...cigarettes is more than just a physical addiction. Over time, your neural connections are rewired to expect nicotine. If you do not quit cold turkey, your mind goes through the withdrawal process because that chemical stimulant is not there. Beyond the chemical addiction, you also have to deal with breaking the habit and social aspects of smoking. On average, just 4 to 7 percent of people are able to quit smoking cold turkey. This is because nicotine addiction is more complex than just a bad habit. A Physical and Mental Addiction From the moment you take the first drag of a cigarette, nicotine floods your mind. It products endorphins in your mind like dopamine that give you pleasure and make you feel relaxed. At the same time, it also increases your blood...
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...cigarettes because smoking is such a strong addiction. It is a habit that is very difficult to break. There are many different reasons why people smoke. Three of the main reasons that young people smoke are to look mature, to be like their friends, and to experiment. Since teens see older people all around them smoking, especially their parents and relatives, they smoke to act older. If their friends or peers smoke, they may feel pressured into doing the same to be accepted. The last reason is the excitement of experimenting with something that is forbidden. As defined by The 1988 report, The Health Consequences of Smoking: Nicotine Addiction: A Report of the Surgeon General “,”Nicotine addiction is the fundamental reason that individuals persist in using tobacco products, and this persistent tobacco use contributes to many diseases”. And according to the WHO (World Health Organization) official website, tobacco kills up to half of its users, it also kills nearly 6 million people each year. More than five million of those deaths are the result of direct tobacco use while more than 600 000 are the result of non-smokers being exposed to second-hand smoke and nearly percent of the world's one billion tobacco users live in low- and middle-income countries. The National Institute on Drug Abuse’ research shows that nicotine addiction accounts for about one-third of all cancers, including 90 percent of lung cancer cases. Although nicotine is addictive, it is not the main reason for...
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...Caraga State University Ampayon, Butuan City ADDICTION OF CIGARETTES SMOKING INSIDE THE CSU CAMPUS Mucram, Jamael C. 09070123796 Jhon Mark C. Gomez, Anchie G. Ruperto,Bompat Tagupa, Eunilyn R. Villafañe, Junalyn G. Cuevas, Kate Ariane A. I. Introduction a. Definition Nicotine is one of more than 4,000 chemicals found in the smoke from tobaccoproducts;it is the primary component that acts on the brain. Smokeless tobacco products(for example,snuffand chewing tobacco) also contain many toxins as well as high levelsof nicotine. Nicotine is anaturally occurring colorless liquid that turns brown whenburned and takes on the odor of tobaccowhen exposed to air. There are many species of tobacco plants the tabacum species serving as themajor source of today's tobacco products. Extensive study shows it to have a number of complex andsometimes unpredictable effects on the brain andt he body. As any smoker can tell you, nicotine is a remarkably addictive drug; only aboutsevenpercent who try to quit smoking on their own last at least one year. Nicotine is amongthe mostheavily used addictive drugs in the country, in spite of the long-known facts regardingsmoking'spotential to cause lung cancer and many other health problems. b. Psychological Disturbance Many smoke as a way to cope with stress, according to the Cleveland Clinic website. Psychologically speaking, this may be true to some extent since nicotine can temporarily alter moods and make feelings...
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...Nicotine Nicotine There are sixty-four species of tobacco plants that are native to Americans. The tobacco plant is naturally a sticky plant that has large leaves and flowers. Physically, tobacco plants are categorized into the nightshade family. Nicotine is produced in the roots and stored in its leaves. The function of nicotine is an insecticide which protects the plant from herbivores. The drug nicotine was brought from America to Europe by Fernando Cortes in the early 1500’s. A man named Jean Nicot used tobacco as a cure for headaches, which led to the use of his name in the term “nicotine.” People in Europe continued to use tobacco as a cure for certain illnesses. It wasn’t until 1807, that Gaspare Cerioli first extracted nicotine from the tobacco plant. (Katarina Lah May 08, 2011) There are over four thousand chemicals that tobacco leaves contain when burned, nicotine being the most popular. The nicotine is what causes smokers to become addicted. When you inhale tobacco, the nicotine is what spreads to every organ in your body. Small or large doses can stimulate the brain and nervous system. Your heart rate and blood pressure increase, and give to the excessive clotting in smokers.(Nicotine, n.d.) Our brains consist of millions of nerve cells. They converse by releasing chemical messengers called neurotransmitters. Each neurotransmitter specifically fits into a hole, called a receptor. When the two find each other, it stimulates the receptors nerve cell. A nicotine...
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...com/locate/drugpo Research paper Nicotine control: E-cigarettes, smoking and addiction Kirsten Bell a,∗ , Helen Keane b a b Department of Anthropology, 6303 NW Marine Drive, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada School of Sociology, Building 22, Hayden Allen Building, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Background: Over the past year or so, electronic cigarettes, more commonly known as ‘e-cigarettes’, have achieved widespread visibility and growing popularity. These products, which deliver nicotine via an inhaled mist, have caused no small amount of controversy in public health circles, and their rise has been accompanied by energetic debate about their potential harms and benefits. Methods: Interspersed with an analysis of current media coverage on e-cigarettes and the response of mainstream tobacco control and public health to these devices, this article examines the emergence of nicotine as both as an ‘addiction’ and a treatment for addiction. Results: We argue that by delivering nicotine in way that resembles the visual spectacle and bodily pleasures of smoking, but without the harms of combustible tobacco, e-cigarettes highlight the complex status of nicotine as both a poison and remedy in contemporary public health and tobacco control. Conclusion: In consequence, e-cigarettes jeopardize the carefully drawn distinctions between ‘good’ and ‘bad’ forms of nicotine. © 2012 Elsevier B.V...
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...She said that tobacco should be called the Herba Regina (the herb of the queen). In 1828, Posselt, a doctor, and Reinmann, a chemist, both from Germany, first isolated nicotine from the tobacco plant. They said it was a poison. a Belgian chemist and physicist, described nicotine's empirical formula in 1843, and Adolf Pinner and Richard Wolffenstein, both chemists from Germany, described its structure in 1893 In 1904, nicotine was first synthesized . Pharmacokinetics refers to what the body does to a substance, while pharmacodynamics refers to what a substance does to the body. After inhaling tobacco smoke, nicotine rapidly enters the bloodstream, crosses the blood-brain barrier and is inside the brain within eight to twenty seconds. Within approximately two hours after entering the body, half of the nicotine has gone (elimination half-life of about two hours). How much nicotine may enter a smoker's body depends on: • what type of tobacco is being used • whether or not the smoker inhales the smoke • whether a filter is used, and what type of filter it is Tobacco products that are chewed, placed inside the mouth, or snorted tend to release considerably larger amounts of nicotine into the body than smoking. Nicotine is broken down (metabolized) in the liver, mostly by cytochrome P450 enzymes. Nicotine is both a sedative and a stimulant. When our bodies are exposed...
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...my grandmother, granddad and an aunt of mine. All of them took me to school a different morning, and every morning I endured in second hand smoke. I hated the smell of cigarettes and shortly after I hated cigarettes because cigarettes took my grandmother, granddad, and my aunt. They all suffered from Lung cancer. Smoking cigarettes can cause many problems in life, many such as: addition, financial issues, and health problems. A. First smoking cigarettes cause addition. a. According to www.buzzle.com an article by Leena Palande Nicotine addiction facts inform us that each puff of a cigarette transmits nicotine to the brain within 10 seconds and INSTANTLY, you feel more alert and calm. b. Also, on the same article Leena states that another reason why cigarettes are so addicting is because the nicotine gives pleasure and relaxation to the brain. So basically If try to stop it’s going to be hard because you brain wants nicotine. c. Don’t smoke cigarettes! B. Second smoking cause financial problems. d. According to the Census of 2011 on www.Cdc.gov (Centers of Disease Control and Prevention) More than 293 billion cigarettes were purchased in the United States in 2011, with three companies selling nearly 85% of them. e. Cigarettes cost $5 a box. If you estimated the cost of cigarettes a year it was be…$10 dollars a week. $40 dollars an month. $2,080 a year. f. Don’t smoke cigarettes! C. Last of...
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...simulates the glow of tobacco. However, no actual smoke is generated with this device” (M. Johnson, N. Pennington, 2014 #612). Because there is no tobacco combustion in e-cigs, they are a much lower risk alternative when compared to traditional cigarettes. This also means that the absence of tobacco results in minimal regulation of the product (M. Johnson, N. Pennington, 2014 #612). Electronic cigarettes are available in stores and online to anyone regardless of age. Consumers of this product range from smokers trying to quit, to the nation’s youth who have never smoked before. Flavors such as gummy bear, cookies, and bubble gum get the attention of a youth market and poses a risk of encouraging nicotine addiction among children. [Choi, et al. 2012] On the contrary, providing lower-risk nicotine substitutes can offer immense public health benefits to smokers and non-smokers alike (Sweanor et al. 2007). ANALYSIS Claim 1 First, electronic cigarettes help smokers stop smoking traditional cigarettes. According to researchers at the Department of Clinical...
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...Smoking Disease in Native Americans Smoking Disease in Native Americans Smoking cigarettes is a very dangerous habit and according to the American Psychological Association (APA) is highly addictive. Because smoking is such an addictive habit most people consider it a disease on its own. Although this is a universal known fact, people still choose to smoke. “Nicotine is the ingredient in cigarettes that causes addiction. Smokers not only become physically addicted to nicotine; they also link smoking with many social activities, making smoking an, extremely difficult addiction to break” (The American Lung Association, 2011). Smoking is also related to many health problems especially respiratory diseases such as lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). They also relate smoking with relaxation and as a stress reliever, but there is nothing positive about this nasty habit. Even though some say smoking helps them to relax, they need to stop smoking for their health because smoking is the cause of many health problems. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), “the percentage of American adults who smoke decreased from 20.9 percent in 2005 to 19.3 percent in 2010. That translates to three million fewer smokers than there would have been with no decline. But almost one in five adults still smoke” (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2011. P. 1). Based on a national health survey conducted in 2010 of the three million of...
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...In the 20th century, the world learned about the health dangers of tobacco smoking and traditional cigarettes. Billions of people developed a tobacco or cigarette addiction, and e-cigarettes quickly became a popular alternative to conventional nicotine. With the growing popularity of e-cigarettes, medical practitioners and the public raise new questions about their safety. Questions regarding the safety of e-cigarettes and their potential to become an alternative to traditional cigarettes continue to circulate. Medical practitioners raise their eyebrows as they witness the growing number of e-cigarette smokers. Many of them are teenagers or young people in their 20s. Despite their convenience and popularity, it is too early to say that e-cigarettes can replace traditional cigarettes and become a safer alternative to tobacco smoking because e-liquids contain nicotine and other dangerous chemicals that may have adverse impacts on smokers’ health....
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...Keep simple and polite! Good morning teachers and friends, I, Ahmad Khairi Hafiz as the President of the Environment Club would like to talk about”How to Protect the Environment” First of all, each one of us can start by not littering. We should throw our rubbish into the rubbish bin instead of anywhere we like. Once I went strolling at a park nearby my house but was dissapointed at the sight of rubbish.I saw many empty cans and plastic wrappers lying around.They do not only spoil the beautiful park but they are the best breeding place for aedes mosquitoes. Another way of protecting our environment is by keeping our rivers clean. We can play our role by not throwing rubbish into the rivers. Meanwhile the factories can stop dumping their toxic waste into them. Plastic wrappers which made up 80 percent of the rubbish can endanger the fish and other aquatic lives while toxic waste can kill them. We, human will consequently suffer as we rely on the rivers for food and water. Moreover, farmers should avoid open burning in their farming practice because it polutes the air.Open burning can lead to haze which contains poisonous gases such as carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide. These gases can cause many serious diseases. Children who breathe the polluted air may suffer from asthma and some people may even suffer from rashes and eye-diseases. Finally, we can practice the 3R; Reuse, Reduce and Recycle. Every household should aim at reducing the amount of rubbish thrown.To...
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...are peer reinforcement or encouragement to try smoking and the availability of cigarettes. Third stage- (experimental stage) is when adolescents engage in repeated but irregular smoking. risk factors-social situations such as parties where smoking is excepted and important peers such as best friend who encourages smoking , low efficacy or the inability to refuse offers. The fourth stage –termed (regular use) when adolescents smoke on a regular basis at least weekly and more frequently across a variety of situations. Psychosocial influences are socializing with peers that smoke and reinforce smoking, the perception that smoking reduces stress, or weight loss. The final stage is (nicotine dependency and addiction stage) this involves the physiological need for nicotine. This involves tolerance for nicotine, withdrawal symptoms if the person attempts to quit. Social smoking is the number factor adolescents start the habit in the first place.-occasional smoking at parties. With friends. Non daily use still...
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...Health risks of smoking tobacco Name Institution Health risks of smoking tobacco With the continued increase if information from all available sources, the practice of research has become increasingly specialized. In this regard, the amount of published literature has increased spectacularly. This literature usually differs in its design work, methodology superiority, and the amount of population involved in studies, interventions, tests and differing conditions. Since even the most cited sources are open to refute or challenges, there is a need to create a summary that reduces uncertainty. Most review sources and articles take on a form of narrative, whereby the content professionals write regarding a specified field. Reviews have a lot of benefits including a wide range of summary of relevant data tempered by years of handy knowledge. In many circumstances, readers and researchers opt for information about specific information on topics and require a high standard of assertion that available information is comprehensive and objective. At such a point, a reader turns to a quantitative synopsis of literature. A systematic review (Sterne, Egger, 2001 p. 89) takes account of processes that make out all studies specified for a particular question, which may be collected from research and other...
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...same ingredients are found in cigars and in tobacco used in pipes and hookahs. According to the National Cancer Institute, cigars have a higher level of carcinogens, toxins, and tar than cigarettes. When using a hookah pipe, you’re likely to inhale more smoke than you would from a cigarette. Hookah smoke has many toxic compounds and exposes you to more carbon monoxide than cigarettes do. Hookahs also produce more secondhand smoke. In the United States, the mortality rate for smokers is three times that of people who never smoked, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It’s one of the leading causes of preventable death. Central Nervous System One of the ingredients in tobacco is a mood-altering drug called nicotine. Nicotine reaches your brain in mere seconds. It’s a central...
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...referred to as a safer form of smoking-- seem to have just as many negative effects as regular cigarettes? The original intent for e-cigarettes was to help people quit smoking, but it has become an epidemic: young people, even minors, are beginning to use products like these. Getting young people involved creates a problem, and thus the debate of whether e-cigarettes are better than conventional cigarettes or a new gateway to future problems for teenagers is indisputable; they are creating a new generation of addicts. Vaping exploded just a few years ago, and has become a worldwide phenomenon since then, even taking control of schools all over the United States. In fact, according to USAToday.com, “About 11% of high school seniors vaped nicotine in 2017; about a quarter of those seniors...
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