Nicotine Addiction

The dependence of our body to the harmful chemical nicotine derived from different tobacco products is known as nicotine addiction.

When we smoke, nicotine enters our body along with various harmful toxic chemicals which result in slow but steady nicotine addiction. So the big question is how does nicotine addiction occur?

When you smoke, nicotine inhaled sets off directly to the brain and stimulates your body’s pleasure centres. It produces physical and mood altering effects that result in momentary pleasure and calm. You may get used to these pleasures physically and psychologically and consequently, nicotine addiction occurs.

But nicotine addiction is dangerous for your health and shouldn’t be brushed aside by the momentary pleasures you feel. Many people even though on their deathbed find it very difficult to quit smoking due to nicotine addiction.

Nicotine addiction can boost your smoking habit and lead to diseases of the lungs, heart and blood vessels; mouth and lung cancer. Even though you may be aware of this, you may not be able to quit smoking on account of the exasperating withdrawal symptoms caused by nicotine addiction.

Here’s an A-Z list of withdrawal symptoms caused by nicotine addiction affecting most smokers who are trying to quit:

Withdrawal Symptoms Duration Total % of people affected Anger/Bad temper 4 weeks or more 50% Craving 2 weeks and more 70% Depression 4 weeks or less 60% Increased Appetite 10 weeks or more 70% Light-Headedness 48 hours or less 10% Poor Concentration 2 weeks or less 60% Restlessness 4 weeks or less 60%

The anti-smoking drug Chantix

Chantix is an anti-smoking drug which has proven to be the most effective nicotine addiction treatment so far. This anti-smoking drug can help you quit smoking and fight off nicotine addiction in 3 ways:

This nicotine addiction treatment has a novel approach not seen in other anti-smoking drugs. Nicotine binds itself in the same brain cells that give you a momentary sense of calm and pleasure that ‘varenicline’, the active ingredient of this unique anti-smoking drug binds to. If you choose this nicotine addiction treatment you can feel the same sense of pleasure and calm which you usually get from smoking, and therefore, won’t crave nicotine.

This nicotine addiction treatment helps reduce withdrawal symptoms and is the best help any antismoking drug can provide. One more benefit of this nicotine addiction treatment is that it quashes all the pleasures of smoking, thereby making cigarettes unappealing and smoking less desirable.