" Crack" Nicotine in Cigarettes Varies Widely «
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993990 | | New research measures amount of free-base nicotine in " the modern cigarette , a highly engineered nicotine delivery device" . |
'Impact Booster': Tobacco Firm Shows How Ammonia Spurs Delivery of Nicotine «
http://www.pulitzer.org/year/1996/national-reporting/works/impact.html | | 1996 pulitzer prize-winning reporting on how the tobacco industry uses ammonia to engineer cigarettes for addiction. |
A Collection of Articles on Nicotine Addiction «
http://www.nida.nih.gov/NIDA_Notes/NN0031.html | | Articles about research studies funded by the national institute on drug abuse. |
ABC DayOne: Smoke Screen «
http://www.mcspotlight.org/beyond/abctranscript.html | | Now-famous segment on nicotine manipulation in cigarettes. |
Addicted to Nicotine: A National Research Forum «
http://www.nida.nih.gov/meetsum/nicotine/Nicotine.html | | Includes presentation summaries of papers presented at the conference held in 2001 at the (us) national institutes of health. topics include nicotine delivery systems , pharmacology , individual and environmental risk factors , the psychobiology of addition , |
Ammonia Added to Cigarettes Can Significantly Boost Availability of Nicotine «
http://www.ndsn.org/AUGUST97/AMMONIA.html | | Independent research confirms that ammonia added to ciarettes can boost the availability of nicotine up to 100 times. |
Cancer Facts and Figures «
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/stt/stt_0.asp | | Concise summary from the american cancer society of tobacco use , cigarettes , trends in smoking , profiling smokers , costs of tobacco , nicotine addiction , secondhand smoke , spit tobacco , and industrial hazards. |
CDC's TIPS: Tobacco Information and Prevention Source «
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/ | | Maintained by the cdc's office on smoking and health. covers tobacco-related issues , statistics , news , research , data , reports , quitting tips , educational materials , publications , . also sections dedicated to youth. |
eMedicine - Nicotine Addiction «
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic1642.htm | | Medical facts on the physiology of nicotine addiction , and the effect tobacco products have on the brain , lungs , and other vital organs , and a treatment options section. |
Harris Poll: Tobacco Addiction «
http://www.harriszone.com/press/PowerOfTobacco.html | | Reveals that 70% of all people still smoking have tried to quit , on average four times , and most are aware of tobacco's health effects; poll results called a metric of the power of tobacco addiction. |
Infofax - Cigarettes and Other Nicotine Products «
http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofax/tobacco.html | | Nih short summary of nicotine effects. |
Low Tar Exposed «
http://www.lowtarexposed.org/ | | Site explains why " low tar" , " light" and " mild" cigarettes are just as harmful as regular cigarettes. |
M. D. Anderson Cancer Center - Tobacco & Cancer «
http://www.mdanderson.org/topics/smoking | | University of texas medical center factsheets on effects of smoking and tobacco , and tips and support for quitting. one-third of m. d. anderson patients have tobacco-related cancers. |
Nicotine Addiction «
http://www1.umn.edu/perio/tobacco/nicaddct.html | | Concise factsheet. |
Nicotine Addiction And Cigarettes «
http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=22937 | | American lung association info sheets on smoking , nicotine , and related topics: does smoking help people relax? what quitting methods work? |
