Yes- but the half life of the first metabolic by-product (which is more
powerful) is at least 5 hours, if memory serves. The methyl-xanthanes
aren't among my favorite group to teach (being neurotoxic and great
insecticides, btw) so I always have to go back and look it up before
teaching it. It also can depend on other factors how quickly elimination
occurs, etc. Tim S.

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Timothy O. Shearon, PhD
Albertson College of Idaho
2112 Cleveland Blvd. 
Caldwell, ID 83605

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-----Original Message-----
From: DeVolder Carol L [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 8:46 AM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences
Subject: RE: short-term effects of nicotine and caffeine

The half-life of caffeine is about 3 hours under normal
circumstances--but there will most definitely be individual differences.

Carol

-----Original Message-----
From: David Epstein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 9:35 AM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences
Subject: Re: short-term effects of nicotine and caffeine


On Thu, 30 Sep 2004, Miguel Roig went:

> Hi, folks.  A student asked me some questions about the short-term
> effects of smoking and of drinking coffee that I could not answer.
> Does any one know or can anyone speculate on how long such
> short-term effects last after smoking one or more cigarettes or
> sequentially drinking one or more cups of coffee?

Subjective effects?  Health effects?

> TIA.

Transient ischemic attacks? :)

--David

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