Does nicotine gum have more nicotine than a cigaratte?

Answer 1

There is more nicotine in one single cigar than in one single cigarette.

Cigars and cigarettes differ in both size and the type of tobacco used. Cigarettes are generally more uniform in size and contain less than 1 gram of tobacco each. Cigars, on the other hand, can vary in size and shape and can measure more than 7 inches in length. Large cigars typically contain between 5 and 17 grams of tobacco. It is not unusual for some premium cigars to contain the tobacco equivalent of an entire pack of cigarettes. U.S. cigarettes are made from different blends of tobaccos, whereas most cigars are composed primarily of a single type of tobacco (air-cured or dried burley tobacco).

Nicotine is the agent in tobacco that is capable of causing addiction or dependence. Cigarettes have an average total nicotine content of about 8.4 milligrams, while many popular brands of cigars will contain between 100 and 200 milligrams, or as many as 444 milligrams of nicotine.

Quote from the NCI's Web site: www dot cancer dot gov

It should be noted however that the MANNER in which cigars and cigarettes are smoked plays a huge a factor in the amount of nicotine that is absorbed into the body. As you probably know, cigarette smoke is normally inhaled, whereas cigar smokers rarely inhale. It becomes a difficult thing to pin down at this point as you are now dealing with the absorption rates of nicotine through the mucous membranes in the mouth (cigars) vice the with both mouth and lung absorption with cigarettes. There are few, if any definitive studies that have really nailed down the answer to this question, but I suspect that it comes out that cigars deliver less nicotine than cigarettes - but this is just an unscientific guess as have tried both and I get a very light headed, woozy and almost nauseous feeling when I inhale all the smoke that a cigarette delivers, vice the almost non existant "nicotine" feeling from puffing (and not inhaling) a cigars smoke.

There is also one last thing to point out and that is the amount of nicotine contained in different types/brands/sizes of cigar. For example, the ligero portion of a tobacco leaf (the top third of a leaf) contains much more nicotine than the bottom 2/3rds. Some cigars specialize in using all ligero, and some use none, and some use a mixture of both. Nicotine levels therefore fluctuate between these different types per gram of tobacco. It would be a wonderful thing if someone analyzed each of the major brands of cigars out there and made up a chart of nicotine levels in each. Then, those that enjoy the hobby, activity and flavor of cigars, but aren't really interested in getting a nicotine dose, could then choose ones that deliver a smaller dose.

Answer 2

Yes, there are two types of nicotine gums, the 2 mg gum and the 4 mg gum, if a person smokes more than a pack/day (20+) he'll start with the 4 mg, if less than a pack he'll take the 2 mg gum, about 10-15 gums/day one each 1-2 hours would do the trick, (gum lasts about 30 mins) a random cigarette like camel yellow hard pack contains 0.9 mg of nicotine, a light cigarette around 0.6-0.7, 0.1-0.4 on superlights so yes a nicotine gum, contains more nicotine

Answer 3

An average cigarette delivers around 1gm of nicotine. Nicotine gum comes in various strengths, the weakest being 2gms. So the weakest gum delivers twice the amount as a cigarette. You would think that giving the 'addict' twice the amount of their 'drug' would wean them of cigarettes with a very high success rate. But it doesn't. Studies preformed by the makers of gum themselves have found long-term success rates as low as 1.6%.

Answer 4

The 4Mg of Nicorette gum costs around $30.00 for 100 pieces. If you are smoking a pack a day, Nicorette recommends that you chew 9 pieces of gum per day which would break down to about $2.75 a day.

Answer 5

I think its more...

Answer 6

Yes