BPS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Lethal Dose, Alton Ochsner, Passive Smoking

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

Document Summary

Tobacco is the most dangerous substance in the world. Number one cause of heart disease, cancer, and stroke. Used to be used to revive drowning victims. Average smoker smokes 10,000 cigarettes each year. Alton ochsner linked cancer to smoking, 1919. Columbus, 1492: discovered other people using it. Natives: drank smoke from tobbagos, rolled up to(cid:271)a(cid:272)(cid:272)o lea(cid:448)es a(cid:374)d s(cid:373)oked it, (cid:272)alled it (cid:862)dri(cid:374)ki(cid:374)g s(cid:373)oke(cid:863) Introduced tobacco to france: became widespread in spain and in other northern-european countries, nicot: where we got the name nicotine. Water pipes: popular in eastern countries, smoked bubbles through water (help remove acid, does not remove volatile products. Rolled: were originally rolled by hand, very expensive only rich could buy them, bonsack machine, reduced production cost, made it available to everyone. Flue-curing: reduced harshness of smoke, use a wood stove to generate heat and dry out the tobacco, the faster you cure it, the more acid reduction there is.