Nicotine can stimulate the neuronal release of dopamine and endogenous opioid peptides and activate the reward center of the brain
In addition to SHS, third hand smoke, consisting of residual tobacco smoke pollutants that remain on surfaces and in dust after tobacco has been smoked, which are re-emitted into the gas phase or react with oxidants and other compounds in the environment to yield secondary pollutants and include nicotine, three-ethenylpyridine (3-EP), phenol, cresols, naphthalene, formaldehyde, and tobacco- specific nitrosamines that have detrimental effects on the developing brain (Matt et al., 2011)
Wakefield, Ph.D., Senior Scientific EditorDirector and NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer, Cancer Control Research Institute, The Cancer Council Victoria, Victoria, Australia Stephen E
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