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Smoking and Tobacco |
Nicotine compounds12/03/2006 |
Is free-base nicotine naturally occuring in all tobacco, and is it the most addictive form of nicotine? If not, what forms of nicotine are naturally occuring in tobacco?
Nicotine that is obtained through cigarette smoking is readily absorbed into the system. This process is considered ‘free-basing’. Hookah pipes are also a form of free-basing. On the other hand, nicotine that is absorbed through smokeless (spit) tobacco requires an environment that is dependent on the pH of the mouth. In essence, the amount of nicotine absorbed through ways other than smoking is dependent on a variety of factors.
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Mary Ellen Wewers, PhD, MPH Professor of Health Behaviors & Health Promotion College of Public Health The Ohio State University |
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