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7 Tobacco Addiction Alters Brain Chemistry Your Mind Gets Hijacked Nicotine triggers dopamine the brains reward chemical making you feel good temporarily

These include: Diacetyl a food additive used to deepen e-cigarette flavours that can also damage small passageways in the lungs Formaldehyde a toxic chemical that can cause lung disease and contribute to heart disease Acrolein a chemical more commonly used as a weed killer that can damage the lungs UK regulations require producers to provide ingredient information and do not permit certain compounds such as formaldehyde, acrolein and acetaldehyde in e-cigarettes or e-cigarette liquids sold in the UK

Furthermore, the WHO states that there is no level of alcohol consumption which is safe for risk of cancer [54]

Esophageal Cancer: Combined alcohol and tobacco use makes individuals 30 times more likely to develop esophageal cancer