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Is chewing nicorette gum the same as smoking a cigarettes. You still are getting the nicotine.?
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∙ 14y ago
There are hundreds of other chemicals besides nicotine in cigarette smoke, and very few of them are good for you. The gum, at least, removes the impurities so that you get the pure drug.
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Is tobacco bad or are cigarettes bad?
The burning of the cigarette is bad. It releases tar into the lungs which will give you an increased chance of getting lung cancer. Tobacco is inside cigarettes, nicotine is an addictive drug found in tobacco. You can overdose on nicotine, but there aren't enough supporting studies to show that nicotine from the tobacco is exactly harmful. Nicotine is not a carcinogen and therefore does not cause cancer.
What are different things to help you quit smoking?
Many people use an alternative source of nicotine to help them quit smoking; these include nicotine chewing gum, nicotine patches, or e-cigarettes. However, as long as you use nicotine you remain a nicotine addict, and all of these nicotine products are very expensive. Many people find something else to chew on. My mother used black licorice candy. Gnaw on carrots. Putting something else in your mouth will give you at least some of the satisfaction that you used to get from cigarettes. And if it's a carrot, you are getting vitamin A, too. Some people use hypnosis, meditation, laser treatments, prayer, support groups, etc. There are lots of ways to go about it. Whole books could be written about techniques of overcoming nicotine addiction.
Can chewing one piece of gum give you cancer?
A) We don't tend to 'eat' chewing gum, we generally just chew it and then dispose of it. B) Smoking affects you - seriously - no matter what else you may be doing. I don't think that the dangers you face from smoking are lessened, or increased, by chewing gum at the same time. If the gum is a Nicotine Gum, as used by people trying to quit smoking, then you are increasing the dosage of nicotine that your body is getting. Nicotine is highly poisonous.
How is nicotine one is the most dangerous substances in cugarettes?
While causing direct damage to the body such as getting stuck inside of arteries increasing risk of stroke, nicotine is the substance that the body becomes addicted to making you crave more cigarettes.
What occurs when someone stops chewing tobacco?
Grumpiness. When people are addicted to nicotine and quit, they are more grump or edgy because they aren't getting their "fix." I know of someone whose family won't let him quit chewing because he gets very edgy.
Why might nicotine-containing products such as chewing gums or skin patches help a person who is trying to quit smoking?
It'll make you stop smoking by getting addicted to something else
Can smoking hurt your back?
NO! You do have an increased risk of getting cancer, which can spread to your back,and cause pain though... But if anything, nicotine inside cigarettes is a numbing agent, reducing sensation of pain.
Are additive free cigarettes really additive free?
They probably are. "Additives" - and there are dozens used in conventional cigarettes - improve flavor, "silkiness" of the smoke, smoothness, and other subtle little aspects of smoking. Additive-free cigarettes have none of those things. But they still have nicotine. And nicotine is the addictive elements in any tobacco. Advertising cigarettes as "additive free" is a cynical way of getting people who are trying to quit, to clutch at a straw. They are 100% as addictive as any cigarette, and they are not going to help you to quit. But they are"additive free".
Does smoking electronic cigarettes cause cancer?
E-cigarettes themselves cannot, but the liquid solution used by them may or may not. Nicotine has been cited to be a cause of heart disease, but a lot of doctors say it poses no significant threat to healthy individuals on it's own. Of course, consulting your doctor is a must, as I am not licensed to give medical advice. :)
How many cigarettes in a pack?
A similar story occurred with e-cigarettes, when Eissenberg and colleagues found that little nicotine is absorbed by vapers. Except that they didn't use vapers in the study, they used smokers, and they did a puff-for-puff comparison with cigarettes. As any vaper worth his or her salt knows, you don't vape like you smoke - so the study came back with results that are irrelevant to real-world use (although that doesn't mean it wasn't worth doing).Now, however, we are a step closer to knowing exactly how much nicotine we do get from e-cigarettes. Dr. Konstantinos Farsalinos and colleagues have just published their in-depth study(full text) which analysed 45 experienced e-cigarette users and 35 smoking controls. They looked at several measures, including the puff duration and number of puffs taken over a given time-frame from users puffing on a eg0/tank setup. They found that, using the 9mg/ml liquid provided in the test, vapers were consuming around .5mg of nicotine in 5 minutes, and 1.6mg over 20 minutes.
Does coffee make your teeth yellow?
Yes, nicotine inhalers do stain your teeth because just in general nicotine stains your teeth. If you don't like getting your teeth stained, I wouldn't try nicotine inhalers! There is no tar in a tobacco-free product like all or at least most electronic cigarettes. I understand that nicotine by itself is colorless. Most discussions of the effects of nicotine assume that it is always used in a form containing the entire spectrum of substances found in cigarettes, so you have to be analytical about what the person posting is likely describing.
Can a person overdose on nicotine from an electronic cigarette?
Yes. If a user ingests too much of anything (even water!), it can become toxic. However, with the nicotine amounts found in e-cigs, it would be exceedingly difficult to receive a toxic dose of nicotine, when used as directed. There are electronic cigarettes without nicotine, namely the SMOKeFREE electronic cigarette. So in this circumstance, the answer would be no. However, different brands do contain different levels of nicotine. With regular cigarettes the filter reduces the amount of nicotine one inhales however with electronic cigarettes the nicotine is obsorbed quickly through mouth, throat and lungs. The theory is that because you're inhaling more of nicotine without a filter - the higher volume you're receiving. Some say upwards of 300% volume of regular cigarettes. Research is being done by many organizations interested in knowing the answer to this question - since nicotine is considered a drug by the Food Drug Administration - I'm going to assume one can take too much and result in an overdose. However, only time and research will tell.
