nicotine intake
- noun
- /ˈnɪkəˌtiːn ˈɪnˌteɪk/
:
consumo de nicotina
- Many health experts recommend reducing your nicotine intake to lower the risk of serious health issues.
Examples
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Since then, additional research has been conducted on nicotine reduction, suggesting that smokers can progressively reduce nicotine intake and toxic exposures without substantial compensation.
Academic text (2011) -
Their variables include average total cigarette consumption, average cigarette length, and average tar and nicotine intake per day.
Academic text (1999) -
Although taxes reduce the number of cigarettes consumed per day among remaining smokers, total daily tar and nicotine intake is unaffected.
Academic text (1999) -
These data were used to validate questionnaire responses on cigarette smoke exposure because cotinine concentrations in various body fluids accurately reflect nicotine intake.
Academic text (1999) -
Young smokers are even more responsive to changes in taxes; their total daily tar and nicotine intake actually increases after a tax hike" (Evans and Farrelly 1998: 1).
Academic text (1999) -
She decided to quit smoking to decrease her nicotine intake and improve her overall health.
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Tracking your nicotine intake can help you understand your smoking habits better.
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the act or amount of consuming nicotine' is directly and transparently derivable from 'nicotine' (the addictive compound) combined with 'intake' (the act/amount taken into the body). This is a regular noun+noun compositional pattern found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Nicotine intake comes from the simple idea of nicotine (the drug in tobacco) being taken into the body and intake meaning the amount taken in. So it means how much nicotine someone 'takes in', which is why doctors watch it when they talk about health risks.