Smoking: Harmless Habit or Deadly Addiction?
Dr. Mark Dodson of the Department of Biochemistry, Group Seven's mentor, chose two
articles from Nature as our assignment for Biology 181H. ("Smoking...Harmful to the Brain.", and
"Effects of nicotine on the nucleus accumbens and similarity to those of
addictive drugs.", both in Nature 382, 18 July, 1996) Our group met with him to discuss these
articles, and he provided us with some needed background on the techniques and concepts described
in the second article.
Smoking has become one of the major health topics in America in the past ten years.
But, is it really as dangerous as doctors and politicians would have us believe?
You decide.
- Why is Smoking a problem?
- What is Nicotine and what effects does it have on your body?
- What is Nicotine like compared to other Drugs?
- Why do people use Tobacco and what beneficial effects does it have?
- What are some of the Effects that smoking has on the brain?
- Some things the Media would have you believe about smoking.
- Finally, we leave you with a somewhat biased Spoof on smoking.
- Smoking Around the World
- References
- Credits
Biology 181H Group Seven