Research Shows It's More Difficult to Give Up If Cigarettes Taste Nice

 When you decide to give up your nasty habit, you may feel that you have not only nicotine cravings. A research performed by a team of Duke University scientists showed that cigarettes can also manipulate smoker's taste sensors, and thus, the flavorings can be an additional obstacle for those who are trying to give up.

Joseph McClernon, PhD, the leader of the research admitted that the flavor of cigarettes and the smell of the smoke are essential part of the addiction, and can be a reason for smokers to continue lighting up.

But these components can as well be a strong cause for some people to get rid of the habit, according to the scientist.

An ordinary cigarette can contain shisha und kohle different flavors - menthol, vanilla or cocoa. Whereas the flavor of cigarettes depends on tobacco blend, the additives, including flavoring agents may make the taste less harsh and give a delicate smoke.

One may consider this a innocent trick of gaining smokers' loyalty to a certain smoking product; however, while a great part of those additives is not dangerous if consumed in traditional way, they become harmful when burned.

For instance, Cocoa is a famous and beloved children's drink when mixed in the form of powder with milk. At the same time, when cocoa is burned in a tobacco product, it synthesizes bromine gas, a chemical that anesthetizes the lungs, increasing their ability to absorb the tobacco smoke.

Yet, not every smoker is prone to the delicious charm of cigarettes' flavors. There is a group of people with a special response to tastes, whom scientists call as bitter tasters. These people are less likely to name flavors as the reason for smoking. Moreover, they are even not likely to take up cigarettes.

Several years ago the National Institutes of Health carried out a research focused on the genetic capability to identify bitter tastes, probability of smoking, and major reasons for puffing.

The research concluded that bitter tasters were least likely to be regular smokers. On the other hand, people with less taste sensitivity were most likely to become chain smokers and get hooked on nicotine.

Nevertheless, if the inability to give up smoking is not reasoned by genetic factor, it can be affected by certain food, which could make tobacco more luring.

Joseph McClernon explained that there is a particular relation between particular foods and tobacco. The researchers concluded that particular food is able to can make smoking more or less enjoyable.