Nicotine Prevents Chemotherapy From Working For Lung Cancer Patients

... Researchers have found that nicotine stops chemotherapy drugs, such as gemcitabine, cisplatin and taxol, from destroying lung cancer cells. This finding was reported at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research. The scientists added that patients who are on chemotherapy for lung cancer who gave up smoking, but are taking smoking cessation products which contain nicotine, may be seriously undermining their treatment... click link for more info. ...