| The fatal effect that nicotine has on human bodies | | | | be potentially more harmful on women. |
| has been well documented. It may be especially | | | | In vivo and in vitro studies seem to indicate that |
| injurious to women, however, because it seems to | | | | while nicotine may not be a conventional carcinogen, |
| aid the spread of breast cancer tumors to other | | | | when it combines with certain other cellular elements |
| parts of the body. | | | | within the body, it proves fertile ground to enable the |
| The harmful effects of this lethal component in | | | | development of tumors. |
| tobacco have already received considerable attention | | | | Metastasis may not occur just by the administration |
| by researchers. All types of cancers including those | | | | of nicotine. However nicotine does potentiate growth |
| of lungs, neck, head and prostrate have been | | | | related processes which obviously includes metastasis |
| extensively studied and their relationship with nicotine | | | | or rapid spreading of cancer cells to other parts of |
| has been analyzed extensively. | | | | the body. |
| Adding to this body of knowledge is the recent | | | | Nicotine was traditionally believed to trigger or excite |
| study conducted on how nicotine is related to Breast | | | | only the human nervous system, but the recent |
| Cancer. The study may open new avenues for anti | | | | study shows evidence that the substance can trigger |
| cancer drug research. | | | | even non-neuronal cells, specifically cancer cells. |
| It also augments the already existing research on | | | | Nicotine is shown to promote intracellular signaling in |
| how the things that human beings ingest cause | | | | lung cancer. |
| harmful effects; in this case how it can cause breast | | | | Nicotine is attracted to some special nicotine |
| cancer or worsen the already existing condition. | | | | receptors found in the epithelium-like cells of the |
| Whether nicotine is absorbed first hand by smoking | | | | breasts, and bind to them. It then stimulates the cells |
| cigarettes or by inhaling second hand smoke, the | | | | to grow out of control which then causes cancer. |
| effects are the same. A woman who does not | | | | Once the cells turn cancerous and start rapidly |
| smoke may be putting herself at the same level of | | | | multiplying, the receptors also direct them to migrate |
| danger as her smoking companions just by being | | | | to other parts of the body causing the cancer to |
| around them when they smoke. | | | | spread. Nicotine cannot accomplish this by itself, and |
| In addition to getting a person addicted to the | | | | other than the nicotine receptors in the breast cells, |
| substance, nicotine also has other harmful effects. It | | | | factors that assist nicotine in cancer needs to be |
| seems to affect women differently and is seen to | | | | explored further. |