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The highs and lows of nicotine addiction, plus a natural escape plan

Nicotine is a short term stimulant, so there’s an immediate “reward” for using nicotine, and that’s called dopamine surge. In the 1960s, the most popular and successful brands of cigarettes were manufactured by mixing ammonia with the tobacco to “free-base” the nicotine, turning it into a vapor-ready form. This greatly increased their market share, so drastically, they nearly ran all the other cancer stick makers out of business in just a few years. Prior to the use of ammonia, nicotine came into the lungs on tobacco particles, so it absorbed into the bloodstream slowly through tissue, and then finally started to “kick in” after a few minutes. Conversely, using the free-base method, the nicotine enters the lungs as a vapor and thus gets processed immediately, reaching the heart and brain within three seconds. That quick “nic fix” secret formula made Big Tobacco kings a fortune, like Marlboro, while strengthening the nicotine addiction ten times over. They got  busted in court