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A non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) such as indomethacin can prevent cognitive deficits and microglial activation during withdrawal, which suggests the potential use of anti-inflammatory agents to improve cognitive function during nicotine withdrawal (153)
Synthetic nicotine should entail an even lower risk as it does not contain tobacco-specific nitrosamines (potentially carcinogenic substance found in certain food and which can be ingested via tobacco smoking and snus) at all
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Through suppliers, Imperial purchases about 12 percent of tobacco from contracted farmers and the remainder from the traditional middleman trader system.[296] In a December 2015 letter, Imperial stated that all of its suppliers have contractual requirements to adhere to the Social Responsibility in Tobacco Production (SRTP, or SRiTP, see also above, British American Tobacco ) program, including requirements concerning child labor in line with ILO conventions on minimum age and hazardous work.[297] In previous correspondence, Imperial specified a range of tasks which they define as hazardous to include harvesting, topping, handling pesticides or fertilizers, working at heights, working in extreme temperatures and for long hours.[298] Imperial stated that its suppliers undertake training and awareness-raising activities about standards and requirements with intermediaries in the open market system, and it monitors this through visits and information provided by suppliers.[299] Imperial stated that its monitoring for child labor in its supply chain includes audits conducted by AB Sustain, the organization contracted to conduct monitoring of labor and other issues in the supply chain.[300] In addition, Imperial reported that a leaf sustainability manager visits a country two or three times per year, and visits 10 to 20 farmers per supplier, per visit to a country, which equates to approximately five percent of the farmer base.[301] In its December 2015 letter, Imperial stated that it has not been made aware of any specific reports of child labour in its supply chain in Indonesia, but acknowledged that concerns exist.[302] Imperial plans to conduct an independent Human Rights Impact Assessment across [its] value chain in 2016, according to information on its website.[303] Japan Tobacco International Japan Tobacco International (JTI) is a leading global tobacco product manufacturing company headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland
