Nicotine/Summary

Main article: Nicotine

Psychoactive class: Stimulants

Chemical class: Pyridine, Substituted pyrrolidines

Sublingual

• Thresh				Common				Heavy
  0.2	-	0.5	-	2	-	4	-	6	mg
  		Light				Strong

• • Total: 45 - 90 minutes
  • Onset: 3 - 15, 20 minutes
  • Afterglow: 2 - 6 hours

Smoked

• Thresh				Common				Heavy
  0.2	-	0.3	-	0.8	-	1.5	-	3.5	mg
  		Light				Strong

• • Total: 10 - 30 minutes
  • Onset: 5 - 60 seconds
  • Afterglow: 1 - 3 hours

Harm potential

• • Extremely addictive with a high potential for abuse

Tolerance

• • Full tolerance is reached rapidly develops with prolonged and repeated use
  • Decreases to half after 3 - 7 days
  • Returns to baseline after 1 - 2 weeks

Physical effects

• • Stimulation
• • Appetite suppression
  • Sedation
• • Abnormal heartbeat
  • Dizziness
  • Increased blood pressure
  • Increased heart rate
  • Increased perspiration
  • Increased salivation
  • Nausea
  • Vasoconstriction

Cognitive effects

• • Cognitive euphoria
  • Compulsive redosing
• • Anxiety
  • Dream potentiation
  • Focus enhancement
  • Increased libido
  • Increased music appreciation
  • Memory enhancement
  • Motivation enhancement
  • Thought acceleration
  • Wakefulness
• • Anxiety suppression

See also

• Responsible use
• Summary index
• Subjective effect index
• Psychoactive substance index