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What in tobacco is addictive other than nicotine?
by eikenberry 13y ago
What in tobacco is addictive other than nicotine?
- scotty79 13y agoGood question. Artile suggests that there is something. MAOI perhaps? Whatever that is...
- unmei 13y agoMonoamine Oxidase Inhibitor(s). Many antidepressants fall into this category. MAOI's inhibit the enzyme that cleans up several endogenous molecules, like serotonin, and some drugs, like the amphetamines.
- ithkuil 13y agoMAOIs present in tobacco http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monoamine_oxidase_inhibitor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monoamine_oxidase_inhibitor