How can a mere cigarette be so many things to so many people? The answer lies in the chemicals in cigarettes and the powerful psychological effects they have.
The psychological effects differ from one to another person.
Nicotine Substance - Stimulant Chemical Nicotine, the chemical that makes addicts out of cigarette smokers, is a stimulant with properties similar effect as cocaine and amphetamine.
It increases heart rate, blood pressure and breathing rate, and makes the smoker feel more alert.
Unfortunately these effects wear off after 20 minutes or so and the smoker is left craving another cigarette to long lasting feeling.
That's why this very substance is very dangerous.
This keeps smokers to always light up more cigarettes to create psychological effect of alert.
Acetaldehyde and Carbon Monoxide-Sedatives Chemical Acetaldehyde, a byproduct of both cigarette smoke and alcohol, has some sedative properties.
The carbon monoxide in cigarettes makes you feel not enough air.
These chemicals seem to dampen some people's feelings of tension, anger or strong emotion.
This is obvious because this chemical blocks so many bloods to our brain.
When brain lack of blood it is automatically lack of oxygen.
The oxygen needed by brain to think or to stimulate hormone.
What is the dangerous from it? I won't argue about health effect, it is very obvious.
I want to stress up in another area, which is psychological effect.
When you always look for short cut to solve your problem, you will not grow.
You see that smoking create a short cut to your problem (feeling stress, dull, etc) and it create pseudo solver (feeling relax, alert, etc).
My question is can you solve that problem with no cigarette? Can you? If you say "yes", another question is why you light cigarette? Do you want to quit? If you say "yes" why you wait another second to throw cigarette away??? If you say "No", why? Do you give your dignity to tobacco wrap with a piece of paper? Why not looking for another method to solve your problem? (smile)