Nicotine……Why and what it does to you!
Nicotine is one of the most addictive, widely available drugs in the world.
Most smokers would never consider taking such drugs as cocaine and heroin, which are just as addictive as nicotine but the fact that nicotine is widely available over the counter in most shops, petrol stations and pubs creates a situation where the addictive nature of nicotine can be over looked. Cigarettes create a wide range of health problems and smokers have great difficulty stopping even when the health problems become life threatening.
Once you have been smoking for a while it takes a of willpower to stop due to the addictive nature of tobacco, many people find it very hard to stop even with doctor prescribed medication.
Pure nicotine is a deadly poison and even a small amount of pure nicotine placed on your skin will kill you. However the amount of nicotine in cigarettes is nowhere near that strong but it is enough to get you addicted which gets you going back for more even when you know that it might kill you and you desperately need or want to stop.
When you inhale cigarette smoke the nicotine goes directly to your brain in mere seconds where it stimulates the receptors in the brain to make you feel good. It causes the brain to release dopamine which helps to improve your mood and this is one of the reasons why people who are anxious, sad or depressed often seek comfort in smoking cigarettes.
Your body will become used to the nicotine in the cigarettes and you will gradually require more and more to get the same affect. This leads to heavy nicotine addiction where some people start to smoke several packs a day, or start to chain smoke one cigarette after another.
Smoking is expensive when you consider the cost of paying for so many packs of cigarettes each week, plus there are additional loads placed on a persons health from the damage that all the smoking is doing.
Every day that you continue smoking you are making it harder to quit the habbit and that is precisely what the tobacco companies want.
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