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From: John Kasupski on 23 Sep 2009 14:17
On Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:59:39 -0400, "Bob Braun" <oxinfla(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

>Relative to the length of Vada's career............did anyone note that he
>was a chain smoker? He would light up in the tunnel between innings.

OMG! Performance-enhancing substance! Ban him from the HOF for life and put
asterisks next to his records! :-)

I'm only half kidding. A lot of people don't realize it, but from a sports
medicine standpoint, although nicotine is a poisonous alkaloid which at high
doses has been used in everything from insecticides to tranquilizing darts for
use on elephants, in the short term, nicotine acts as a stimulant. It serves to
activate cholinergic receptors in both the peripheral and the central nervous
system. This results in increased heart rate and blood pressure and stimulates
the release of epinephrine (that is to say, adrenaline) as well as dopamine and
other stimulants into the bloodstream.

This in turn causes increased alertness and reduced fatigue. Smoking a
cigarette, believe it or not, has the same energizing effect as drinking a cup
of coffee. Of course, the long-term effects of smoking outweigh the short term
effects by a wide margin, so regular use of this particular expedient would be
quite unwise - you're far better off drinking the cup of coffee!

JK

From: Bob Braun on 23 Sep 2009 14:29

"John Kasupski" <kc2hmz(a)spamfilter.verizon.net> wrote in message
news:gcokb5t68rlu0k59p83bpbi4uir9hvr3va(a)4ax.com...
> On Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:59:39 -0400, "Bob Braun" <oxinfla(a)hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>Relative to the length of Vada's career............did anyone note that he
>>was a chain smoker? He would light up in the tunnel between innings.
>
> OMG! Performance-enhancing substance! Ban him from the HOF for life and
> put
> asterisks next to his records! :-)
>
> I'm only half kidding. A lot of people don't realize it, but from a sports
> medicine standpoint, although nicotine is a poisonous alkaloid which at
> high
> doses has been used in everything from insecticides to tranquilizing darts
> for
> use on elephants, in the short term, nicotine acts as a stimulant. It
> serves to
> activate cholinergic receptors in both the peripheral and the central
> nervous
> system. This results in increased heart rate and blood pressure and
> stimulates
> the release of epinephrine (that is to say, adrenaline) as well as
> dopamine and
> other stimulants into the bloodstream.
>
> This in turn causes increased alertness and reduced fatigue. Smoking a
> cigarette, believe it or not, has the same energizing effect as drinking a
> cup
> of coffee. Of course, the long-term effects of smoking outweigh the short
> term
> effects by a wide margin, so regular use of this particular expedient
> would be
> quite unwise - you're far better off drinking the cup of coffee!
>
> JK

Never smoked one. Watching people trying to get off them, makes me extra
glad. The healthy lung and smoker's lung in jars, they passed around health
class in high school, did the trick for me.

I'm 53 and can still run a sub 8 minute mile (when my legs cooperate). My
cardio is in far better shape than my legs.


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