Tobacco smoke is some pretty toxic stuff, especially when you consider that there are more than 50,000,000 people diagnosed with lung cancer across the globe every year
For example, the insula lights up in brain scans when people crave drugs, feel pain, anticipate pain, empathize with others, listen to jokes, see disgust on someones face, are shunned in a social settings, listen to music, decide not to buy an item, see someone cheat and decide to punish them, and determine degrees of preference while eating chocolate
[80] Nicotine affects neurological, neuromuscular, cardiovascular, respiratory, immunological and gastrointestinal systems
Once a diagnosis is made, the challenge of managing the condition begins
The cigarette package has been described by marketers as a badge product, meaning that cigarette companies use product design characteristics to get users to identify with the brand image, thus increasing brand loyalty 22