nicotine
IPA: nˈɪkʌtin
noun
- (organic chemistry) An alkaloid (C₁₀H₁₄N₂), commonly occurring in the tobacco plant. In small doses it is a habit-forming stimulant; in larger doses it is toxic and is often used in insecticides.
- (figuratively) Tobacco, cigarettes
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Examples of "nicotine" in Sentences
- I've heard it said that nicotine is more addictive than any other drug, including heroin.
- The vast majority of smokers start in childhood and then find it very difficult to quit because nicotine is addictive.
- Medicines or products that help you get over a physical addiction to nicotine are called nicotine replacement therapies NRT.
- LIMBAUGH: “It has not been proven that nicotine is addictive, the same with cigarettes causing emphysema [and other diseases].”
- They weren't based on hard science connecting health hazards to long-term nicotine addiction, but were set to mirror the length of use in clinical trials.
- You people seem to use the same argument that the tobacco corporations used against the scientific theory that nicotine is addictive and smoking causes cancer.
- "That is an indication that nicotine is a critical component of tobacco smoke and that it is the desire to obtain nicotine that is an important drive of smoking behaviour."
- Reesearch findings conclude that alcoholics in early recovery tend to have impaired cognitive functioning, and nicotine is known to have beneficial effects under certain circumstances.
- New genotyping research from the Center for Addiction and Mental Health found that the enzyme known to metabolize both the smoking cessation drug bupropion and nicotine is highly genetically variable in all ethnicities and influences smoking cessation.
- While nicotine is highly addictive, researchers have also shown the drug to enhance learning and memory -- a property that has launched efforts to develop nicotine-like drugs to treat cognitive deficits in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, schizophrenia and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
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