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Early nicotine exposure alters immune development and worsens later flu infections in mice

Exposure to nicotine during pregnancy and shortly after birth can have a lasting impact on a child's immune system and cause more severe respiratory infections later in life, a new study from researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, shows.

Early nicotine exposure alters immune development and worsens later flu infections in mice

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