ANR promotes an action-oriented program of policy and legislation. Back to Top Click on any of the vocabulary words below to hear them pronounced and used in a sentence. Nicotine is responsible for the dependence of regular smokers on cigarettes. In small doses, Nicotine has a stimulating effect on the nervous system, causing in regular smokers such effects as raised blood pressure and pulse rate and impaired appetite. Large doses can cause different types of paralysis.
Treatment is aimed at gradual withdrawal from the drug and eventually totally quitting.
Nicotiana tabacum or related species. It contains the stimulant and poisonous substance, nicotine, which enters the bloodstream during smoking. The materials released during smoking contain chemicals that can cause cancer. Cancer arises from the abnormal and uncontrolled division of cells that then invade and destroy the surrounding tissue. Treatment of cancer depends on the type of tumor, the site of the tumor, and the extent of which it has spread.