Having been a smoker for less than ten years, I had deluded myself into thinking the health risks for me weren’t that severe. When I found out what comprises cigarettes, I quickly changed my mind. There can be as many as around 4000 various chemicals in the cigarettes. Thus far it is determined that 50 of the chemicals are well known to cause you cancer.
There are over four thousand chemicals found in cigarettes – 43 of those chemicals are known carcinogenic compounds and other toxins that include, but are not limited to nicotine, DDT, arsenic, ammonia, tar, carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, and hydrogen cyanide. By the way, carcinogenic literally means cancer causing. Most commonly mentioned chemicals are nicotine, tar & carbon monoxide and nicotine is the insecticide. Tar is oily substance that is used to pave roofs and driveways. Carbon monoxide is the odorless gas that is found in the auto exhaust. But, These might not be most dangerous chemicals there in the cigarettes.
The best part of all those lovely chemicals we are sucking into our lungs is that those chemicals stay in our lungs. The catch is, the more we inhale, the better it feels. The more damage we do to our lungs is directly related to an increase in how much we want to smoke. To make this matter worse, the second hand smoke is more dangerous. American Surgeon General also found more than 50 cancer causing chemicals that are all found in the cigarette smoke. An unfortunate result is other people and family members will develop the health problems without smoking the cigarette!
Let’s talk a little more about nicotine for a moment. It takes nicotine six seconds – yes, six seconds – to reach the brain from the moment it is inhaled. That is just part of what makes nicotine so addictive. Nicotine has a calming effect while also being a stimulant. Most smokers will tell you the first thing they do when they get up in the morning is light up a smoke. They’ll also tell you they smoke most when they’re upset, under stress or nervous because smoking makes them feel more relaxed. A lot of smokers also smoke more when they’re drinking. Alcohol is a depressant so smokers likely light up more with a drink in their hand for nicotine’s stimulating properties.
Here’s something else to consider about nicotine. In small doses – like a cigarette – it has that stimulant effect people crave so much in the morning. Up the dose and it’s the opposite; inhibiting the signals passed between nerve cells and the stimulant becomes a depressant. In high enough doses nicotine can be lethal. Tobaccos companies add different chemicals as well as flavorings in the cigarettes for improving its taste as well as to make tobacco burn smoother & longer. It is as well known that a few of these chemicals increase craving for & addiction to the tobacco smoking. The smokers are also exposed to more chemicals than what they realize.
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