1. What is Nicotine?
Many people are well aware of the fact that nicotine is the main active ingredeint in cigarettes. However, very few know that it is also the tobacco plant 's natural protection from being consumed by insects. As a matter of fact, it is now known that the widespread use of neonicotinoids which is a cynthetic form of nicotine, as a farm insecticified is blamed for killing honey bees. In fact, nicotine is defined as being a toxin which can be just as lethal as strychine and is eactually 3 times deadlier than the poison arsenic, as far as being exposed to animals goes. Amazignly enough, even though nicotine is a natual insecticide, it 's chemcial signatue is so simialr to acetylcholine that once it gets inside the human …show more content…
6. Effects Of Nicotine On Human Body
Let 's take a look at the various areas of the body which are affected by nicotine.
Brain - Nicotine consumption leads to the disruption of it 's neurotransmitter actticy which causes addiction and other chemical chanfles. Some of the sympotoms associated with disruption include: dizziness, light-headedness, sleep disturbance as well as tremors.
Eyes - Nicotine consumption can acutally reduce our ability to see at night ime. It does this by blocking the procuting of pigments which are pairmialy repsosnle for low-ligt vision.
Arteries and Heart Nicotine causes an increase in blood pressure as well as to increase heart rate. Once this occurs, the body has to work even harder to get the oxygen and blood it needs. This actually porevents the entire body from reaching its full potential. This long term stress on the heart is actually what leads to heart attackes, stroke and aneursms.
Bones - The consumption of nicotien over long periods of time can acutally lead to the alteration of cellurlar stucutues within the bone. These alteration essneitally weaken the bone and rasises the risk for getting fractures.
Reporductive
Many people are well aware of the fact that nicotine is the main active ingredeint in cigarettes. However, very few know that it is also the tobacco plant 's natural protection from being consumed by insects. As a matter of fact, it is now known that the widespread use of neonicotinoids which is a cynthetic form of nicotine, as a farm insecticified is blamed for killing honey bees. In fact, nicotine is defined as being a toxin which can be just as lethal as strychine and is eactually 3 times deadlier than the poison arsenic, as far as being exposed to animals goes. Amazignly enough, even though nicotine is a natual insecticide, it 's chemcial signatue is so simialr to acetylcholine that once it gets inside the human …show more content…
6. Effects Of Nicotine On Human Body
Let 's take a look at the various areas of the body which are affected by nicotine.
Brain - Nicotine consumption leads to the disruption of it 's neurotransmitter actticy which causes addiction and other chemical chanfles. Some of the sympotoms associated with disruption include: dizziness, light-headedness, sleep disturbance as well as tremors.
Eyes - Nicotine consumption can acutally reduce our ability to see at night ime. It does this by blocking the procuting of pigments which are pairmialy repsosnle for low-ligt vision.
Arteries and Heart Nicotine causes an increase in blood pressure as well as to increase heart rate. Once this occurs, the body has to work even harder to get the oxygen and blood it needs. This actually porevents the entire body from reaching its full potential. This long term stress on the heart is actually what leads to heart attackes, stroke and aneursms.
Bones - The consumption of nicotien over long periods of time can acutally lead to the alteration of cellurlar stucutues within the bone. These alteration essneitally weaken the bone and rasises the risk for getting fractures.
Reporductive