Coffee and Cigarettes, Really a True Friend?

In the midst of the rising issue of cigarette prices, I am interested to discuss the link between coffee and cigarettes. Yes, cigarettes are always synonymous with coffee. Many coffee drinkers who smoke. And smokers certainly love coffee.

The following article tries to describe how these relationships are.

Coffee and Cigarette Content
The main content of cigarettes is nicotine. Nicotine is a toxic substance that can function as a stimulant as well as a sedative. Taking nicotine can increase alertness also provides a calming sensation at once. Nicotine is also naturally synthetic used as an insecticide.

in addition to nicotine, cigarettes contain 4000 other chemicals. 43 of which are known to be carcinogens including formaldehyde, ammonia, hydrogen cyanide, arsenic, tar, and carbon monoxide. Excessive consumption of these substances can lead to health problems until death. Currently there are more than 1 billion active smokers worldwide.

Coffee is the source of caffeine. Caffeine belongs to a class of psychoactive substances, just like cocaine, methampetamine, LSD, to cannabis. However, no party or country has banned the consumption of caffeine. Caffeine can also be found in tea and chocolate.

The content of caffeine in coffee is affected by the species and the level of roasting. Robusta coffee contains more caffeine than arabica. Caffeine in dark roasted coffee is lower than the roasting light level.

Health Effects
Supply of caffeine and nicotine equally increase the body's metabolism in a short time. The body feels fresher and the brain works more smoothly. This effect is sought by most smokers and coffee drinkers.

Caffeine improves focus, concentration, and mood improvements. Caffeine is also believed to reduce fatigue, although excessive consumption can cause insomnia and heart palpitations. The dangerous dose of caffeine is about 5 grams, or the equivalent of 40 cups of coffee a day.

Just like caffeine, nicotine accelerates blood flow and heart rate. Reacting with receptors in the brain, the side effects of nicotine can be dry mouth, decreased appetite, to excessive anxiety. This reaction can sometimes only be treated by smoking back (withdrawal effect).

Addiction and Interaction
Both nicotine and caffeine alike create addictions to the body albeit in different ways. Nicotine dependence rate is higher than caffeine. The effect of "sakaw" was even more severe so that people more difficult to stop smoking than to stop coffee.

Based on research conducted Department of Psychology, Southern Illinois University consumption of cigarettes and coffee at the same time increase levels of cortisol, a hormone that regulates stress levels. Other research says that the interaction of caffeine and nicotine at the same time far doubled so it is very dangerous for heart health in the long term.

Conclusion
Both coffee and cigarettes both have loyal fans. And for his fans, nothing beats the pleasure of smoking a cigarette with a cup of hot coffee. But any consumption of