BPS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Jean Nicot, Nicotine, Homicide

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Biopharmaceutical sciences
• Course: BPS 1101
• Professor: William Ogilvie

Document Summary

Tobacco; the most dangerous substance in the world. Kills more people than; ddt, pcb"s, industrial chemicals, pesticides, cocaine, alcohol, homicide, suicide. #1 risk factor for cancer, and dying from a hear attack, strokes. Tobacco kills more people by causing heart attacks than cancer. Heart diseases (29% of total; tobacco), cancer (22. 9% of total), Prevalence of smoking is much higher in other parts of world. Been around in our culture for 500-600 years. Natives in area were drinking smoke from tobbagos -rolled up leaf. First shipments of tobacco; to spain from topago island. Discovered use of tobacco is spain; brought it back to france. Use bellows to force smoke into drowning victims. Didn"t do it in your house or on street. Consumed in a pipe; because the tobacco was harsh and produced a lot of acid. Pipe allows the smoke to cool and acid condenses out on inside of tube. When it reaches mouth; it isn"t as acidic but still harsh.