Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Are You Addicted to Nicotine ? - Both Smokers and Tobacco Chewers


Are You Addicted to Nicotine ? -  Both Smokers and Tobacco Chewers




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David L. here (Recovering Alcoholic/Addict)


Hundreds and hundreds of Smokers including Chewing Tobacco users die every day of the year! This should tell you something about how incredibly Nicotine  is! Nicotine is one of the most addicted and abused drugs of today!

 Many of the smokers or Chewing Tobacco users do not even realize this, but it is true. I am a Chewing tobacco user and am slowly cutting down my amounts of usage everyday until i am 100% free of Nicotine. I happen to be using both the Nicotine Patch, Nicotine Gum, and the Nicotine lozenges.

They really work! I am hoping to be 100% Nicotine free by the end of March. ( I have been Chewing Tobacco now for almost 28 years) So, with that being said, I do not want to get mouth cancer or any other disease that comes along with Nicotine using.

If you are a Smoker or Chewing Tobacco User, or even both, I highly suggest you read this article for some facts about what Nicotine is and how it affects your body to the point of complete addiction.

Regrettably, Cigarette Smoking nonetheless tops the list as the most preventable killer in the U.S.A. Nowadays, reporting for 438,000 deaths each year. Estimations from the Centers for Disease Control dating back to the year 2007 tell us that twenty. eight % of the United States of America. adult population, or forty-five. three million individuals, presently smoke cigarettes.

 

Nicotine is Highly Addictive 

The inhaled nicotine tobacco smoke goes from the lungs, into the bloodstream and up to the tobacco users brain within seven to ten seconds.

(This goes for both Smokers and Chewers )

when the nicotine reaches this stage, nicotine triggers off a number of chemical reactions that produce irregular sensations of pleasance for the smoker, but these pleasures are short-lived, lessening within minutes.

As the nicotine level deteriorates in the blood, smokers feel highly strung and disturbed --

This is the beginning of Nicotine Withdrawal.

 (This goes for both Smokers and Chewers ) therefore, in order to alleviate the uncomfortableness, smokers light up another cigarette and the Chewing Tobacco users put more "Chew" into their mouths usually under their lip...and then another..and another.






And then it goes -- the vicious circle of nicotine addiction. One cigarette or Chew is never enough, a fact that every smoker or Chewer recognizes all too well.

In order to give up smoking or chewing with success for the long-run, it helps oneself to realize the actual nature of nicotine addiction and what it demands to break free of it.

 In fact, smokers and Chewers are often surprised to learn that they're addicted to a substance. Several of us believed that smoking and chewing were just horrible habits; something we could lay off easily when we determined it was the wright time to do so.

Let's take a look at how nicotine impacts brain chemistry and begin the educational procedure that will help us fight this addiction to the end, once and for all.

 

Nicotine and Adrenalin

 

When a person breathes in cigarette smoke, the nicotine in the smoke is rapidly assimilated into the blood and starts affecting the brain within ten seconds. With Chewing Tobacco it may take one full minute.The result is the release of Adrenalin, the "fight or flight" hormone.


Physically, adrenaline increases an individual's pulse rate, blood pressure level and restrains blood periods of "Flow" to the cardiac muscle.

Once this happens, the smoker not the Chewer in this situation,  undergoes speedy,  taking a deep breath and the feeling of a racing heartbeat. Adrenaline also teaches the body to ditch extra glucose into the bloodstream.

 

 

Nicotine and Insulin

 

Nicotine also suppresses the discharge of insulin from the pancreas, a hormone that's responsible for removing excess sugars from an individual's blood.

This leaves the smoker in a somewhat hyperglycemic circumstance, signifying that he or she has more sugar in their blood than is normal.

High blood glucose (Sugar)  plays the part of an appetite suppressant, which might be why smokers and chewers believe that  their cigarettes or chewing tobacco reduce and dilute their own hunger.


Nicotine and Dopamine

 

Nicotine activates the same reward nerve pathways in the brain that other drugs of abuse such as cocaine or amphetamines do, although to a lesser stage.

Research has established that nicotine increases the level of dopamine in the brain, a neurotransmitter that's responsible for feelings of delight and well being.

The intense effects of nicotine wear away within minutes, so individuals must go along with drugging themselves oftentimes throughout the day to uphold the enjoyable effects of nicotine and to keep away from their withdrawal symptoms.

 

The Chemicals in Cigarettes

 

In addition to nicotine, cigarette smoke is composed of more than 4000 toxic chemicals and tar ( way too many to mention here ) but if you are curious, then go to the link below which shows all 4000:


But, for chewing tobacco, here are the harmful chemicals that are eventually interjected into your body:    
                                                                           
- Cadmium: used in car batteries
- Formaldehyde: embalming fluid
- Lead: a poison
- Nicotine: an addictive drug
- N-Nitrosamines: cancer-causing chemical
- Polonium 210: nuclear waste
- Acetaldehyde: irritant Hydrazine: toxic chemical
- Benzopyrene: cancer-causing chemical
- Uranium 235: used in nuclear weapons
- Sodium: salt, can cause high blood pressure
- Sugar: can cause cavities
 - Fiberglass and Sand: abrasives

( Wow ! Allot of these harmful additives seem dangerous to me! It just makes me want to quit even more when I read what's inside Chewing Tobacco. )

The tar in a cigarette, which can be as much as twenty-two milligrams in a high-tar cigarette to seven milligrams in a low-tar cigarette, exposes smokers to an increased risk of lung cancer, emphysema, and bronchial disorders.

The carbon monoxide in cigarette smoke increases the chance of cardiovascular diseases. The Environmental Protection Agency has concluded that secondhand smoke causes lung cancer in adults and greatly increases the risk of respiratory illnesses in children and sudden infant death.
 
 
It Can Be Done!!!

 Statistics show that only a small percentage (just about seven%) of people who try to quit smoking without support are still smoke-free a year later.

Nevertheless, those with a quit program in place that includes education about nicotine addiction and a solid support group, do much better.

Again, I am using the Nicotine Patch and gum plus nicotine lozenges .  It really makes a difference for me. All 3 can be purchased over the counter in places like Walmart, target and CVS/Wallgreens type of stores.

Folks, Quit !  Period !  Do you really want to die from lung cancer? Do you really want to get mouth cancer from Chewing Tobacco?

I am sure your answers are "Hell No".... So, get rid of Nicotine in your body. I would recommend getting the patch and either nicotine gum or lozenges.

Thank You For Reading - David L. (Chewing Tobacco Addict/Alcoholic and Addict)

1 comment:

  1. To suddenly stop what you have been used to is quite a difficult thing to do. That's why we tend to seek for a sober companion. I guess, there's no better one than a family who is always there to embrace back the person who was once lost in addiction.

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