Nicotine

Category:

Stimulants.

Commercial and Street Names:

Bidis, chew, cigars, cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, snuff, spit tobacco.

How Administered:

Smoked, snorted, taken in snuff and spit tobacco.

Intoxication Effects and Potential Health Consequences:

Increased heart rate, blood pressure, metabolism; feelings of exhilaration, energy, increased mental alertness, tolerance, addiction; rapid or irregular heart beat; reduced appetite, weight loss, heart failure. Additional effects attributable to tobacco exposure - adverse pregnancy outcomes, chronic lung disease, cardiovascular disease, stroke, cancer.