I was going through drugs in which I came across nicotine. What is nicotine?

Question

Nicotine is the most active ingredient in tobacco smoke. It is a mood modifier i. E. When you are sad, it peps you up and makes you feel better as long as the substance is in your system; and when you are very agitated, it has a calming effect on you. Both the effects are temporary. This sounds very attractive and that is why people enjoy cigarette smoking and become dependent on it. Nicotine is one of over 4000 chemicals found in tobacco smoke. It is the dependency causing agent in cigarette smoke i. E. It makes you crave the substance strongly, even if you know it is harmful and when it has already caused much harm to you too. It is colorless and odorless. When you want to quit, this is the substance we will crave for the most. Therefore we have other ways of ingesting the same without needing to smoke, just to ease the craving before you actually quit. There is nicotine chewing gum and nicotine patches: both are available in any chemist shop.

Saul Pereira · Accepted Answer

Nicotine is the most active ingredient in tobacco smoke. It is a mood modifier i. E. When you are sad, it peps you up and makes you feel better as long as the substance is in your system; and when you are very agitated, it has a calming effect on you. Both the effects are temporary. This sounds very attractive and that is why people enjoy cigarette smoking and become dependent on it. Nicotine is one of over 4000 chemicals found in tobacco smoke. It is the dependency causing agent in cigarette smoke i. E. It makes you crave the substance strongly, even if you know it is harmful and when it has already caused much harm to you too. It is colorless and odorless. When you want to quit, this is the substance we will crave for the most. Therefore we have other ways of ingesting the same without needing to smoke, just to ease the craving before you actually quit. There is nicotine chewing gum and nicotine patches: both are available in any chemist shop.

K V Anand · Answer

Dear , nicotine is an addictive drug usually seen in tobacco. It also may cause cancer to throat, mouth, larynx, lungs etc. Therefore smoking is really injurious to health. Take care.