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Nicotine Intake and Its Regulation by Smokers

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Tobacco Smoking and Nicotine

Part of the book series: Advances in Behavioral Biology ((ABBI,volume 31))

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People smoke in different ways. They vary in the number and type of cigarettes they smoke, and in the way they puff and inhale. It is therefore not surprising that nicotine intake also varies widely between individual smokers. It is my brief here to discuss self-regulation by smokers of the intake of nicotine into their blood and hence to their brain. It is the role of others to discuss what nicotine does when it gets there, and why so many smokers get so desperate when it doesn’t.

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  1. Addiction Research Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, 101, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8AF, England

    M. A. H. Russell

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  1. Department of Pharmacology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 40536, USA

    William R. Martin

  2. Department of Medicine, Veterans Administration Medical Center University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 40511, USA

    Glen R. Van Loon

  3. Department of Pharmacology College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 40536, USA

    Edgar T. Iwamoto

  4. The Tobacco and Health Research Institute, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 40536, USA

    Edgar T. Iwamoto

  5. Tobacco and Health Research Institute, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 04546-0236, USA

    Layten Davis (Director) (Director)

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Russell, M.A.H. (1987). Nicotine Intake and Its Regulation by Smokers. In: Martin, W.R., Van Loon, G.R., Iwamoto, E.T., Davis, L. (eds) Tobacco Smoking and Nicotine. Advances in Behavioral Biology, vol 31. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1911-5_3

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