| Nicotine is made up of various chemicals that | | | | of veins and arteries of the hands and feet). This |
| have potent effects on the human body. One can | | | | is like gangrene and amputation might be the last |
| get nicotine from smoking cigarettes or tobacco. | | | | resort. |
| Why does people continue to smoke in spite of | | | | How Long Does it Take Nicotine to Get Out of |
| the knowledge that nicotine does more harm than | | | | Your System? |
| good to the body? The answer is simply addiction | | | | Nicotine is a highly addictive substance. The |
| to it. They feel good and most claim it can even | | | | effects on your body last between 40 minutes to |
| relieve them of stress. Let's go deeper into it. | | | | a couple of hours. This leads smokers to consume |
| When a person smokes, nicotine diffuses through | | | | more and more cigarettes or tobacco to reach |
| the skin, lungs and mucous membranes and from | | | | the same degree of relaxation and euphoric state, |
| there it travels to the blood vessels to be | | | | thus explaining why a smoker graduates from a 3 |
| delivered to the rest of our body. It changes how | | | | sticks per day to smoking one or two packs a |
| your body and brain function by giving a you a | | | | day. How can I clean nicotine out of my system |
| relaxed and invigorated feeling. At the same time | | | | faster? The answer is discipline and determination. |
| it releases adrenaline, which cause an increase in | | | | Quitting smoking is easier said then done. Only |
| blood pressure, rapid heartbeat and shallow | | | | 10% of those who attempted to kick the habit |
| breathing. | | | | succeeded. Eventually they return to their old bad |
| Nicotine also blocks the release of your insulin | | | | habit. Why? It normally takes one to two months |
| hormone thus curbing your appetite so you eat | | | | to clean your system from nicotine addiction. But |
| less. It also increases your metabolic rate so you | | | | this time frame is the most excruciating for |
| burn more calories than you usually would. This | | | | nicotine addicts. Since your system is adapted to |
| appears to be just fine because you're losing | | | | having nicotine on a regular basis, sudden |
| weight without exercising but smoking does not | | | | withdrawal or "cold turkey" causes your body to |
| offer any benefits. In fact, it can increase the | | | | function differently in the absence of the drug. |
| level of your bad cholesterol or "LDL" because it | | | | Quitters experience extreme craving for nicotine, |
| hardens your arteries and it's just a matter of | | | | irritability, anxiety and depression. |
| time before you get a stroke or heart attack. | | | | After one month, these physiological cravings will |
| Death on Nicotine Addiction | | | | subside significantly. After another month, all the |
| Prolonged use of this substance and the failure to | | | | nicotine residues are completely eliminated. But for |
| kick the habit may cause death on nicotine | | | | many smokers, even a day without a single stick |
| addiction. Health problems associated with nicotine | | | | of cigarette is a struggle. Most try quitting but |
| addiction include lung cancer, stroke, emphysema, | | | | after just one week, they return to their smoking |
| heart problems and diabetes complications. Other | | | | habit. This just shows the irresistible and addictive |
| effects of nicotine addiction are erectile | | | | pull of nicotine. |
| dysfunction, Buerger's disease (acute inflammation | | | | |