Nicotine and Caffeine

1. What observations do you have to make about smoking in the social environments in which you live, including the university?2. Peter Gzowski’s chapter, “How to stop smoking in fifty years or less”, is made more poignant by the fact that he died not long after he wrote it, of causes directly related to a lifetime of smoking.  What lessons do you think his commentary teaches us about addiction?3. Caffeine appears to be a fairly innocuous substance.  What are your thoughts on the podcast and do you have any personal and/or anecdotal examples that might suggest it has an addictive potential?4. Energy drinks seem to be big business. What observations have you to share about their use? Here is a report on health concerns among young people: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2011/02/14/peds.2009-3592https://www.camh.ca/en/camh-news-and-stories/ecigarettes http://www.drugfree.org/news-service/commentary-why-do-smokers-still-smoke/ https://keepitsacred.itcmi.org/tobacco-and-tradition/traditional-tobacco-use/ https://www.camh.ca/en/health-info/mental-illness-and-addiction-index/tobacco http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/06/01/when-to-drink-coffee-so-you-get-the-most-out-of-the-caffeine/?tid=hybrid_experimentrandom_2_nahttp://www.camh.ca/en/hospital/health_information/a_z_mental_health_and_addiction_information/caffeine/Pages/default.aspx