Monday, May 3, 2010
Human Guinea Pigs?
Human Guinea Pigs?
Psychoactive drug. Sounds scary doesn’t it? Guess which drug we may be talking about? Nicotine, which is one of the more abused drugs in the United States. Do you have any idea what nicotine does to the human body? Understanding how nicotine affects the human body is as complex as the body itself. Rapid changes in the brain can cause an increase in blood pressure, heart rate, and respiration. So here is the question, would more anti-smoking education help the public understand what the human body’s response is to nicotine ?
With over 4000 chemicals found in a cigarette, nicotine is the most addictive. It takes just 8 seconds for nicotine to hit the brain. Nicotine happens to be shaped like the natural brain chemical acetylcholine. Acetylcholine is one of many chemicals called neurotransmitters that carry the message between brain cells (Tobacco-Free Kids). Like a “key fitting into a lock”, nicotine locks into the acetylcholine receptors and causes changes in your brain and body. A chemical called dopamine is released normally when you experience something pleasurable like good food…smoking causes neurons to release excess dopamine which are responsible for the feelings of pleasure experienced by the smoker (NIDA).
Tolerance to nicotine develops very easily because of how it attaches itself in the brain and also is very addictive to people that have problems with alcohol and drugs and makes it even harder to stop. Because your body becomes more tolerant you need more nicotine to make your body feel better. If nicotine levels drop, the nicotine user will begin to feel uncomfortable withdrawal symptoms. Today, tobacco products are highly engineered nicotine delivery devices, finely tuned to appeal to the taste, feel , smell, and other sensations. One of the ways that tobacco companies keep people addicted is by adding chemicals like ammonia manipulation of smoke particle sizes.(NIDA)
Tobacco companies know that almost all new smokers begin their addiction as children. They know that smoking is unpleasant for new smokers, so they carefully design the product, including the delivery of nicotine…(NIDA). New smokers don’t often like the taste of smoke. These methods improve the “mouth feel” by reducing the negative sensations like hotness and dryness (Tobacco Free Kids). Tobacco companies make flavored tobacco products to make the people more addicted to the taste, smell and feel. Different flavors like candy, fruit and alcohol flavors make kids smoke them more while all the time increasing the levels of nicotine.
The good news is the government is going to help smokers by giving them new tools to use to help bring this epidemic under control. President Obama has just signed The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act into law. This grants the Food and Drug Administration new authority to regulate the manufacture, marketing, and distribution of tobacco products to protect the publics health generally and to reduce tobacco use by children and adolescents… the rules contain provisions designed to limit youth access to tobacco products, as well as restrictions on marketing to curb the appeal of these products to youth (FDA).
Here are some of the regulations the FSPTC Act will address:
Requiring companies who manufacture or import tobacco products to provide FDA with a listing of the amounts of all ingredients of the tobacco products they produce.(fda.gov)
Give the FDA the authority to require to provide information about the amount of nicotine in their products to FDA and the public.(fda.gov)
Give the FDA the authority….to adopt standards for nicotine yields and for the reduction or elimination of other harmful substances…(fda.gov)
Require warnings on tobacco products to cover 50 per cent of the front and back panels of the package…(fda.gov)
In the article called Facts on Nicotine and Tobacco, John Slade offers the ideas that he feel will help change the nicotine epidemic. One way would be to view nicotine as a drug vs. a habit of smoking. He also said it would help if indoor air spaces used by nonsmokers would remain free of tobacco smoke pollution (Slade) And finally, the FDA will use a variety of communication channels such as web pages, social media tools and pod casts to educate retailers and consumers about the new requirements (fda.gov).
Now I learned many things about nicotine and tobacco. I realized that smoking shortens your life, threatens your life with diseases? Then, you waste thousands of dollars per annum on endless sticks of cigarettes. You even stink with bad breath. you may also get used to it, but you have a choice. Do you want to quit it or not? the answer is in your hands. Do you want to choice the positive road or the negative one? You choice!! but If you want my answers? My answers will be the positive because I want to live a health life with my family the people that I love and live the life and never give up. I think now I am ready to teach other about how smoking is bad for there body's and how they can live a happy life and I'm very happy now because I learn something very important in my life. This is a poems on life that may help other to not give up and keep trying to live for hope.
HOPE for your life
(by Brian Quinn)
When all about you is black with gloom,And all you feel is pending doom.When your bones are racked with grim despair -When every breath is a gasp for air.Keep on going, though you need to grope,For around the bend is a ray of hope.A ray of hope is perhaps all that's left,As your will to live has been bereft.You've lost it all, it's just no use!You can end it all, you need no excuse.But throw away that piece of rope,And give yourself a chance of hope.
Just give yourself another day,Brushing aside what your thoughts may say.This is your life and you can make a new start,By ignoring the brain - just follow the heart.Taking baby steps in order to cope,And minute by minute you'll build on your hope.Build on your hope,. one day at a time,Though the road be steep and hard to climb.The hurts of the past - they should be dead.
The fears of the future are all in your head.Just live in the present and refuse to mope Your life will sparkle for you're living in hope.
Psychoactive drug. Sounds scary doesn’t it? Guess which drug we may be talking about? Nicotine, which is one of the more abused drugs in the United States. Do you have any idea what nicotine does to the human body? Understanding how nicotine affects the human body is as complex as the body itself. Rapid changes in the brain can cause an increase in blood pressure, heart rate, and respiration. So here is the question, would more anti-smoking education help the public understand what the human body’s response is to nicotine ?
With over 4000 chemicals found in a cigarette, nicotine is the most addictive. It takes just 8 seconds for nicotine to hit the brain. Nicotine happens to be shaped like the natural brain chemical acetylcholine. Acetylcholine is one of many chemicals called neurotransmitters that carry the message between brain cells (Tobacco-Free Kids). Like a “key fitting into a lock”, nicotine locks into the acetylcholine receptors and causes changes in your brain and body. A chemical called dopamine is released normally when you experience something pleasurable like good food…smoking causes neurons to release excess dopamine which are responsible for the feelings of pleasure experienced by the smoker (NIDA).
Tolerance to nicotine develops very easily because of how it attaches itself in the brain and also is very addictive to people that have problems with alcohol and drugs and makes it even harder to stop. Because your body becomes more tolerant you need more nicotine to make your body feel better. If nicotine levels drop, the nicotine user will begin to feel uncomfortable withdrawal symptoms. Today, tobacco products are highly engineered nicotine delivery devices, finely tuned to appeal to the taste, feel , smell, and other sensations. One of the ways that tobacco companies keep people addicted is by adding chemicals like ammonia manipulation of smoke particle sizes.(NIDA)
Tobacco companies know that almost all new smokers begin their addiction as children. They know that smoking is unpleasant for new smokers, so they carefully design the product, including the delivery of nicotine…(NIDA). New smokers don’t often like the taste of smoke. These methods improve the “mouth feel” by reducing the negative sensations like hotness and dryness (Tobacco Free Kids). Tobacco companies make flavored tobacco products to make the people more addicted to the taste, smell and feel. Different flavors like candy, fruit and alcohol flavors make kids smoke them more while all the time increasing the levels of nicotine.
The good news is the government is going to help smokers by giving them new tools to use to help bring this epidemic under control. President Obama has just signed The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act into law. This grants the Food and Drug Administration new authority to regulate the manufacture, marketing, and distribution of tobacco products to protect the publics health generally and to reduce tobacco use by children and adolescents… the rules contain provisions designed to limit youth access to tobacco products, as well as restrictions on marketing to curb the appeal of these products to youth (FDA).
Here are some of the regulations the FSPTC Act will address:
Requiring companies who manufacture or import tobacco products to provide FDA with a listing of the amounts of all ingredients of the tobacco products they produce.(fda.gov)
Give the FDA the authority to require to provide information about the amount of nicotine in their products to FDA and the public.(fda.gov)
Give the FDA the authority….to adopt standards for nicotine yields and for the reduction or elimination of other harmful substances…(fda.gov)
Require warnings on tobacco products to cover 50 per cent of the front and back panels of the package…(fda.gov)
In the article called Facts on Nicotine and Tobacco, John Slade offers the ideas that he feel will help change the nicotine epidemic. One way would be to view nicotine as a drug vs. a habit of smoking. He also said it would help if indoor air spaces used by nonsmokers would remain free of tobacco smoke pollution (Slade) And finally, the FDA will use a variety of communication channels such as web pages, social media tools and pod casts to educate retailers and consumers about the new requirements (fda.gov).
Now I learned many things about nicotine and tobacco. I realized that smoking shortens your life, threatens your life with diseases? Then, you waste thousands of dollars per annum on endless sticks of cigarettes. You even stink with bad breath. you may also get used to it, but you have a choice. Do you want to quit it or not? the answer is in your hands. Do you want to choice the positive road or the negative one? You choice!! but If you want my answers? My answers will be the positive because I want to live a health life with my family the people that I love and live the life and never give up. I think now I am ready to teach other about how smoking is bad for there body's and how they can live a happy life and I'm very happy now because I learn something very important in my life. This is a poems on life that may help other to not give up and keep trying to live for hope.
HOPE for your life
(by Brian Quinn)
When all about you is black with gloom,And all you feel is pending doom.When your bones are racked with grim despair -When every breath is a gasp for air.Keep on going, though you need to grope,For around the bend is a ray of hope.A ray of hope is perhaps all that's left,As your will to live has been bereft.You've lost it all, it's just no use!You can end it all, you need no excuse.But throw away that piece of rope,And give yourself a chance of hope.
Just give yourself another day,Brushing aside what your thoughts may say.This is your life and you can make a new start,By ignoring the brain - just follow the heart.Taking baby steps in order to cope,And minute by minute you'll build on your hope.Build on your hope,. one day at a time,Though the road be steep and hard to climb.The hurts of the past - they should be dead.
The fears of the future are all in your head.Just live in the present and refuse to mope Your life will sparkle for you're living in hope.
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