Nicotine

updated May 09, 2011 by Katarina Lah

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Overview

Nicotine is one of the most potent, toxic, and readily available drugs today. The history of tobacco use dates back over two millennia; its psychoactive and medicinal properties were discovered by indigenous peoples of the Americas. Nicotine is highly toxic, with only 60 mg potentially deadly to an adult. On March 21, 2000, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the US Food and Drug Administration did not have the authority to regulate tobacco. On June 22, 2009, President Obama signed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, landmark legislation that gives the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authority to regulate the manufacturing and marketing of tobacco.

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Not hiring smokers crosses privacy line.

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Scientific studies

Smoking at home ups kids' lead exposure.

Impulsive behavior in preteens linked to mom's smoking when pregnant.

Spain's anti-smoking laws improve air quality.

Rat study links smoking while pregnant to youngster's diabetes, obesity.

Illicit drugs blanket cities.

Stem cells show how nicotine affects early pregnancy.

Nicotine exposure during pregnancy alters subsequent glucose metabolism in adulthood, predisposing to type 2 diabetes.

Babies exposed to perfluorinated compounds in the womb.

Familial Risk of Lung Carcinoma in the Icelandic Population.

Environmental contaminants in human milk.

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h1. Overview


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Nicotine is one of the most potent, toxic, and readily available [drugs|http://toxipedia.org/display/toxipedia/Drugs+and+Pharmaceuticals] today. The history of tobacco use dates back over two millennia; its psychoactive&nbsp;and medicinal properties were discovered by indigenous peoples of the Americas. Nicotine is highly toxic, with only 60 mg potentially deadly to an adult. On March 21, 2000, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the [US Food and Drug Administration|http://toxipedia.org/display/toxipedia/Food+and+Drug+Administration+(FDA)] did not have the authority to regulate tobacco. On June 22, 2009, President Obama signed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, landmark legislation that gives the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authority to regulate the manufacturing and marketing of tobacco.

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* [Case Studies|Nicotine Case Studies]
* [Introduction and History|Nicotine - Introduction and History]
* [Rates of Global Tobacco Use]
* [Biological Properties|Biological Properties of Nicotine]
* [Health Effects and Regulation|Nicotine - Health Effects and Regulation]
* [Recommendation and Conclusions|Nicotine - Recommendation and Conclusions]
* [External Links and References|Nicotine - External Links and References]

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* [Nicotine Poisoning|http://toxipedia.org/display/toxipedia/Nicotine+Poisoning]
* [Green Tobacco Sickness (GTS)|http://toxipedia.org/display/toxipedia/Green+Tobacco+Sickness+%28GTS%29]
* [What Causes Cancer|http://toxipedia.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=6006667]
* [Pesticides-History|http://toxipedia.org/display/toxipedia/Pesticides+-+History]

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