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~olOi 'g3 14:50 - lSI01 "9~ 10:05 1 ~--.T~ ~,~-- ~.~. ~+41 21 617 44 09 PM EEC LEGAL LSN ~ SHOOK IL%RDY LOND ~]006 ~'0032 2 287~048 P~'CS *-~-. P~ EEC LEGAL LSN ~00~ DRAFI" 2 14111/9~ • "... nicotine can act as an cffoztivc rcinfor~r for humans and expcrimcotgl animals, but i~ does ¢o ~r a mo~e limit~ ~8c of conditions than do o~h~ r¢iaforc~s ~h ~ ~,~ injection ~ f~d pr¢~a~on." (6) ~us, on ~ "addi~d~, s~le', hi,fine ~lc~ ~dictive ~han food. ~i~ demon~trat~ one ex~ple ofho~ ~h~e new ~t~a c~n be ~plied m most ~oyabl¢ daily habit, beaming ~ broa~ ~ ~ as m be nm~ngl~, ~ ~e not adv~ced our ahiliw t¢ define addition ~i~fi~lly ~d have not been ac~t~ g~cr~ly. As Warbgrton has asked: "If there is no consensus on ~h¢ definidort of ~di~on, how t,xa d~¢ word bc used as a hcahh warning on ¢igar¢tl¢ packs or on adver~i~ent¢/'. "mere are m ur dis:cepancies between addictive drugs and tobacco, Some hold ~hat additive d~ ~e htoxicafing ~d are ~sed to e~ap¢ retry t~ding to a deterioration In psychological ~4 b¢~viourd ~ncdoain$. Rcpca~ed ~:ain¢ usa results in p~cholo~cal ch~ge~ including dc~r~i6n, i~mbi~ity, an inability zo ~pc~cnc~ plisse, [Zck of cn~, social iaolaiio~ ~d ~vmmally ~¢ ¢ccuw~ of a paranoid ¢~patibi~ ~i~ ~¢~day agtivifi~ ~d ther¢ is no evid~ce of any psycholo~cal :h~ges afar a litba~ uge of nicotine. As the ~ed~ Psydfia~d¢ Association "I'hcr¢ is no impairment in social ot~ occapat/onal f'hwtctiott~rtg aS an im.mc~diate tad direct mns~quence of its rise." {7} Heroin, as well as inducing sThoria, impairs performance and wcain¢ impairs judge, meat. ($) In marked contt'tst, psychologists have rel~rted ~ha~ nicotine improves pefforraan~, renders the user more alert and incre~es ~ffid:,¢:~ of pgrforman¢c ~.nd tedu~s anxiety. (9) Pomcrlca~, for cxa.mpl¢, stat¢¢l: • "...in ¢.ontrast to other drugs of abus,, ni¢otine from smoking is not nnly ¢ompariblz w/th work but ... actually facilitates p,t fonnancc of certain kinds of ta~ks." (lO)