(NaturalNews)
Nicotine is not just addictive, but may
actually promote the development of breast
cancer, according to a study conducted by
researchers from Taipei Medical University
and published in the Journal of the National
Cancer Institute.
Tobacco
products are known to contain at least 60
chemicals that cause cancer, but
up until now nicotine had not been classified
as one of them. Nicotine, the chemical that
makes tobacco products addictive, is produced
by plants as a natural insecticide.
"Every
time a person smokes, he or she inhales
more than 4,000 different chemicals, including
nicotine," writes Phyllis
A. Balch in the book Prescription for Nutritional
Healing, 4th Edition.
"Nicotine,
which is extremely addictive, increases
levels of the pleasure-inducing brain chemicals
serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine.
...Nicotine acts as a stimulant on the central
nervous system. When nicotine is ingested,
adrenaline production increases, raising
the blood pressure and heart rate."
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