A Small Dose of Nicotine

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NICOTINE DOSSIER
Name: Nicotine
Use: pesticide, drug in tobacco
Source: tobacco
Recommended daily intake: none (not essential)
Absorption: lung, skin, stomach (poor), intestine (better), (poor absorption in the stomach because nicotine is a strong base)
Sensitive individuals: fetus, children
Toxicity/symptoms: dependency producing, acute effects: nausea, vomiting, salivation, diarrhea, dizziness, mental confusion, weakness
Regulatory facts: RfD (none), LD50 10 mg/kg
General facts: long history of use, produces dependency in user
Environmental: growing demand for cigarettes in developing countries
Recommendations: avoid

REFERENCES / ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

European, Asian, and International Agencies

• England - Department of Health - Scientific Committee on Tobacco and Health (SCOTH). (accessed: 2 April 2003).
  "SCOTH advises the UK Chief Medical Officer on the health effects of smoking."
• Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. (accessed: 2 April 2003).
  "An international Society with a mission to stimulate the generation of new knowledge concerning nicotine in all its manifestations -- from molecular to societal."
• World Health Organization (WHO). (accessed: 2 April 2003).
  Covers tobacco and international efforts to track and reduce use of tobacco.
• National Tobacco Information Online System (NATIONS). (accessed: 2 April 2003).
  "The National Tobacco Information Online System (NATIONS) is an electronically integrated information system containing country-specific information on a wide variety of tobacco control issues."
  

North American Agencies

• Tobacco Facts. Tobacco Control Programs Ministry of Health Services Government of British Columbia. (accessed: 17 Auguat 2005).
  In depth information on the whys and consequence of tobacco consumption / use.
• Health Canada - Tobacco (CDC). (accessed: 9 April 2003).
  Heath Canada information on the health effects of tobacco.
• U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (accessed: 2 April 2003).
  Site has multiple listing on health, tobacco and nicotine.
• U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). (accessed: 2 April 2003).
  Site has general information on nicotine.
  

Non-Government Organizations

• Society for Neuroscience (SfN). (accessed: 2 April 2003).
  This article is part of the SfN series on Brain Briefing, this one cover nicotine and the brain.
• Tobacco and Nicotine - The Vaults of Erowid. (accessed: 2 April 2003).
  Site has a wide range of information on tobacco and nicotine.
  

References

Lang, J. (1997). The Devine Origin of Tobacco. Winds of Change, 12(3), 55-59.

MMWR (1993). Green Tobacco Sickness in Tobacco Harvesters -- Kentucky, 1992. Vol 42, No 13;237 April 9, 1993. (accessed: 5 July 2003).