Nicotine, the Central Nervous System and Adrenal Medulla

An Australian Health check into conducted in 2011-2012, concluded that 3.1 trillion Australians are smokers. (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2013). This pith that 14% of Australias macrocosm are currently smokers compared to more(prenominal) than than 40% in the 1980s a dramatic strike with the smoking rate act to decline each year. presently there are many a(prenominal) instruments that can be considered for this stray such as the rhytidectomy in prices or perchance less accessibility save another big factor is that its no interminable seen in the same carriage socially like it was punt in the 1980s. With more and more anti-smoking products being created it decreases the amount of smokers and Im going 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 poison that acts by stimulating or mimicking the par asympathetic scatterbrained system nervous system. (Dorlands Medical Dictionary, 2013) Nicotine is in any case a nicotinic protagonist. A nicotinic agonist is a drug that mimics the natural action of acetylcholine at nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (NCRs) (Henningfield, 2006). Nicotine is administered orally. The body reacts as soon as Nicotine enters the body. Nicotine affects 2 different areas of the body: the adrenal medulla and the central nervous system.\nThe adrenal medulla is fragmentize of the adrenal gland rig in the kidney. It has an impact on the bodys energy, bosom rate and metabolism as it secretes hormones, such as epinephrine and dopamine. The kidney absorbs the Nicotine through the bloodstream which accordingly enters the adrenal medulla. The Nicotine then binds with the nicotinic receptors which causes adrenaline to be released into the body; this causes park symptoms of smoking such as an increase in nubble rate and blood pressure.\ndopamine is a horm one which is influenced by Nicotine in the body. Dopamine is related to to our addiction,...