{
  "id": 4023664,
  "title": "Mimicry connects smokers and can make quitting difficult",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/mimicry-connects-smokers-and-can-make-quitting-difficult",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-28T19:20:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-mimicry-smokers-difficult.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Going out for a smoke together and mimicking behaviors associated with smoking can double tobacco consumption and make quitting more difficult. Researchers from SWPS University examined mimicry as a \"social glue\" in interactions between smokers and published the results in the International Journal of Psychology.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}