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NICOTINE & CIGARETTE ADDICTION FACTS, INFORMATION, TREATMENTS
Everything You Need To Know About Nicotine Addiction And Cigarette Smoking
Quit Smoking Facts - Quit Smoking Information - Quit Smoking Help
Conquer Nicotine Addiction With Zyban And Give Up Smoking Cigarettes Forever
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Cigarette Smoking - Nicotine Addiction - Giving Up Cigarettes Forever

Nicotine is an addictive drug. It causes changes in the brain that make people want to use it more and more. In addition, addictive drugs cause unpleasant withdrawal symptoms. The good feelings that result when an addictive drug is present - and the bad feelings when it's absent - make breaking any addiction very difficult. Nicotine addiction has historically been one of the hardest addictions to break.
Cigarette Smoking And Nicotine Addiction
Nicotine is one of the most addictive substances known to man. Powerful and very fast acting. This is the chemical which causes addiction to cigarettes.
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It is a drug and has many different effects on the body at the same time.
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After just one puff it begins to act on your central nervous system, brain and other parts of the body.
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It actually stimulates your system, even though it makes you feel relaxed.
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Nicotine affects chemicals in your brain and, after a puff, you usually feel good for a moment or two, which is why many smokers view smoking as stress relief when under pressure.
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Some areas of the brain are pleasure related and when stimulated give the feeling of relaxation and reduced anxiety.
Over time as you continue to smoke, your body learns to depend on nicotine. As a result when you stop smoking you get 'nicotine cravings' one of many different withdrawal symptoms.

When a person smokes a cigarette, the body responds immediately to the  nicotine in the smoke.
Nicotine causes a short-term increase in blood pressure, heart rate and the flow of blood from the heart. It also causes the arteries to narrow. The smoke includes carbon monoxide, which reduces the amount of oxygen the blood can carry. This, combined with the nicotine effects, creates an imbalance between the demand for oxygen by the cells and the amount of oxygen the blood can supply.
Cigarette smoking may increase the risk of developing hardening of the arteries and heart attacks in several ways.
First, carbon monoxide may damage the inner walls of the arteries, encouraging fatty buildups in them. Over time, this causes the vessels to narrow and harden. Nicotine may also contribute to this process. Smoking also causes several changes in the blood that make clots — and heart attack — more likely
The Painful Symptoms Of Nicotine Withdrawal
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irritability
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impatience
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hostility
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anxiety
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depressed mood
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difficulty concentrating
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restlessness
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decreased heart rate
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increased appetite or weight gain

Almost 90 percent of nicotine in the blood is metabolized by the liver and excreted from the kidney rapidly. The estimated half-life for nicotine in the blood is two hours. However, smoking represents a multiple dosing situation with considerable accumulation during smoking. Therefore, it can be expected that blood nicotine would persist at significant levels for six to eight hours after smoking stopped.

Nicotine Cravings And Withdrawal
Cravings and withdrawal symptoms when you quit smoking are a common experience. It is the way your body reacts when it stops getting nicotine and all the other chemicals in tobacco smoke. Some withdrawal symptoms will come and go over a period of a few days. Most are gone within three weeks and not every smoker is affected to the same degree.
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Cravings. Each one lasts 3 -5 minutes, and may be strong. Over time however, cravings will happen less often. .
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Headaches (occasional), indigestion, nausea, diarrhoea and sore throats rarely last more than four days.
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Insomnia and an increased tendency to dream. Tea and coffee contain caffeine and, without nicotine, your body absorbs much more of this stimulant, which can make you restless, irritable and sleepless for a while.
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Coughing most commonly caused by the cilia that line your lungs cleaning out the tar and mucus.
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Irritability, depression or anxiety are closely connected to the physical action of nicotine leaving your body and will lessen over one to three weeks.
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Increased appetite and possible weight gain.
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Tiredness and lack of concentration.

The first few days after you quit can be the hardest. The most problematic symptom tends to be cravings. Few smokers quit without getting cravings. If you want to succeed you must learn to get through them. The following tips should help:
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Confront cravings head on and learn to 'overcome the urge to smoke at will through sheer determination'.
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The choice to quit smoking and the responsibility for not smoking is yours alone.
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Cravings only last 3- 5 minutes and they WILL subside. Once the urge to smoke has gone your resolve will strengthen.
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Focus on the reasons you decided to quit. Take a look at your quitting plan.
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Take 3 or 4 deep breaths. Breathe in slowly through the nose and fill your lungs, then breathe out again slowly through the mouth.
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Drink water. Sip it slowly and try to savour the taste. This will also help to satisfy any increased appetite.
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Keep busy. Take your mind off smoking by going for a walk, doing an odd job around the home or in the garden or call a friend or relative on the phone

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Zyban is a prescription only medication clinically proven to decrease cravings for nicotine. Zyban is the first oral medication approved as an aid to help individuals stop smoking. Zyban helps decrease nicotine cravings, cigarette withdrawal symptoms and the desire to smoke. Zyban not only helps with cigarette smoking cessation but to also decrease the weight gain that is often associated with the quitting smoking. Zyban allows individuals to successfully quit smoking by reducing the cravings for cigarettes and/or the urge to smoke. Zyban works at the neurological level, reducing the actual craving for nicotine, and has helped many smokers to quit for good, even those who have smoked heavily for may years. Zyban is a prescription antidepressant in an extended-release form that reduces the symptoms of nicotine withdrawal, influencing chemicals in the brain that are related to nicotine craving. Zyban can be used alone or together with nicotine replacement treatments. The usual dosage is one or two 150 mg tablets per day.
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