BPS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Jean Nicot, Chewing Tobacco, Passive Smoking
29 Aug 2016
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Kills more from heart attack than lung cancer. Number 1 factor in all 4 top killers in north america. Jean nicot brought tobacco to france l"herbe nicotine. Used to revive drowning victims, force smoke into person who drowned. Only smoked occasionally, in clubs, not at home. Smoked from a pipe, long stem so acid can condense on the way up. Snuff popular with the rich, sniff tobacco into the nose. Cigarettes rich people can only afford to smoke, smoked occasionally, made by hand: bonsack machine automated way to roll cigarettes, made cigarretes cheap, flue-curing in order to reduce acidity, dried tobacco leaves by heat. Don"t produce as many acids: these factors made smoking more dangerous more exposure, before these two developments. 80 cigarettes a year, did not inhale. Acts on acetylcholine receptors: nicotine can replace the acetylcholine to send or block signals.
