Effects of Nicotine. Nicotine is the harmful, addictive substance found in all tobacco products. When you smoke a cigarette, chew tobacco, or otherwise ingest nicotine, the effects are immediate: Nicotine travels through the body in the bloodstream and heads straight for the brain, arriving in 7 to 15 seconds.
The current Oregon minimum wage of $9.75 per hour is the lowest amount a non-exempt employee in Oregon can legally be paid for hourly work. Special minimum wage rates, such as the Oregon waitress minimum wage for tipped employees, may apply to certain workers.
1 By the last quarter of 1997, the average wage stood at $6.65 an hour, or 50 cents higher than in the similar period of 1996. 2  Adjusting for inflation, this represented a one-year wage increase of 5.4 percent. 3  The Oregon minimum wage rose to $6.00 an hour in January 1, 1998.