PSYT 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Nicotine, Neuroscience, Sensation Seeking

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychiatry
• Course: PSYT 301
• Professor: Kathryn Gill

Document Summary

Lecture 9: development of smoking, pharmacological effects of tobacco; neurobiology of nicotine. Nicotine has a high capture rate (the people that stick with it once they try it for the first time -- who gets addicted) Public health cost vs. economic benefits (alcohol and tobacco as legalized and taxed commodities) Heads of companies knew from the beginning that cigarettes might have caused cancer, launched a nationwide campaign saying that they are not a danger to public health tried to cover up the health effects. Ammonia in marlboros increase the bioavailability of nicotine (absorption) tobacco companies paid scientists/researchers to write reports that were full of evidence claiming that nicotine and tobacco isn"t addictive. 206 billion was paid out in the states flavoured products aimed at adolescents and young adults, 50% of adolescent smokers used flavoured tobacco. 100 canadians die each day due to smoking related issues, 3 from second hand smoke.