We often hear the word, but do you know what nicotine is . I dont really know exactly what it is, but i know youre not supposed to, like, have it and just can really damage your body. Nicotine is what gets you addicted to cigarettes. Well, nicotine is a drug. Its a stimulant. It acts on your Central Nervous system. Like heroin or cocaine, nicotine changes the way your brain works. It causes the body to want more and more as you continue to use nicotine. This means nicotine is addictive. But as dr. Carroll points out, its even more addictive if youre a teen. Teenagers have a developing brain, and during that developmental period, you are much more likely to get addicted to things like nicotine. To understand what being addicted to nicotine means, you need to understand what happens when your body stops getting nicotine. So when people quit smoking they will often experience what we call nicotine withdrawal. That is that, you know, theyre used to having nicotine on board, and then when t
And one of valleys biggest defenders is out defending. And u. S. Special forces heading to syria. Will this add more uncertainty and volatility to the oil market . Before we tackle that one, lets go down and touch base with sarah eisen. One stock everybodys watching today. Shart of valiant pharmaceutical. Down more than 60 in the last three montes. The Company Fighting defending its Business Practices of the. And also today. One of valiants biggest investor s ackman, olding a cal to hold his stake. With the Specialty Pharmacy philidor. Activities raising questions about the companys Business Practices. This comes after pharmacy benefits manager cbs care mark, express scripts all said last night they are terminating their relationships as well. Citing non compliance with the terms of his agreement. And last week saying it acquired an option to buy the Specialty Pharmacy at the end of 2014. Valeant said 40 of flowed that the channel. And a lot of investors questions valeants decision to
Points. S p up by close to 2 points above fair value pt and the nasdaq is up by 3. 5 points. Andrew, tag, youre it. Thank you, becky. We have Corporate News for you this final thursday morning before a long weekend. We should tell you that lululemons founder and advisers, the one that was kicked out, you might recall, chip wilson for those comments about who should be wearing those pants, hes reportedly talking to some private equity firms gauging their interest in a buy out of the yoga wearmaker. The wall street journal reports there is no deal in the works. A buyout would face a number of big issues because the premium that would be needed over the companys 6 billion market capitalization might be too high. But that is what people are talking about this morning. Also, volkswagen denying the report is planning a bid for u. S. Truckmaker paccar. Earlier today. Two analysts, two Research Analysts noted included the head of dominos truck unit saying that he has been told that volkswagen
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