All About Nicotine

Nicotine is natural and is found in tobacco leaves. Nicotine nudges your body to make more adrenaline. This makes your heart rate speed up, your blood pressure rises and you breathe faster. The nicotine enters your blood stream through your lungs when you smoke a cigarette. It opens the doors for more adrenaline and drives up levels of the feel-good brain chemical called dopomine. Smokeless tobacco products are not safer than cigarettes. You can get hooked on dip and chew as well. Keeping in your mouth an average size wad of dip for 30 minutes will give you as much nicotine as smoking three cigarettes. As far as e-cigarettes, no one knows how much nicotine they contain. Even those that claim to be nicotine-free, contain the drug. Nearly all e-cigarettes contain nicotine. Because the amount varies, it can be hard to know how much of the drug you are getting. Also, the amount does not always match what is on the label. Nicotine does not cause lung cancer, but it will get you addicted to tobacco. The most serious health problems, like lung cancer, emphysema and heart disease are due to some of the many other toxic smoke. Toxins such as, formaldehyde, cyanide, ammonia and tar. Your appetite craves food when you quit nicotine. Most find when they stop smoking that they are hungrier than ever. You may feel stressed, anxious or depressed, while detoxing off nicotine. Withdrawal symptoms will probably last a few days or weeks. You may want to use nicotine replacement therapy. It can help control your cravings and help you succeed in quitting for good. This is from a quiz on WebMD