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<text id=92TT2145>
<title>
Sep. 28, 1992: Health:Et Cetera
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
Sep. 28, 1992 The Economy
</history>
<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
THE WEEK, Page 33
SOCIETY
Et Cetera
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<p>BORN TO SMOKE
</p>
<p> Why are some people easily hooked on cigarettes while others
drop the habit after a few puffs? The answer, according to a
study of 4,775 sets of twins, which was reported in the New
England Journal of Medicine, may lie in our chromosomes.
Identical twins (who share the same genes) were somewhat more
likely than fraternal twins (who don't) to exhibit the same
behavior--whether it is chain smoking, rarely smoking or
quitting altogether. The study's results bolster the idea that
heredity plays a role in why people start, stop or continue
smoking.
</p>
</body></article>
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