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Smokers believe smoking create feelings of, among others, sharpness and relaxation. They believe smoking enhances alertness and consentration, and thus, smokers take deep or quick puffs to either relax or stimulate their nerves.
However, even though most smokers will tell you that smoking is "relaxing", nicotine constricts the blood vessels and raises heart rate and blood pressure.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agoNicotine is considered a drug because it effects the chemistry of the brain to produce certain psychological and mental effects. It calms one down, makes one feel more talkative, and allows people to more easily do dull tasks.
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∙ 13y agoEveryone is different. Some say they feel awake (stimulant) and others feel relaxed (depressant). It also has to do with their phychological attachment to smoking. Overall, I would say it is a Stimulant.
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∙ 13y agoNicotine is a stimulant. However, it can also have a depressant effect, depending on the dose and the frequency of use.
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∙ 14y agoA depressant is a drug that is capable of diminishing a specific property of a substance. Nicotine does this to you.
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Nicotine is considered a?
Drug, because it messes with your brain
Does drugs contain nicotine?
Nicotine is a drug in itself. So anything containing nicotine is a drug.
What type of drug nicotine?
it is a stimulant! do not use nicotine!
Tobacco is not considered a drug?
Tobacco is a plant which contains the drug nicotine. The FDA chooses not to regulate it as a drug, without denying that it is a drug, because to do so would require banning it and that is politically difficult.
Do electronic cigarettes show up on drug tests?
if it is a nicotine drug test and the liquid for your ecig DOES contain nicotine, you will show positive for nicotine.
What drug is in cigarettes?
The drug that is in cigarettes is nicotine.
Are there any poems about the drug nicotine?
Nicotine by Ezra Pound
What is the antagonist of nicotine?
Anti-Nicotine Drug Mecamylamine
What is the drug in cigarettes?
Nicotine.
What is the drug in a ciagarette?
Nicotine.
What type of drug is smoking?
Yes, it is considered a gateway drug. Anything that a person can become addicted to, mentally and/or physically, is a drug. Even coffee is considered a drug.
The addictive drug in cigarettes is carbon monoxide?
Nicotine is the addictive substance in cigarettes.
