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For example, for a person who consumes low amounts of alcohol, the risk of developing liver disease and dying from liver cirrhosis is highly dependent upon that persons other risk factors, such as obesity and hepatitis infection (50)

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Dennis Dougherty, the Californian chemist who led the team that made this discovery, commented that 'if nicotine activated the receptor in muscles, humans would probably die instantly from smoking'

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So while acetylcholine normally provides the just the right amount of alertness when it b inds to its receptors, nicotine produces a much more intense response (increased alertness, pleasurable feelings) due to its higher concentrations at the acetylcholine receptors