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  1. Nicotine - Wikipedia

    Nicotine is typically consumed through tobacco smoking, vaping, or other nicotine delivery systems. An average cigarette yields about 2 mg of absorbed nicotine, a dose sufficient to …

  2. What Nicotine Is and How It Affects Your Body - Verywell Health

    Dec 4, 2025 · Nicotine, a highly addictive stimulant found primarily in tobacco plants, plays a significant role in smoking addiction due to its effects on the brain's pleasure and reward …

  3. What Nicotine Does to Your Body - Verywell Mind

    Sep 24, 2025 · Nicotine increases heart rate and blood pressure, and long-term use can damage your heart and lungs. Overcoming nicotine addiction is hard, but therapy and nicotine …

  4. Nicotine Is Why Tobacco Products Are Addictive | FDA

    What Is Nicotine? Nicotine is a highly addictive chemical compound present in a tobacco plant.

  5. Nicotine dependence - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    Jun 14, 2025 · Nicotine is the chemical in tobacco that keeps you smoking tobacco. Nicotine reaches the brain within seconds of taking a puff. In the brain, nicotine increases the release of …

  6. Nicotine: Facts, effects, and dependency - Medical News Today

    Jul 1, 2024 · Nicotine is a highly addictive substance found in tobacco products and can be the reason many people consume tobacco. It may cause side effects such as dizziness, racing …

  7. Nicotine | Tobacco, Addiction, Poison | Britannica

    Nov 28, 2025 · Nicotine is the chief addictive ingredient in the tobacco used in cigarettes, cigars, and snuff. In its psychoactive effects, nicotine is a unique substance with a biphasic effect; …

  8. Nicotine - American Lung Association

    Nicotine is the addictive drug in tobacco products. Cigarettes, cigars, smokeless tobacco and nearly all e-cigarettes contain nicotine.

  9. Nicotine benefits, dosage, and side effects - Examine

    Aug 28, 2025 · Nicotine is the main stimulatory compound found in cigarettes and is now sold in vaporizers and patches in isolation. It works on the acetylcholine system, and is implicated in …

  10. Nicotine - Stanford University

    Nicotine is the primary addictive chemical in tobacco and has various positive effects on the body, such as decreasing appetite to control weight gain, improving mood, and increasing the ability …