'Nicotine, the Central Nervous System and Adrenal Medulla'

'An Australian wellness Survey conducted in 2011-2012, concluded that 3.1 cardinal Australians are smokers. (Australian confidence of Statistics, 2013). This means that 14% of Australias population are currently smokers compared to to a greater extent than than 40% in the 1980s a dramatic decrease with the consume tempo go along to decline individually year. Now in that respect are galore(postnominal) factors that can be considered for this drop such as the spring in prices or maybe little accessibility barely another cock-a-hoop factor is that its no lengthy seen in the equal way socially like it was grit in the 1980s. With more and more anti- pot products macrocosm created it decreases the amount of smokers and Im deprivation to go into more depth rough 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 poison that acts by stimulat ing or mimicking the parasympathetic offensive system. (Dorlands Medical Dictionary, 2013) Nicotine is too a nicotinic agonist. A nicotinic agonist is a drug that mimics the exertion of acetylcholine at nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (NCRs) (Henningfield, 2006). Nicotine is administered orally. The personify reacts as currently as Nicotine enters the personify. Nicotine affects ii different areas of the consistency: the adrenal myelin and the central vile system.\nThe adrenal bulb is part of the adrenal gland arrange in the kidney. It has an clash on the bodys energy, means rate and metabolic process as it secretes endocrine glands, 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.\ndopamin e is a hormone which is influenced by Nicotine in the body. Dopamine is relate to our addiction,... '