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• Nicotine Anonymous — (NicA) is a twelve step program for people desiring to quit smoking and live nicotine free.[1] As of May, 2008 there are 600 meetings in thirty eight countries worldwide[2] with the overwhelming majority of these meetings occurring in the United… …   Wikipedia

• Nicotine — Nic o*tine (? or ?), n. [F. nicotine. See {Nicotian}.] (Chem.) An alkaloid which is the active principle of tobacco ({C10H14N2}). It occurs in tobacco plants ({Nicotiana tabacum} and {Nicotiana rusticum}) to the extent of 2 to 8%, in combination… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Addictive behavior — is any activity, substance, object, or behavior that has become the major focus of a person s life to the exclusion of other activities, or that has begun to harm the individual or others physically, mentally, or socially.A person can become… …   Wikipedia

• nicotine — [nik′ə tēn΄, nik΄ə tēn′] n. [Fr < nicotiane, the tobacco plant < ModL nicotiana (herba), Nicot s (plant), after Jean Nicot (1530 1600), Fr ambassador at Lisbon, who first introduced tobacco into France (1560)] a toxic, addictive, water… …   English World dictionary

• Nicotine — This article is about the chemical compound. For other uses, see Nicotine (disambiguation). Nicotine Systematic (IUPAC) name …   Wikipedia

• nicotine — nicotined, adj. nicotineless, adj. /nik euh teen , tin, nik euh teen /, n. Chem. a colorless, oily, water soluble, highly toxic, liquid alkaloid, C10H14N2, found in tobacco and valued as an insecticide. [1810 20; < F; see NICOTIANA, INE2] * * *… …   Universalium

• nicotine — 1 Methyl 2 (3 pyridyl)pyrrolidine; a poisonous volatile alkaloid derived from tobacco (Nicotiana spp.) and responsible for many of the effects of tobacco; it first stimulates (small doses), then depresses (large doses) at autonomic ganglia and… …   Medical dictionary

• nicotine — [19] Nicotine gets its name ultimately from Jean Nicot, 16th century French ambassador in Lisbon, who in 1560 got hold of some samples of the new ‘tobacco’ and sent them to the French queen Catherine de Medici. The tobacco plant was named herba… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• nicotine — [19] Nicotine gets its name ultimately from Jean Nicot, 16th century French ambassador in Lisbon, who in 1560 got hold of some samples of the new ‘tobacco’ and sent them to the French queen Catherine de Medici. The tobacco plant was named herba… …   Word origins

• nicotine patch — /nɪkəˈtin pætʃ/ (say nikuh teen pach) noun an adhesive patch (def. 11) which provides nicotine through the skin, used by those trying to stop the addictive habit of smoking …  

• nicotine — An addictive, poisonous chemical found in tobacco. It can also be made in the laboratory. When it enters the body, nicotine causes an increased heart rate and use of oxygen by the heart, and a sense of well being and relaxation. It is also used… …   English dictionary of cancer terms