People have been smoking for centuries. But few people know how cigarettes got into our country.
The history of smoking in our country
On the territory of Russia, this addiction appeared under Ivan the Terrible, to whom the Cuban ambassadors presented several cigars. Before this significant event, the royal nobles simply smoked tea and found pleasure in it.
Cigarettes became more widespread under Peter the Great, who, as you know, liked to spread Western habits everywhere.
At first, only high-ranking persons could afford cigars, but over time, peasants were able to experience the effects of nicotine.
It has long been proven that cigarettes bring a deceptive feeling of cheerfulness and calmness, and there is a lot of harm from them. The effect of nicotine on the human body is great, let's talk about it.
Why do people smoke
Every long-term smoker has smoked his first cigarette at some point. For the first time, it causes coughing, nausea, dizziness. The body protests with all its might. If a person breaks himself, then the nicotine in the blood spreads and is addictive. Like any other drug, cigarettes cause an uplift of spirit, euphoria, and an improvement in brain activity. But all this is nothas a long-lasting effect, over time it is found that the pressure rises, the heart is pounding from the slightest exertion, shortness of breath and cough appear at night.
Nicotine with blood is carried to all nerve endings, knocking down or changing the functioning of the nervous system and internal organs. Hence this euphoria when using it, and on the other hand, an increase in blood pressure.
Harm nicotine for the body
Many believe that nicotine does not cause much harm, but the smoke emitted during smoking is more dangerous. This is also true: when inhaled, soot and smog settle in the lungs, but it is nicotine that makes a person smoke many cigarettes again and again, causing a strong addiction. If the entire dose of this drug contained in one cigarette is injected into a person's vein at once, then instant death will occur. The only thing that saves is that nicotine is absorbed in the lungs in small doses, gradually poisoning and slagging the body.
Smoking women and girls are more likely to suffer from infertility, uterine bleeding, and their pregnancies often end in miscarriages.
Main signs of nicotine poisoning
Even the most heavy smokers sometimes suffer from smoking. Nicotine can cause poisoning of the body. This occurs as a result of its overdose, which occurs if a person consumes more than 5 packs of cigarettes per day.
Main overdose symptoms:
- severe dizziness, loss of orientation inspace;
- vomit;
- jumps in blood pressure, loss of consciousness;
- convulsions;
- impaired or stopped breathing.
All of these symptoms can be fatal. Therefore, it is not necessary to bring yourself to the extreme degree of nicotine addiction. And, most importantly, you need to see a doctor in time.
Why pregnant and lactating women should not smoke
Smoking pregnant woman is at least disgusting. Poisoning herself, she does not think about what poisons the baby. Nicotine perfectly penetrates the placenta, causing irreparable harm to the he alth of the crumbs. It slows down its growth and development of internal organs, affects the lungs and central nervous system.
After birth, such a baby has a very high risk of developing allergic reactions, intestinal colic, sudden infant death syndrome manifests itself much more often than in children whose mothers led a he althy lifestyle.
There is also a myth that pregnant women should not quit smoking abruptly, it is believed that this is harmful to the child. This, of course, is not true. To give birth to a he althy baby, it is better to get rid of this habit before conception. The nicotine test will show how clean your body is.
Why other people should quit smoking as well
The effect of nicotine on the human body is known to everyone. But only in the 20th century began an active fight against tobacco smoking. Over 100 million people worldwide have died from this habit in the last century alone.
Numerous animal experiments have shown that the morethe nervous system is developed, the stronger the harmful effects of nicotine. Needless to say, a person is practically at the head of this chain.
Moreover, studies show that active smoking takes an average of 10 years of life from a person. Maybe we should find a better use for these years?
Quit smoking is saving money! Smoking is an expensive pleasure, besides, according to the law of the Russian Federation, there are a number of public places where it is forbidden to do so, and there will be a fine for illegal smoking. Saved money is better spent on a week of vacation abroad.
Smoking person is a source of danger for members of his family. People who inhale smoke against their will are called passive smokers. Moreover, the harm from this is often even higher than with direct use.
Nicotine addiction treatment
There are many treatments for this addiction. A huge number of author's methods, coding, pills and other traditional or alternative medicine makes any person confused. Before taking any method to help himself, a nicotine addict needs to tune in, decide that life will become much better for him after smoking his last cigarette.
We will not analyze in detail the author's methods, their action has no scientific evidence and is taken only on faith.
Various nicotine patches, injections and pills to facilitate the transition to a he althy lifestyle, chewing gums and more have scientificjustification and are often prescribed by a narcologist to alleviate the general condition.
Every one who quits smoking, of course, is concerned about the question: "How much nicotine comes out?". This question can be answered unequivocally: nicotine comes out gradually, within an hour after the last puff blood pressure normalizes, after a week taste buds intensify, and after a month the "smoker's cough" disappears.
After a year of a he althy lifestyle, the risk of strokes and heart attacks, cancer and more is halved.
Ways to quit smoking
Few smokers consider themselves addicted. The most common excuse: "I can quit, but I don't want to yet." And when such a person nevertheless decides to give up cigarettes, he usually first turns to traditional medicine for help, which offers a great variety of recipes. Here are a couple of effective recipes.
- Take roll-your-own tobacco, soak it in milk and roll it back. The taste and smell of such a cigarette is simply disgusting.
- With every bout of desire to smoke, you need to rinse your mouth with a decoction of the serpentine. After such a procedure, it disappears for a long time.
- Decoction of oats also discourages the desire to use cigarettes. Pour 1 cup of oats with 1 liter of water and simmer for an hour over low heat. Take 1 glass every 3 hours. After a couple of days, you can safely reduce the amount of nicotine you use.
The effect of nicotine on the human body is such that it will desperately resist,trying to regain his usual dose. The main thing is that quitting smoking is supported by all relatives and friends.
Traditional healers recommend replacing cigarettes with something else. For example, eating peanuts, seeds, peas at such moments will keep your hands busy, and these foods will reduce your cravings.
Some time after quitting smoking, you can do a nicotine test, which will show how much it has left the body. The lower its concentration in the blood, the easier the general condition of a person will be.
Negative he alth effects of quitting smoking
It should be understood that if a person has been smoking 2-3 packs a day for many years, then quitting smoking cannot go unnoticed. The body eventually adapted to the "poison". Therefore, do not be afraid if insomnia or, conversely, increased drowsiness appears after quitting smoking in the first week.
Due to "withdrawal", a headache or toothache may appear. Nicotine affects the blood vessels and, if it is lacking, painful spasms can occur.
In addition, there may be problems with the intestines: constipation or diarrhea. Needless to say, this is all temporary. In a maximum of a week, the body will be able to return to normal functioning. You just need to be patient.
The nervous state of a person will also be at the limit: depression, irritability, decreased concentration. All this is explained by the fact that nicotine has been affecting the brain for a long time, and now it needs to somehow do without the usual doping.
Many people, on the contrary, in the first hours after quitting smoking feel a boost of strength, a burst of energy.
Any state of a person will depend on many factors: age, smoking experience and just the individual characteristics of the body.
The positive effects of quitting smoking on the body
If a person withstood all the negative tests and he managed to get rid of this habit, then the consequences will be extremely positive. You can feel it already a week after the last puff.
Women will notice that their complexion has improved, its earthy tint has disappeared, bad breath has disappeared. In men, in addition to this, potency will improve and the overall level of vitality will increase.
Food will take on much more flavor due to the restoration of taste buds.
The harm of nicotine can be described for a long time, but after its withdrawal, the benefits will be much greater.
What doctors offer
Doctors distinguish two types of nicotine addiction - physical and mental.
Psychic addiction is caused by the fact that nicotine accumulates in the organs of the central nervous system, causing a loss of control over oneself, as well as a strong addiction, comparable only to heroin addiction.
Physical dependence is such that within a couple of days after the start of smoking, nicotine becomes part of the body's metabolic processes. The existence of the organism itself can no longer occur without nicotine.
Based on all these features,if independent attempts to quit smoking have not been successful, you should consult a doctor.
In Russian clinics since 2012, offices have been opened to help quit smoking. The medical staff of each applied patient carefully examines and draws up an individual plan to give up this addiction.
Doctors advise people suffering from various chronic diseases to take their he alth seriously and quit smoking with the help of modern medicine.
Modern cigarettes have gone through a long evolution, first used tobacco for hand-rolling, then cigars, and finally cigarettes with all kinds of filters. However, whatever the form of this drug, no one can dispute the effect of nicotine on the human body.
