What is the effect of smoking?

Answer 1

contrary to popular uninformed belief there are many positive effects of smoking....






"A proportionally large number of people with mental illness smoke. The smoking rate in the general population is just over 20% (Glassman 1999), while the proportion of people with schizophrenia who smoke may be as high as 90% (Glassman, 1993).

Why Do People With Mental Illness Smoke?

There are many reasons why any individual smokes. On top of the usual reasons people with mental illness may find other good effects from smoking. Positive effects of smoking for people with mental illness, include the following:

* Nicotine increases alertness. This may enhance concentration, thinking and learning. This may be a benefit to people with schizophrenia whose illness or medication leads to cognitive problems.

* Nicotine can help relaxation, and it can also reduce negative feelings such as anxiety, tension and anger. So smoking may help people with mental illness deal with stressful situations.

* Nicotine might have an antidepressant effect. Nicotine stimulates dopamine production in part of the brain and so may help negative symptoms of schizophrenia, such as lack of motivation, lack of energy and flat mood.

* Nicotine may reduce positive symptoms, such as hallucinations for a short period. " -http://www.enotalone.com/article/3110.html





"In the body, nicotine binds to a class of receptors known as cholinergic receptors. In fact, one of the two constituents of this receptor class, the nicotinic cholinergic receptor, was named specifically because nicotine can activate the receptor (the other is the muscarinic receptors). Nicotinic cholinergic receptor activation results in a number of molecular and physiological effects including increased release of the neurotransmitter dopamine and to a lesser extent norepinephrine, increased cognitive arousal and heart rate, as reported in the Journal of Neurobiology. Considering that dopamine is intimately involved in reward pathways, it is not unexpected that nicotine has addictive properties.

The positive health effects of nicotine originate from its physiological effects. Many studies have demonstrated a correlation between smoking and decreased risks of both Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease according to Fratiglioni et al. Nicotine, primarily through its effects on dopamine, has direct application to Parkinson's as the symptoms of the disease stem from a loss of dopamine producing neurons in a region of the brain called the substantia-nigra. Further, it is likely that the cognitive arousal results in neuronal activation, providing protection against Alzheimer's disease through a "use it or lose it" phenomenon. Speer et al. showed that smoking even reduces the risk of preeclampsia during pregnancy, likely through reduced adhesion molecule expression.

What truly makes the phenomenon of smoking interesting is that it has a positive impact upon mental illness. To support that correlation, many researchers, including Lasser et al. , have found that cigarette use is higher in select mentally-ill populations. Given that nicotine may reduce the sensation of pain, increase temporary attention resources through arousal and decrease anxiety possibly through desensitization of the stress response, cigarette smoking may be a form of self-medication for mild mental illness. In fact, there is evidence to suggest that smoking may ameliorate some of the positive symptoms of schizophrenia according to Sacco et al. . The act of smoking may itself be a treatment for our own mental maladies as slow breathing may reduce perceived levels of stress and anxiety, in addition to the biological effects of nicotine. One should not smoke, but the positive cognitive effects of smoking may help explain why it is still a prevalent phenomenon despite the very dangerous health risks involve" -http://www.cavalierdaily.com/CVarticle.asp?ID=24509&pid=1341

Answer 2

Almost any drug, regardless of how moderate, whilst used to extra would have a tremendous have an effect on on any one's intellectual potential. Weed has an have an effect on on brief-time period reminiscence, however it does not have compatibility this challenge. People's awareness span will also be affected at the same time they're utilising weed. It sounds much more likely he was once harassed and took a couple of tokes of the well weed to get competent to stand tuition. A unexpected relapse with weed is beautiful infrequent. But now not a trouble if it handiest occurs as soon as. There would be a variety of alternative explainations. Such reminiscence losses would be severe, and there a variety of usual checks that may be performed (they're paper and pencil checks) to experiment mind role.

Answer 3

If you are asking in regards to smoking cigs the answer is there are no good effects from smoking! you get out of breath,bad lungs,bad skin,possibly CANCER so my suggestion to you is if you smoke QUIT! If you dont smoke NEVER START!!!!

Answer 4

addiction, lung cancer, bad breath, stained teeth, yellow hands, heart attacks, emphysema, brochitis, blocked blood vessels and finally death. DO NOT SMOKE!!

Answer 5

Ugly teeth and gravelly voice.

Answer 6

of smoking what??

Answer 7

relaxes me...

Answer 8

DEATH!!!!!!!!!!