Nicotine and tar content in cigarettes

[ryand123]

I was wondering why higher nicotine content in tobacco means higher tar content too.
Is the nicotine directly related to the amount of tar in tobacco? Or is it due to chemicals placed in the tobacco by cigarette companies to get more nicotine out of the tobacco?

This might be in the wrong forum, i probably should have put it in OD so please move it if you deem it necessary thank you!

 

[DelRi0]

Yeah I have no idea if this is in the right place or not but I'll try and answer it the best I can anyway. I've been a smoker for around 5 or 6 years and I've noticed the same thing that you're describing. It seems to me that the 'tar' is just an arbitrary name for anything that doesn't get filtered out through the filter, including nicotine. So, thicker filter = less tar = less nicotine.

 

[ryand123]

Yeah I have no idea if this is in the right place or not but I'll try and answer it the best I can anyway. I've been a smoker for around 5 or 6 years and I've noticed the same thing that you're describing. It seems to me that the 'tar' is just an arbitrary name for anything that doesn't get filtered out through the filter, including nicotine. So, thicker filter = less tar = less nicotine.

Oh ok, so its just the filter? That makes sense. So the "tar" is actually all the crap in cigarettes that is a by-product of the tobacco being burned? Ive been thinking it was actually tar haha

 

[Charles Ferdinand]

More tar means more tobacco burning, and lots of tobacco give lots of tar.

 

[Captain.Heroin]

Remember, nicotine itself is not as addictive as cigarettes. This is due to the fact that cigarettes contain several other active ingredients which are relatively weak MAOI's, which cause the drug experience to be more reinforcing hence more rewarding to the mind. This is what causes smoking cigarettes to be a much harder to quit habit than using nicotine by itself.

I am glad I don't smoke tobacco though.