Why are cigarettes addictive?

**PrincessPerky** · 02-25-2009, 06:41 AM

well in reverse order.

Cool is defined by what we would like to be, so if you think the thug with pants around his knees is 'cool' then wearing pants so low you can't walk is now 'cool' to you. (though that thug is more than his pants, so dropping yours or picking up smoking wont turn you into a cool person)

Advertising can help, for years all the good guys and cool bad ones smoked.

Are they a drug? YES! very much chock full of drugs just waiting to be absorbed in your lungs (or via second hand smoke someone else's lungs)

Why is it hard to quit, multiple reasons.
1. they are an addictive drug, meaning your brain gets used to the feeling and starts demanding it.
2. they are a habit, humans are creatures of habit, we like making them, not breaking them.
3. smoking is usually used as stress relief, so when you need a break, it is hard to relax without your usual crutch.

**ScottON** · 02-25-2009, 07:13 AM

One of my friends said that certain brand have the ends dipped in sugar to make them more addictive. Dno the truth of it.

**Hot dog** · 02-26-2009, 09:46 AM

nicotine is the substance that is addictive in ciggaretts

**sandyandry** · 03-19-2009, 10:08 PM

I do not find it cool!!!!

when it is clearly said that smoking is injuries to health, who can one consider it as cool?? strange but true.

**snowboardebater** · 03-22-2009, 08:15 AM

Stress relief. Purely. I do it but I even think it's gross.

**sandyandry** · 04-27-2009, 12:41 AM

Originally posted by ScottON View Post

One of my friends said that certain brand have the ends dipped in sugar to make them more addictive. Dno the truth of it.

Hey really is it like that???? i was not knowing about this!!! better i will google search and try to find out the truth

**DFrancis** · 04-27-2009, 08:02 AM

cigarettes addictive?

Nicotine is addictive. Maybe smoking was looked at as being cool many years ago, but not now.

**sandyandry** · 05-18-2009, 10:12 PM

Cigarette tobacco contains Nicotine. A highly addictive drug.The human body gets hooked and then craves it.Nicotine is used in the making of cigarettes and most people use it as a depressant.It also causes the release of natural chemicals in our brain called beta-endorphins. These chemicals cause us to feel more alert and calm. The problem is that nicotine isn't stored in the body so these effects last only a few minutes. We need to absorb more and more nicotine to make the effects last.

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**goldentraders** · 05-27-2009, 01:54 AM

I'm a non-smoker, not even once...

It's not a drug but people made smoking a habit... I don't think there's any help you can get in smoking... But a golden CANCER and a 29" brand new colored TB (tuberculosis)... Is that right?!

**wincrasher** · 07-15-2009, 01:29 PM

Wow, you must have been living under a rock since 1950!

It's well known that the cigarette companies have maintained addiction by manipulating the amount of nicotine. It was even revealed in Congressional testimony that internally they have called cigarettes a "nicotine delivery system". The companies acted like drug dealers - they were drug dealers - and have killed more people than the Columbians.

Recently, the FDA has been given the power to regulate cigarettes as a drug. Surely it's going to hit the fan when they have an outright ban on adding nicotine to cigarettes. They don't have to ban cigarettes directly. This will put the nail in the coffin, so to speak.

**goodboy123** · 08-26-2010, 11:10 PM

coz they are addicative,u must make up ur mind to give up

**curtis.lesa** · 08-30-2010, 02:05 AM

Cigarettes are addictive because they have chemical called nicotine in it. Nicotine makes your body dependant on it and finally you land up being a slave. It is more addictive then alcohol.

**canada94** · 03-21-2011, 04:04 AM

Originally posted by ArnolddRamirez View Post

Why is it hard to quit smoking, are cigarette sort of drugs? And can anyone tell me why smoking is considered cool

The Tabacco isnt addictive Arnold, its the 5000+ chemicals in the cigarette thats addictive.

And its really not cool to smoke, here in the UK,you cant smoke in any public places any more, bars,clubs, restaurants, its that bad.

Kevin

**Denley** · 05-02-2011, 09:04 PM

This thread provide quite right information about smoking and we we can not quit it.
I am also regular smoker and can not quit with all my efforts, but I do't know why?

Why are cigarettes addictive?