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A 2012 study, however, tested the effects of reducing the actual nicotine content in cigarettes and had two main findings: 1) reducing nicotine content in cigarettes leads to a decline in nicotine in the blood and urine as well as a decrease in cigarette smoking and 2) there is a nicotine-reinforcement threshold beyond which smokers tend to relapse after 6-8 weeks