Interesting article on Nicotine...

[MrMakaveli]

http://www.smokefreejacksonville.com/articles/other/brain2.shtml

I had no idea nicotine raised thyroid function as well as leptin.

 

[JJFigure]

You're killing some of the arguments I've been using to try to help a friend quit smoking.

Interesting read, though.

 

[barnidge]

But then what does this mean: "In adult animals nicotine has an inhibitory effect on thyroid stimulating hormone"

 

[MrMakaveli]

Too much TSH will stop t-3 production dead in its tracks so thats the mech that causes the release I belive.