The Link Between Anger and Nicotine Use

[Vicks Vap-oh-Yeah]

I found this interesting - especially the part where they took a group of non-smokers and tested them by using nicotine patches.....if our little molecule is such a danger, why are they testing people with it?

The Link Between Anger and Nicotine Use- The Daily Dose - MSN Health & Fitness

How’d the researchers figure this out? Take a group of non-smokers, throw them into a computer game in which they provoke other players with taunting noises, and watch how they get even—with and without nicotine patches. Those with nicotine patches had a reduced tendency to retaliate, even when provoked. This study is the first to connect the brain system most reactive to nicotine and nicotine’s ability to curb anger.

[gashin]

The anti-smoking lobby takes any measure to discredit nicotine

Originally Posted by Vicks Vap-oh-Yeah

I found this interesting - especially the part where they took a group of non-smokers and tested them by using nicotine patches.....if our little molecule is such a danger, why are they testing people with it?

The Link Between Anger and Nicotine Use- The Daily Dose - MSN Health & Fitness

[Letzin Hale]

Originally Posted by gashin

The anti-smoking lobby takes any measure to discredit nicotine

I thought the point was that Nicotine might help curb anger? How would the antis use that to discredit? Sorry if I missed something.

My personal experience is precisely the opposite of the 'test' indications in that I don't feel as stressed or as likely to react angrily since I went zero nic, so maybe it's not the nic for me but the sucking action, which takes us back to the most contented time of our lives...........

[katink]

LOL Alan

You know... governments should really make e-cigs mandatory for everyone from 16 up - that's a good way to curb the chance of uproar and revolution to start happening now isn't it!

[Angela]

Originally Posted by Letzin Hale

My personal experience is precisely the opposite of the 'test' indications in that I don't feel as stressed or as likely to react angrily since I went zero nic,....

Could that be as a result of you no longer getting 'edgy' about when your next nic fix will bei? ie: do you think you are less edgy than when you were using nicotine regularly, or do you think that it is a possibility that you are recalling how you felt whilst you were reducing your nicotine (and therefore in mild withdrawal) with how you feel now you are no longer adicted?

[Kate51]

Problem they would have had from my perspective is if they had tried to take away my nicotine. Wanna see a pst Gramma

[LaceyUnderall]

I also find it interesting they used the patch. Personally, I was pretty mean on the patch. However, I was also in an emotionally disturbing place because I was eating myself to a new weight each week.

However, good find Vicks... lots more to digest on this one... Behavioral and Brain Functions | Full text | Nicotine-induced brain metabolism associated with anger provocation (link to the study findings)

[gashin]

My point was that the study was carried out in order to discredit nicotine.

Originally Posted by Letzin Hale

I thought the point was that Nicotine might help curb anger? How would the antis use that to discredit? Sorry if I missed something.

My personal experience is precisely the opposite of the 'test' indications in that I don't feel as stressed or as likely to react angrily since I went zero nic, so maybe it's not the nic for me but the sucking action, which takes us back to the most contented time of our lives...........

[Rexa]

What about the other stuff that's in the patch? It's not all just nicotine.

21 mg/day
Each rectangular 22 cm² system contains nicotine 114 mg and provides 24-hour rate-controlled delivery of 21 mg/day to the patient. Nonmedicinal ingredients: ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer, polyisobutylene and high density polyethylene between polyester backings.

14 mg/day
Each rectangular 15 cm² system contains nicotine 78 mg and provides 24-hour rate-controlled delivery of 14 mg/day to the patient. Nonmedicinal ingredients: ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer, polyisobutylene and high density polyethylene between polyester backings.

7 mg/day
Each rectangular 7 cm² system contains nicotine 36 mg and provides 24-hour rate-controlled delivery of 7 mg/day to the patient. Nonmedicinal ingredients: ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer, polyisobutylene and high density polyethylene between polyester backings.

Maybe it's the stuff that "controls the release of the nicotine".

[gashin]

I'm a pharmacy tech - that stuff is just used as a delivery system and yeah for regulating.

Originally Posted by Rexa

What about the other stuff that's in the patch? It's not all just nicotine.

21 mg/day
Each rectangular 22 cm² system contains nicotine 114 mg and provides 24-hour rate-controlled delivery of 21 mg/day to the patient. Nonmedicinal ingredients: ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer, polyisobutylene and high density polyethylene between polyester backings.

14 mg/day
Each rectangular 15 cm² system contains nicotine 78 mg and provides 24-hour rate-controlled delivery of 14 mg/day to the patient. Nonmedicinal ingredients: ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer, polyisobutylene and high density polyethylene between polyester backings.

7 mg/day
Each rectangular 7 cm² system contains nicotine 36 mg and provides 24-hour rate-controlled delivery of 7 mg/day to the patient. Nonmedicinal ingredients: ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer, polyisobutylene and high density polyethylene between polyester backings.

Maybe it's the stuff that "controls the release of the nicotine".