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How is nicotine one is the most dangerous substances in cugarettes?
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∙ 13y ago
While causing direct damage to the body such as getting stuck inside of arteries increasing risk of stroke, nicotine is the substance that the body becomes addicted to making you crave more cigarettes.
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How does nicotine effect your body?
Nicotine can cause cardiovascular accidents or heart attacks. This is dangerous and remarkably one of the most used and addictive drugs.
What is in tobacco to make people keep smoking?
Nicotine, one of the most highly-addictive substances known.
What are the dangerous substances found in cigarettes and why are they so deadly?
There are many dangerous substances in cigarette smoke, but I will just discuss the most dangerous three of them. Nicotine is a dangerous drug because it is strongly addictive, and it also causes blood vessels to contract (technically it is a vasoconstrictor) which reduces blood circulation. Tar, also known as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, is a powerful carcinogen; it causes cancer. Carbon monoxide reduces the oxygen carrying capacity of the blood (it bonds to hemoglobin and prevents it from carrying oxygen molecules).
What are substances that irritate the respritory system?
Most of the substances are those in gas form inhaled by the person. A classic example is nicotine for when you smoke cigarettes. The smoke also irritatates the system.
How serious is nicotine dependence?
Nicotine is one of the most addictive substances known, and one of the most difficult addictions to "kick." Tobacco use causes cancer, lung and heart disease, and birth defects.You will have to decide for yourself how serious that is.
Is nicotine addicting?
Yes. Nicotine is one of the most addictive substances known.
Is the most dangerous thing cigarettes nicotine?
No, the most dangerous thing is the Polonium 210, which is also in the cigarettes. 210Po is an alpha emiter that has a half-life of 138.376 days, their median Lethal Dose is estimated 10 (inhaled) at 50 ng (ingested) in humans makes this one of the most toxic substances known. One gram in theory could poison 100 million people of which 50 million will die. On the other hand 40-60 mg of nicotine (0.5-1.0 mg/kg) can be a lethal dosage for adult humans.
What is the most dangerous part of the tobacco plant?
I suppose this depends on ones view. I would suggest Nicotine is the most dangerous part. Nicotine is in fact not really dangerous in the amounts one get from a cigarette. The problem is that it causes addiction and many people "enjoy" its effect. This makes people less concerned with the cigarettes secondary effects so they expose their bodies to a wide range of poison and irritants just to get more nicotine. Tobacco is a plant that when smoked or chewed is the main cause of cancer in those using it. Nicotine alone is however not the cause of cancer. Researchers agree that this component only causes the addiction.
What components of chlorofluorocarbon affects the ozone layer most?
CFC's are ozone depleting substances. The chlorine and fluorine part are most dangerous.
How long does it take for nicotine to leave you system after one smoke?
Most substances will leave the body after 24 hours, however some substances such as illegal drugs can remain at testable levels for three to thirty days (6 months for hair testing). For all intents and purposes, nicotine will remain in the body for about three days at some measurable level.
Do hard drives contain any dangerous substances?
Not really unless it is destroyed the disk would shatter & the glass shards would be the most dangerous thing
What drug class is smoking classified in?
Though cigarette smoke contains over 400 known substances (of which at least 40 are known carcinogens), its effects are generally of the stimulant category due to the nicotine.
