substantial intention-behaviour gaps with respect to behaviour change, such as increasing levels of exercise