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HEALTH Nicotine's Multiple Effects on the Brain's Reward System Drive Addiction What Happens When You Smoke? Cigarettes contain nicotine, tar, and carbon monoxide. Short term effects: Increased heart rate Higher blood pressure Reduced oxygen Long term effects: Lung cancer Frontiers Pharmacological effects of nicotine salts on dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens Nicotine addiction can become a cycle of dopamine release, withdrawal, and cravings that reinforces continued nicotine use. The tobacco industry profits from keeping this cycle going. What feels like relief is often On Science: Can you smoke cigarettes without becoming addicted? STLPR Mechanism based medication development for the treatment of nicotine dependence Acta Pharmacologica Sinica
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