Mayo Clinic, a not-for-profit organization, published an article named Nicotine dependence. It mainly talks about the symptoms of nicotine addiction and its risk factors. According to the article, “Nicotine is the chemical in tobacco that keeps you smoking. Nicotine is very addictive when delivered by inhaling tobacco smoke into the lungs, which quickly releases nicotine into the blood allowing it to get into the brain within seconds of taking a puff. In the brain nicotine increases the release of brain chemicals called neurotransmitters, which help regulate mood and behavior” (Matthew Hughes). It explains how nicotine works in our body. Furthermore, the article illustrates the functions of neurotransmitters which led to physical addiction. The way smokers get addicted is fast and uncontrollable. “Dopamine, one of these neurotransmitters, is released in the ‘reward center’ of the brain and causes improved mood and feelings of pleasure. Experiencing these effects from nicotine is what makes tobacco so addictive” (David Juergens). People could not ever change how the neurotransmitter works, or control it. So releasing Dopamine definitely changes smokers’ attitude on smoking——getting more
Mayo Clinic, a not-for-profit organization, published an article named Nicotine dependence. It mainly talks about the symptoms of nicotine addiction and its risk factors. According to the article, “Nicotine is the chemical in tobacco that keeps you smoking. Nicotine is very addictive when delivered by inhaling tobacco smoke into the lungs, which quickly releases nicotine into the blood allowing it to get into the brain within seconds of taking a puff. In the brain nicotine increases the release of brain chemicals called neurotransmitters, which help regulate mood and behavior” (Matthew Hughes). It explains how nicotine works in our body. Furthermore, the article illustrates the functions of neurotransmitters which led to physical addiction. The way smokers get addicted is fast and uncontrollable. “Dopamine, one of these neurotransmitters, is released in the ‘reward center’ of the brain and causes improved mood and feelings of pleasure. Experiencing these effects from nicotine is what makes tobacco so addictive” (David Juergens). People could not ever change how the neurotransmitter works, or control it. So releasing Dopamine definitely changes smokers’ attitude on smoking——getting more