“…Nicotine, from TS and e-cigs, has been associated with the development of a number of potential toxic mechanisms inflicted on the brain, including increased oxidative stress (Bernard et al, 2019;Kuntic et al, 2020), neuroinflammation (Stamatovic et al, 2011;Li et al, 2019), cerebral thrombosis (Kaisar et al, 2017;Qasim et al, 2018), changes in BBB-related protein function or expression (Wang et al, 1994;Abbruscato et al, 2004;Kaisar et al, 2018), BBB permeability (Abbruscato et al, 2002;Hawkins et al, 2004;Kaisar et al, 2017), and cerebral blood flow (Hans et al, 1993;Zubieta et al, 2001). Furthermore, nicotine and chemical constituents of both TS and e-cigs have been reported to interact with the liver cytochrome P450 (CYP-P450) enzymes and affect plasma drug levels of certain central nervous system (CNS) drugs (Zevin and Benowitz 1999;Molden and Spigset 2009;Ellingrod 2013). Also, it has also been reported that CNS drugs utilize similar nicotine transport systems at the BBB interface, and in the presence of nicotine, their transport to the brain can be directly affected (Tega et al, 2018).…”