'Nicotine, the Central Nervous System and Adrenal Medulla'

'An Australian health Survey conducted in 2011-2012, concluded that 3.1 one million million million Australians are smokers. (Australian authority of Statistics, 2013). This means that 14% of Australias existence are soon smokers compared to more(prenominal)(prenominal) than 40% in the 1980s a melodramatic decrease with the take evaluate keep to decline to each one year. Now thither are many an(prenominal) factors that can be considered for this drop much(prenominal) as the swot up in prices or maybe little accessibility but another biggish factor is that its no yearner seen in the said(prenominal) way socially like it was choke in the 1980s. With more and more anti- sens products existence created it decreases the amount of smokers and Im release to go into more depth well-nigh that later on in the presentation.\nNicotine is a parasymphatomimetic alkaloid from the nightshade family of plants called the Solanaceae. A parasympathomimetic drug is a drug or pois on that acts by stimulating or mimicking the parasympathetic nauseating system. (Dorlands Medical Dictionary, 2013) Nicotine is overly a nicotinic agonist. A nicotinic agonist is a drug that mimics the exploit of acetylcholine at nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (NCRs) (Henningfield, 2006). Nicotine is administered orally. The automobile trunk reacts as soon as Nicotine enters the dead tree trunk. Nicotine affects cardinal different areas of the personate: the adrenal gland gland lightbulb and the central ill at ease(p) system.\nThe adrenal myeline is part of the adrenal gland found in the kidney. It has an have-to doe with on the bodys energy, kindling rate and metabolic process as it secretes internal secretions, such as epinephrin and dopamine. The kidney absorbs the Nicotine through the bloodstream which then enters the adrenal medulla. The Nicotine then binds with the nicotinic receptors which causes adrenaline to be released into the body; this causes common symptoms of smoking such as an increase in heart rate and blood pressure. \ndopamine is a hormone which is influenced by Nicotine in the body. Dopamine is colligate to our addiction,...'