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What effect does the addictive chemical nicotine have on your body?
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∙ 11y ago
Nicotine is a drug that will mess with the mind. The mind begins to love Nicotine in such a way it feels like it has been fed after a cig.
The body side is, it will stain most things. Such as fingers, nails and so on.
Are you sure it will stain fingers and fingernails? I'm not talking about cigarettes, but strictly nicotine. Like, what if you chewed on nicorette all the time?
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∙ 15y ago
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What body systems do nicotine effect?
Nicotine is an extremely addictive drug. When smoking, nicotine enters the bloodstream and goes straight to the brain. The brain is the body system that nicotine effects
How does nicotine effect your body?
Nicotine can cause cardiovascular accidents or heart attacks. This is dangerous and remarkably one of the most used and addictive drugs.
What happens if you take the drug nicotine?
Nicotine can reduce the blood flow to your hands and feet, Increase your heat reate and blood pressure(which leads to increased risk of heart attacks). It is also very addictive and is found in ciggarettes. It is addictive because the drug's shape resembles the shapes of the chemical that is made by the nervous system. As an effect to the fact that the drug is replacing the chemical your body can stop making it. This means that your body needs and wants you to take the drug so that you can get that chemical again. Your body can make the chemical again but could take a long time.
What is the effect does all the ingredients in a cigarette have on your body?
The most important part of a cigar is the nicotine. This drug makes cigars addictive. The others just SLOWLY kill you
What happens if you use nicotine only to smoke what are the harmful effects?
Nicotine itself is a chemical which is very addictive which then makes the body crave for it. Over a long time period it is said to be a cause for cancer however it isn't yet fully proven.
What does not describe property of nicotine?
Nicotine is non-addictive
Why does second hand smoke make you smoke later?
Nicotine is addictive. Your body thinks it likes it.
Why are cigarettes addicting?
Nicotine in cigarettes is what makes them so addictive. Nicotine is a stimulant that releases beta-endorphins, the natural chemical in our brains that makes us feel good. Smokers will reach for a cigarette when they are stressed as it will make them feel calm, in control but alert at the same time. It is easy to get used to this feeling and need it more and more but as the body can't store nicotine, more cigarettes are needed to keep producing the same effect.
Why aren't cigars addictive?
It's the pH of the smoke. Nicotine is addictive if it enters your body in an acidic carrier. Cigarette smoke is acidic, so its nicotine is addictive. (The acidity also prevents the nicotine from being absorbed through the walls of your mouth, so you need to inhale cigarette smoke to get the effect.) Cigar smoke is alkaline, so it can enter your body through the walls in your mouth and it's not addictive. There's also the part about cigars being so expensive you can't afford to get addicted to them, but that's a side issue. - - - - - I may be wrong here, but as far as I know, you aren't supposed to inhale cigars like you are with cigarettes. And then you won't inhale the nicotine either.
Is a cigarette a phyical change?
No, all the changes smoking does to the body are chemical, nicotine is a chemical that is addictive, the smoke and other chemicals created from the smoke make your teeth yellow, stop the growth of hair and all the other nasty stuff that happens to a habitual smoker.
What is the substance in cigarettes that make smoker addicted?
it is not necessarily the body that makes cigarettes addictive. the nicotine in the cigarette is addictive. it rushes up to your brain and makes you addicted.
What is the chemical found in tobacco products that acts as a stimulant or depressant in the body?
Nicotine
