What do nicotine and heroin have in common? What a full ashtray with a diesel engine or smoking and the Baltic Sea beach? Surprising from the realm of smoking.
Coming from the cigarette is one of the biggest challenge for smokers. The dependence on the tilt has a physical, mentally and social. Nicotine intervenes deeply into the brain’s reward system and leads to a rapid distribution of dopamine, which creates positive feelings. Over time, the body gets used to it, the replenishment remains, unpleasant withdrawal symptoms occur. You are irritated, sleep worse, even suffer from depressive moods. At the same time, an anchor is missing in many everyday situations without a cigarette: the tilt for coffee in the morning, in stress moments or in conversation with other people. Even emotional reasons such as the desire for control, calming or distraction make the waiver difficult. Neuroscientific studies also show that not only the reward system is involved in smoking, but also brain regions responsible for habit. This explains why pure will often is not sufficient. The search for the cigarette is deep. According to studies, even deeper than addiction to alcohol or hard drugs.
Source: Stern
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