Smoking and toilet

[Cristatus]

well, i know it's true, because so many people that i know that smoke (including myself) need to go to the toilet to excrete after having a cigarette after eating, but i was wondering if there was any scientific explanation to it.

any ideas?

 

[hevnsnt]

you must not watch "MythBusters"

no it is not true. & See my "cig"

 

[MrChad]

That thread title conjured up all sorts of strange images.

 

[Goth]

Darn, I thought by the title that AMD was now making smoking potties

 

[Cristatus]

well, no i don't watch mythbusters, because i am not living at home and don't have a TV

but do you remember their explanation for it?

 

[biostud]

I was really wondering what this topic was about, until I found out that "amd" was a typo

btw, there's a reason. I think that nicotine stimulates the muscle that drive peristaltic movements. Just like coffein.

 

[Cristatus]

sorry about the original confusion of including AMD, but that was a type-o

once again, sorry

 

[neonerd]

Originally posted by: hevnsnt
See my "cig"

congrats :thumbsup:

 

[GasX]

Nicotine stimulates peristalsis. If you have one in the hopper, it will promote "urges"...

 

[hevnsnt]

Doh.. Didn't read full OP, I thought he was talking about the exploding toilet... Lol, I don't think Mythbusters did one about if you have to poop after cig.

 

[Cristatus]

erm, peristalsis? i'm guessing that that's the muscles that makes you excrete?

 

[royaldank]

Yes, nicotine does have a laxative effect on many users.

 

[Amused]

Dunno about all that, but I do know this:

My chronic heartburn went away completely when I quit smoking. So at least one sphincter muscle in my body was being loosened by the habit.

 

[Wag]

Originally posted by: Amused
Dunno about all that, but I do know this:

My chronic heartburn went away completely when I quit smoking. So at least one sphincter muscle in my body was being loosened by the habit.

Nicotine causes heartburn.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: Wag

Originally posted by: Amused
Dunno about all that, but I do know this:

My chronic heartburn went away completely when I quit smoking. So at least one sphincter muscle in my body was being loosened by the habit.

Nicotine causes heartburn.

Um, no. When I quit I used nicotine gum. My heartburn promptly ended when I quit smoking and never bothered me all the time I chewed the gum.

So nicotine in and of itself was obviously not the culpret. It was something else in the tobacco that was causing the muscle at the opening of my stomach to loosen.

 

[Cristatus]

it could have been the brand that you were smoking.

did you try different brands?


also, if you smoke, how does that affect the persitalsis, is whcih i don't understnad

i know that when you smoke, that your hear, brain, and lungs are affected, but i didn't know of anything else, and couldn't imagine how any things else would be affected

 

[Wag]

Originally posted by: Amused
Um, no. When I quit I used nicotine gum. My heartburn promptly ended when I quit smoking and never bothered me all the time I chewed the gum.

So nicotine in and of itself was obviously not the culpret. It was something else in the tobacco that was causing the muscle at the opening of my stomach to loosen.

Did I say anything about gum? All you said was that your heartburn went away when you quit. Nicotine, or any tobacco product are known offenders when it comes to hearburn.

Link

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: Wag

Originally posted by: Amused
Um, no. When I quit I used nicotine gum. My heartburn promptly ended when I quit smoking and never bothered me all the time I chewed the gum.

So nicotine in and of itself was obviously not the culpret. It was something else in the tobacco that was causing the muscle at the opening of my stomach to loosen.

Did I say anything about gum? All you said was that your heartburn went away when you quit. Nicotine, or any tobacco product are known offenders when it comes to hearburn.

Link

I chewed NICOTINE GUM.

If nicotine were the culpret, my heartburn would have continued with use of the NICOTINE gum.

It did not. The heartburn promptly stopped when I quit smoking. Therefore something OTHER THAN THE NICOTINE in the tobacco was causing the problem.

Read this:

http://heartburn.about.com/cs/.../a/hrtburn_smoking.htm

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: Wag

Originally posted by: Amused
Um, no. When I quit I used nicotine gum. My heartburn promptly ended when I quit smoking and never bothered me all the time I chewed the gum.

So nicotine in and of itself was obviously not the culpret. It was something else in the tobacco that was causing the muscle at the opening of my stomach to loosen.

Did I say anything about gum? All you said was that your heartburn went away when you quit. Nicotine, or any tobacco product are known offenders when it comes to hearburn.

Link

I chewed NICOTINE GUM.

If nicotine were the culpret, my heartburn would have continued with use of the NICOTINE gum.

It did not. The heartburn promptly stopped when I quit smoking. Therefore something OTHER THAN THE NICOTINE in the tobacco was causing the problem.

Read this:

http://heartburn.about.com/cs/.../a/hrtburn_smoking.htm

Then again, it might have been completely psychosomatic. I wonder how much of anything is REALLY attributable to the mind?

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: Wag

Originally posted by: Amused
Um, no. When I quit I used nicotine gum. My heartburn promptly ended when I quit smoking and never bothered me all the time I chewed the gum.

So nicotine in and of itself was obviously not the culpret. It was something else in the tobacco that was causing the muscle at the opening of my stomach to loosen.

Did I say anything about gum? All you said was that your heartburn went away when you quit. Nicotine, or any tobacco product are known offenders when it comes to hearburn.

Link

I chewed NICOTINE GUM.

If nicotine were the culpret, my heartburn would have continued with use of the NICOTINE gum.

It did not. The heartburn promptly stopped when I quit smoking. Therefore something OTHER THAN THE NICOTINE in the tobacco was causing the problem.

Read this:

http://heartburn.about.com/cs/.../a/hrtburn_smoking.htm

Then again, it might have been completely psychosomatic. I wonder how much of anything is REALLY attributable to the mind?

Actually, not. This has been proven in clinical studies. Smoking (not nicotine in and of itself) causes the spinchter muscle at the opening of the stomach to loosen and not seal properly. If not too badly damaged by acid, it will promptly go away when smoking is stopped.

http://www.heartburnalliance.org/section3/smoking.jsp

 

[Gurck]

I wish my heartburn went away when I quit... Anyway, any stimulant can have a laxative effect.

 

[Aharami]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: Wag

Originally posted by: Amused
Um, no. When I quit I used nicotine gum. My heartburn promptly ended when I quit smoking and never bothered me all the time I chewed the gum.

So nicotine in and of itself was obviously not the culpret. It was something else in the tobacco that was causing the muscle at the opening of my stomach to loosen.

Did I say anything about gum? All you said was that your heartburn went away when you quit. Nicotine, or any tobacco product are known offenders when it comes to hearburn.

Link

I chewed NICOTINE GUM.

If nicotine were the culpret, my heartburn would have continued with use of the NICOTINE gum.

It did not. The heartburn promptly stopped when I quit smoking. Therefore something OTHER THAN THE NICOTINE in the tobacco was causing the problem.

Read this:

http://heartburn.about.com/cs/.../a/hrtburn_smoking.htm

maybe the tar in the cigs?

or the urea?

 

[Analog]

ask MartyMcFly3

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: logic1485
well, i know it's true, because so many people that i know that smoke (including myself) need to go to the toilet to excrete after having a cigarette after eating, but i was wondering if there was any scientific explanation to it.

any ideas?

the eating is what pushes the poo-poo

 

[EMPshockwave82]

i dont smoke... never have (other than cigars like 3 times a year)

I still have to poo after I eat, In with the new then out with the old