Is nicotine a carcinogen? Does nicotine cause disease related to smoking?
The answer to both of these questions, NO. A carcinogen is a substance that is capable of causing cancer in humans. In a traditional cigarette, nicotine is not the cause of the dangerous disease causing carcinogens. It is the other 4,000 chemicals which are KNOWN to cause diseases such as: cancer, lung disease, heart disease, and many other disorders. So, it’s not the nicotine that bad for you, it’s how you get it or the delivery system of the nicotine. A carcinogen causes dangerous changes to DNA, usually increasing the rate of cell division in the body. The increase of change from the cell division, also increase the chances for the structure of DNA to change. Sometimes, cell DNA can mutate to cause cancer, especially if the carcinogen in constantly present. What does nicotine do to the body and brain of a smoker? Once nicotine is inhaled, it only takes 7 seconds to hit the brain! That makes it one of the fastest acting drugs. Research has shown that nicotine increases the level of d
