'Nicotine, the Central Nervous System and Adrenal Medulla'

'An Australian Health play along conducted in 2011-2012, reason that 3.1 million Australians atomic number 18 smokers. (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2013). This manner that 14% of Australias population ar currently smokers comp ard to more(prenominal) than 40% in the 1980s a dramatic diminish with the smoking roam continuing to slump each year. direct there are many portions that loafer be considered for this angle of dip much(prenominal) as the rise in prices or mayhap less approachability but another(prenominal) big factor is that its no longer seen in the same centering socially alike(p) it was back in the 1980s. With more and more anti-smoking products being created it decreases the measuring stick of smokers and Im going to go into more insight about that afterward on in the presentation.\nNicotine is a parasymphatomimetic alkaloid from the nightshade family of plants called the Solanaceae. A Parasympathomimetic do doses is a medicate or poison that a cts by elating or mimicking the parasympathetic nervous system nervous system. (Dorlands medical examination Dictionary, 2013) Nicotine is also a nicotinic protagonist. A nicotinic agonist is a drug that mimics the 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 two unalike areas of the body: the suprarenal secretory organ medulla and the rally nervous system.\nThe adrenal medulla is scatter of the adrenal gland found in the kidney. It has an impact on the bodys energy, midpoint govern and metabolism as it secretes hormones, such as adrenaline and dopamine. The kidney absorbs the Nicotine with the declensionstream which accordingly enters the adrenal medulla. The Nicotine past binds with the nicotinic receptors which causes adrenaline to be released into the body; this causes greenness symptoms of smoking such as an add-on i n heart rate and blood pressure. \ndopamine is a hormone which is influenced by Nicotine in the body. Dopamine is related to our addiction,...'