Psychology 2020A/B Lecture Notes - Brainstem, Reuptake, Sidestream Smoke

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2020A/B
• Professor: Riley Hinson

Document Summary

First users: mayans in central america (as far back as 300ad) When europeans landed in the new world , they saw natives roll leaves into rods, light them, and insert them into their nostrils: explorers thought they were drinking smoke or perfuming themselves . Explorer conveyed tobacco back to europe in the mid 1500s, where it"s popularity grew (europeans were primary settlers in na) Consumed primarily via pipe smoke (1600s) in all parts of society & by both sexes (tobacco houses similar to opium dens) Numerous medical uses were cited for nicotine derived from smoke: smoke was even prescribed for bowel obstruction with smoke being blown into the rectum (bellows, sitting devices, funnel devices) Mid 1800s first rolled form of tobacco into cigars (became popular in the. Us: cigarettes appeared in the 1850s and grew . Increasingly popular with the invention of the rolling machine (james.