As the psychoactive ingredient in tobacco products — not to mention increasingly popular e-cigarettes for vaping — nicotine has long been associated with risk and danger. But now the addictive ...

After a few vigorous puffs of a burning cigarette, a smoker’s lungs will be filled with a toxic cloud of more than 5,000 different substances. Their combined effects on health are well known: cancer, ...

Researchers have shown, for the first time, that a person’s beliefs about nicotine influences brain activity, producing a dose-dependent effect that was only thought to occur with pharmaceutical ...

After a few vigorous puffs of a burning cigarette, a smoker’s lungs will be filled with a toxic cloud of more than 5,000 different substances. Their combined effects on health are well known: cancer, ...

This project examines the effects exposure to inhaled nicotine, THC, or the combination in utero may have on behavior, brain function, and neurochemistry in adolescence and adulthood. Using a rat ...

It’s no surprise that smoking for years can change the way the brain processes nicotine, creating a well-worn pattern of craving and satisfaction that’s difficult to break. But how soon does this ...

Nicotine does not achieve a “high” in the same way psychoactive substances do. However, it does trigger an adrenaline release that may feel temporarily pleasurable. Nicotine is the substance in ...

Carol A. Cates, MSN, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, is the chief nursing officer at Odessa Regional Medical Center. You can reach her via e-mail at [email protected] Sometimes I am amazed at how far medical ...

Medically reviewed by Mary Choy, PharmD Key Takeaways Nicotine has a half-life of about two hours and can stay in the blood ...

Galit Blecher never wanted to start smoking, but during her service in the Israeli military, she succumbed. “Everyone in Israel smoked in the army,” she says. Having held out for more than one year, ...

How do coffee and cigarettes for breakfast influence each other? The answer depends on understanding how the chemicals in both interact to influence brain function. First, coffee contains caffeine.