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In the amounts found in smoke, nicotine does very little harm (apart from causing you to become addicted to tobacco products). Most of the damage to the heart comes from the carbon monoxide and other gases in the smoke. (Carbon Monoxide is the stuff that kills you if you inhale car exhaust.) In concentrated form, nicotine is a deadly poison that is often used as an insecticide by gardeners.
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What can nicotine do to your body and overall health?
Nicotine can have harmful effects on your body and overall health. It can increase heart rate and blood pressure, constrict blood vessels, and lead to addiction. Long-term use of nicotine can increase the risk of heart disease, stroke, and respiratory issues. It can also harm the developing brains of adolescents and young adults.
Will nicotine in sperm harm unborn fetus?
Not likely.
What does nicotine do to your heart rate?
It affects the heart and blood pressure by increases them both. An increased heart rate and blood pressure can be serious depending on how much it increases them both. It increases heart rate and blood pressure and increases the workload on the heart
What is the product in tobacco smoke that damages the heart?
nicotine affects the heart
Why does nicotine make your heart work harder?
Nicotine should increase the heart rate, as it stimulates the release of adrenalin and noradrenalin, a chemical very similar to adrenalin. Not sure if it can also decrease the heart rate.
What happens if you overdose on nicotine?
Only PURE nicotine is deadly to the touch. It will sink into your skin and get into your blood stream, which will get to your heart, and the heart tries to take the nicotine as normal blood, but nicotine is a nuclear product and all.... So don't touch it
What effects do nicotine and caffene have on body?
Nicotine and caffeine are called stimulants. They get the heart pumping and give you energy.
What behaviors can harm your lungs and heart?
What behaviors can harm you lungs and heart?
Can wearing 2 nicotine patches harm you?
Yes. My uncle wouls smoke a pack a day and wanted to quit. So to help him get the nicotine he craved he put on two patches. He got really sick and it has to much nicotine in his body. Sadly he passed.
Does nicotine slow or speed the heart?
Nicotine tends to increase heart rate and blood pressure by stimulating the release of adrenaline. This can result in a temporary speed-up of the heart rate.
What is the harm in smoking nat shermans?
still contain nicotine which causes lung cancer.
Is nicotine a depressent?
No. Nicotine is the opposite of a depressant, it is classified as a stimulant.
