Growing Up Tobacco Free: Preventing Nicotine Addiction in Children and Youths (1994)
Chapter: (GRAPHIC AND CONTENTS FOR CHAPTER 2)
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Lily Lin, Jr. High School 158, Queens
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2 THE NATURE OF
NICOTINE ADDICTION*
CONTENTS
| General Aspects of Nicotine Addiction | |
| The Daily Nicotine Addiction Cycle | |
| What Is Addiction? | |
| Pharmacologic Aspects of Nicotine | |
| Actions of Nicotine on the Brain | |
| Tolerance and Withdrawal | |
| Absorption of Nicotine from Tobacco | |
| Distribution and Elimination of Nicotine from the Body | |
| Intake and Accumulation of Nicotine During Cigarette Smoking | |
| Addiction and the Light or Occasional Smoker | |
| Nicotine Compensation | |
| The "Low-Yield" Cigarette | |
| Smoking Fewer Cigarettes | |
| Behavioral Aspects of Addiction | |
| Addiction to Smokeless Tobacco | |
| Comparison of Nicotine Addiction with Other Drug Addictions | |
| Nicotine Dependency in Youths | |
| Epidemiology and Natural History of Cigarette Smoking | |
| Evidence for Nicotine Dependence in Youths | |
| Risk Factors for Smoking Initiation | |
| Ethnic Differences in Nicotine Dependency | |
| Use of Smokeless Tobacco by Children and Youths | |
| Nature of Tobacco Products | |
| Production of Tobacco Products | |
| Modifying Cigarette Yields | |
| Conclusions and Research Recommendations | |
| References |
