What is the ingredient in tobacco that makes people so cool and relaxed?

Question

And can a person get it any other way?

Answer 1

Many people say that smoking relaxes them. Actually, smoking's effect on your body is just the opposite. Many studies have shown that smoking increases your heart rate and your blood pressure, which can lead to long-term damage.

The reason that smoking can make people feel more relaxed is that it satisfies — temporarily — the craving for nicotine that makes them irritable.

Nicotine is one of the most addictive substances to which we are exposed. Nicotine is addictive because it mimics one of the main chemicals in our brains. Our brain communicates by using chemicals (called neurotransmitters) to send signals from one brain cell to the next. The neurotransmitter fits into receptor sites on the second cell and one of the more common receptor sites are called nicotinic receptors. When nicotine is ingested it fills up these receptor sites and our brains produce less acetycholine, the neurotransmitter that usually goes there.  Part of the acute withdrawal pains that occur when we stop smoking are caused by the absence of both acetycholine and nicotine. It takes about three days for our brains to start producing sufficient acetycholine again. This is why the first three days are the hardest for smokers trying to quit and the withdrawal pains are most severe.

Answer 2

It's carbon monoxide.... It bonds with the haemoglobin in your blood replacing the oxygen which would otherwise go there.

This means that your brain gets temporarily starved of oxygen making you feel relaxed or even dizzy.

This is mild carbon monoxide poisoning... There are many other ways to get carbon moxide poisoning, but most of them are fatal!

Answer 3

Nicotine?

Answer 4

Tobacco of course relax you,i don't say that is good in general. The(only?) two good effects of Nicotine in human body are that calm/"clear" the brain,also has anti-neurosis reaction. Nicotine "suggested" to people who works with the head.

  

Answer 5

Inhaling smoke

Answer 6

Nicotine,,, it is a slight stimulant ,,, nowadays it is available as chewing gums..

Answer 7

    Its the Nicotine in the Tobacco that does this...That is the addictive part of the tabacco leaf.

Answer 8

Actually, its the lack of nicotine when they dont use tobacco that makes them uptight and aggressive.

Answer 9

naw its ***** teen  

Answer 10

I've never noticed tobacco making people cool and relaxed, I think you are imagining it.

Answer 11

nicotene

Answer 12

nicotine in tobacco,  caffeine in coffee  gives same affect  but you need to drink lots of coffee

Answer 13

Nicotine - it's addictive and leads to the release of the body's 'built in' opiate (i.e. the body's own version of morphine) - this is released by most pleasurable stimuli, and leads to a feeling of relaxation.

Another way to get the same nicotine feeling would be through nicotine patches (although the time course may be different as the chemical is absorbed a different way through the skin and when inhaled).  

Answer 14

it doesn't make ppl cool and relaxed, it probably just becuase there body was craving nicotine and then when they smoke they are giving there body wht it wants.

Answer 15

Nicotine and yes there are patches gums etc but you ssgould really stop as with any addiction nicotine is bad for you ! if your stressed have you tryed exercise or even yoga ?

Answer 16

Cannabis...