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How many tomatoes would you need to eat to get a cigarettes worth of nicotine?
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∙ 13y ago
Tomatoes contain nicotine in what chemists call "trace" amounts - that is thousandths of a milligram. A very mild cigarette contains about two tenths of a milligram of nicotine. In short, you would have to eat several bushels of tomatoes to get an amount of nicotine approaching one cigarette.
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How wany cigarettes can be smoked at once?
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No. I would just stop smoking.
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What is it called Using a nicotine patch for smoking cessation?
it is called as inunction It may also be referred to as Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT). This would include other products as nicotine gum, lozenges, inhalors & even e-cigarettes as alternative sources of nicotine.
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The best stop smoking method is nicotine gum or patch. This method helps replace the nicotine one would normally smoke and helps ease smokers off of cigarettes.
Do quit smoking cigarettes really work?
Smokeless or electronic cigarettes still contain nicotine, the addictive agent in tobacco, and would not be helpful in completely quitting. A better alternative would be to consult a physician for a qualified smoking cessation program.
Do cigarettes show up on a drug test at school?
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Will smokeless cigarettes help me quit smoking regular cigarettes?
Smokeless cigarettes will only change how you get your fix of nicotine. I would highly suggest reading this About.com article for some ideas and options to quitting smoking. http://quitsmoking.about.com/cs/howshouldiquit/a/quitaids.htm
How many packs of electronic cigarettes refills would it take to kill you if ingested?
An e-cigarette cartilage (one electric cigarette) can be filled with a solution containing different amounts of nicotine. On average, one contains about 3.6mg of nicotine. For an adult, who is a non-smoker, about 60mg would be fatal. So about 17 electric cigarettes, smoked in short succession could kill someone. However due to a number of factors (such as the absorption of the nicotine, the person's tolerance, and the density of the nicotine solution) it would probably take more to deliver a fatal dose.
Can you smoke whilst pregnant?
You could, but the effects on the baby would be extremely harmful. The baby could be deformed as a result of the nicotine or other chemicals in cigarettes.
