There's a mild light-headed "high" when you start.

It surpresses appetite (at first).

It can help make "going to the bathroom" easier.

It pairs well with coffee, marijuana, and alcohol.

In social or work situations, it's a way to get 5 minutes to yourself, or at least break off to a smaller group with just the smokers.

Due to the addiction it's a constant vicious cycle of cravings -> appeasement. It's terrible for you and costs a fortune. Prices have doubled in the last 10 years in my area. Besides the cost of your health which has always been high.

Nicotine creates a temporary feeling of well-being and relaxation, and increases heart rate and the amount of oxygen the heart uses. As nicotine enters the body, it causes a surge of endorphins, which are chemicals that help to relieve stress and pain and improve mood.

I would get a slight buzz if it had been a while since my last cigarette, but otherwise it was a satisfying of cravings. It's been about 10 years and I still miss being able to smoke a cigarette during or after stressful situations, such as watching sports.

It's kind of like sleep. If you get enough sleep, you don't necessarily feel good, just normal. If you don't get enough sleep, you feel bad. If you regularly don't get enough sleep, you might think getting enough sleep feels good, because you're so used to feeling bad and you have something to compare it to. If you're currently in a state of being tired, it feels good to lie down and go to sleep.

The act of smoking is like waking up and snoozing your alarm and going back to sleep. It feels good to go back to sleep, but only because you're tired and you're satisfying that need. Someone who sets their alarm early on purpose in order to get that "go back to sleep" feeling when they snooze might seem crazy to people who just get enough sleep. And, like smoking, it might piss off the people around you because they have to listen to your alarm go off constantly.

It makes me not want a cigarette for a while.

Nothing good.

Source: was a smoker for 35 years. Quit last year.

The feeling of taking a drag of a cigarette when you're craving is unequal to any pleasure I've had in my life. Of course that's due to the addiction, and I don't recommend anyone smoke. But gott damn, it is bliss.

What does cigarette smoking do for people?

Gives them an assortment of cancers with a side of breathing and cardio issues.

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I like to have a cigarette every now and then It makes me feel calmer when the day is at an end.

And if it gives me cancer when I'm eighty I don't care Who the hell wants to be ninety anyway?

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It reduces anxiety and suppresses appetite. It satisfied both oral and digital fixations. It looks and feels cool as hell.

Now, all that is more than overcome by the significant downsides, mind.

When you first start it can relieve stress and be relaxing, but that is a trap. Those effects will fade and what will be left is a habit. A habit that your brain will do some pretty large mental gymnastics to justify.

It works as an appetite suppressants

It satisfies the craving for nicotine, if they're already dependent on it. Others need a smoke to poop.

I don't get why there are so many pro-nicotine people here. I guess they have to defend their addiction?

If you try nicotine for the first time, you will feel dizzy and sick. But you will start to crave more nicotine. When you redeem that craving you will feel "good". But that "good" is actually just feeling normal. Think of it as if you put on too tight shoes, walked around with them, and then took them of again for a little while and then put them back on.

I smoked and used other nicotine products for 10 years, but after learning the truth about nicotine it was easy to quit. It's a very pointless drug but also very lucrative for those selling it...

I think the main reason it helps people reduce stress is they have to leave a situation to go outside or to another room in order to smoke and they're taking a deep breath. I found the feeling of breathing in the smoke (throat hit I believe it's called) and then breathing it out and seeing the smoke cloud very satisfying. Similar to chewing gum I suppose. Also, I rolled my own filter-less cigs so I had the added element of rolling it and picking out strands of tobacco hanging out of the end whilst smoking as a kind of fidget action. I prefer vaping now and don't think I'd go back to smoking cigarettes regularly but I have started smoking a cigar with a beer some weekends just in the last few months. As some have stated the actual feeling from the nicotine is similar to caffeine but more short lived.

Everyone here is forgetting one of the main things: It gives you an escape from work and awkward socaial situations

I never smoked but know smokers who could not sleep through the night. They would wake up ever couple of hours to smoke. That is miserable.

Nicotine (the main active ingredient in tobacco) is a mild stimulant. It can help people relax or focus better. You can also get a bit of a headshot if you smoke intensely

There are also cultural benefits. Hanging out informally with others, especially at work can be useful. A 10 min informal tea break every now and again would be better but that's the world we have got in many workplaces.

It forces you into addiction. It alters the feel-good hormones in you brain. And every addict will tell you the same thing, their poison will give them relaxation and clears their mind. Same as alcoholic, watching frequent porn, frequent coffee drinker and drug addict. The difference is how strong/mild and how harmful it is to the human body. The more they do it, the more they built up tolerance, hence doing more of the same activity.

People usually start from peer pressure or when they face stressful conditions. And when they do it, it gave them the temporary relief from that stressful condition. But the fact is they're just too weak and their mind too maliable unable to face the stressful condition.

I never smoked for any length. What everyone says is pretty much correct. I did occasionally take a few puffs when I was younger. Did give you a bit of a short rush but also could make you feel bit gross after.

Nasty habit though and seriously hard to break.

Increases risk for periodontal disease.

It relaxes and grounds you. I started during a particularly stressful exam phase and it helped with managing stress.

Because it stops them from feeling like shit because of withdrawal.

It's very satisfying, kinda like how you feel after you just finished eating a big meal. A significant portion of that satisfying feeling is caused by the chemical dependence that the nicotine addiction itself caused in the first place, but that doesn't change the fact that the feeling is very satisfying.

https://www.scienceabc.com/eyeopeners/how-does-nicotine-act-as-both-a-stimulant-and-a-depressant.html