PSYC62H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Stimulant, Razor Strop, Tachycardia

• School: UTSC
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC62H3
• Professor: Zachariah Campbell

Document Summary

Nicotine is the central psychoactive in tobacco. When tobacco is chewed or smoked, tar (small nicotine-particles) and other tobacco chemicals enter the body. Cigarettes are the most commonly used tobacco product. Depending on the size and blend of tobacco, a cigarette contains 1-2 mg of nicotine. Cigars vary in dimeter, length, and nicotine content they contain more nicotine mg than cigarettes. Smokeless tobacco products consist of any tobacco form intended for absorption in the mouth: e. g. Chew , snuff , and dipping tobacco tobacco blend that a user chews of pockets in the cheek and when the product is spent, the user spits the tobacco out. Dissolvable tobacco is smokeless tobacco in the form of sweetened strips, sticks, or pellets that dissolve in the mouth contain nicotine amounts similar to those found in cigarettes. Males generally use tobacco products more than females, but this varies between countries. Lung cancer is the greatest cause of death from smoking.