How Addiction Creeps In
took over the whole affair. Nicotine is considered a psycho active drug. In other words it affects the human being’s brain chemistry. In fact, it makes its way into the human brain in less than ten seconds after a person draws tobacco smoke into his lungs. There it sets the neurotransmitters in one’s brain dancing. A prompt release of over 220 chemicals including dopamine, serotonin and endorphins contributes to the enhancement in mood levels when you get your dose of fix. But that is not all. Nicotine actually results in the increases in the uptake of glucose by the brain. The end result is a feeling of clarity and increased concentration which makes tobacco cigarette smoking very much appealing.
When these are combined together with adrenaline, the flight or fight hormone, along with the situation of a suppression of insulin which eventually leads to a rise in the
