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This paper investigates the domain of multi-hop THz communications, acknowledging the possibility of interference from other devices affecting the communication process and utilises interference cancellation. It formulates the Transmission Power Control (TPC) problem within a game-theoretic framework, specifically as a potential game, with the assurance of convergence to a Nash equilibrium in the majority of scenarios. Bounds of the Price of Anarchy (PoA) and the Price of Stability (PoS) are provided, given assumed factors. Also, asymptotic Lyapunov stability is shown. The findings from simulations conducted to assess the effectiveness of this approach are then discussed. 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