Who are you the Marlboro Man? Nothing you wrote is correct at all. You don’t get any feeling other than nicotine withdrawal. Relieving the nicotine withdrawal will of course feel good but if you never had any nicotine in your body to begin with, nicotine does nothing to make you feel good. It does not cause a surge of endorphins. For sure it makes your heart rate go up, because it contracts your blood veins, but that’s not good either…
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willya@lemmyf.uk 1 year ago
Nicotine creates a temporary feeling of well-being and relaxation, and increases heart rate and the amount of oxygen the heart uses. As nicotine enters the body, it causes a surge of endorphins, which are chemicals that help to relieve stress and pain and improve mood.
FrasseFisk@feddit.nu 1 year ago
Sami@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
Nicotine feels great. It’s why I still crave it after giving it up a while back. Everything else involved is horrible but there’s a reason people get hooked to begin with.
Fredselfish@lemmy.world 1 year ago
7 years smoke free still crave it, but it nasty and I have desire to start smoking again. Definitely an addiction that hard to overcome.
DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Gave up 27 years ago, got cancer anyway, still have dreams about smoking. Once you’re hooked, the cravings never go away.
Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 1 year ago
I'm going to disagree with you on that. Prior to smoking cigarettes I would have a cigar every couple months. This wasn't nearly enough to develop dependency, but I could feel a sense of well-being and relaxation when I had one.
z500@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Back when I did smoke I only ever really got that feeling from the first cigarette of the day, which is probably why I didn’t have trouble quitting.
Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 1 year ago
I progressed from cigars to cigarettes and that effect eventually got replaced by a more basic feeling of satiating a craving.
willya@lemmyf.uk 1 year ago
No but my dad let me redeem his Marlboro miles when I was a kid.
number6@feddit.nl 1 year ago
I have a folding bike that was originally meant to be part of a Marlsboro rewards program. Apparently smokers weren’t all that interested in exercise. Who knew?
TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub 1 year ago
Huh. TIL
False@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I smoke a cigar once every year or so and this sounds about right to me.
SeducingCamel@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Only thing nicotine ever made me feel was lightheaded
squirrel@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
After you’ve experienced all the above, it’s incredibly difficult to stop. Never start smoking!