Facts About Nicotine
With the enormous increase in the use of cigarettes, the study of nicotine in its effect upon the human body is exceedingly revealing, Nicotine itself is deadly in its effect upon life. If a glass rod moistened with a drop or two of nicotine is held near the beak of a small' bird it will be dead in a short time. Each cigarette contains on the average about 1/1,500th of an ounce of nicotine (one-third of a fatal dose). Much of this nicotine passes away in the smoke and a little remains in the butt, but undoubtedly some of it enters the body. Nature, however, becomes somewhat habituated to it and tolerates it to some extent. But its use is prohibited by most athletes as it tends to injure the heart.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 8, 19 December 1947, Page 3
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134Facts About Nicotine Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 8, 19 December 1947, Page 3
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