Cigarettes have tabacco as main ingredient. Tobacco is a green, leafy plant that is grown in warm climates. At first, tobacco was produced for pipe-smoking, chewing and snuff. (CNN, n.d) During World War I (1914-1918), the use of cigarettes exploded and they were called the ‘soldier’s smoke’. (Udayton, 1999) In 1980, there were many lawsuits filled against the company because of the harmful effects brought by their products such as cigarettes. (Udayton, 1999) Lung cancer became the number one killer of women in 1985, strucking out breast cancer. The origins of shisha, or also known as hookah came from the north western provinces of India. (Hookah Company, n.d) It was made from a coconut shell base with a tube attached to the head. About 500 …show more content…
(Opam, 2011) Nicotine helps to stimulate alertness through increased selective attention and enhances mental capabilities of schizophrenics in a short period of time. (BAT-science, 2014) Not just that, nicotine produced during the heating of tobacco in cigarettes and shisha can lower the risk of obesity. Nicotine can act as both a stimulant and appetite suppressant. (Wanjek, 2011) The act of smoking will trigger the behavior modification of a smoker, causing smokers to consume lesser food.(Wanjek, 2011)This is because nicotine causes a slight increase in smokers’ blood sugar level and deadens the taste buds. As an appetite suppressant, nicotine acts on hypothalamus which is a part of our brain. Smoking in nicotine might also make the food consumed by some smokers to be less tasty, thus decreasing the appetite of smokers.(Wanjek, 2011)The relationship between smoking in nicotine and weight control is complex, which in other words a person’s weight can be affected by the amount of nicotine they take