Please read my previous question before answering
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=404784
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Two days ago I smoked my first cigarette and shortly after I smoked
it, I went to the bathroom for number 2 and it went perfect(no pushing
and all the waste came out).  I smoked today and the day before and I
experienced the same results so I know it's not a coincidence.

Is there a relationship between smoking and releasing waste?

Please adivse.  So far I feel very healthy, every morning I just smoke
a ciggerette and as soon i'm done smoking it I go the bathroom.  It's
like magic.

Dear jet19ski-ga;

Thank you for allowing me to answer your interesting question.

?Is there a relationship between smoking and releasing waste??

Yep. Nicotine is a stimulant and has long been known to have a
laxative effect on some people. It affects the bowel in much the same
way caffeine does.

In fact, using guinea pigs as test subjects, researchers have studied
the stretch receptors in the animal?s ileum by stimulating them to
relax and prompt ?peristalsis? (the contraction that enables bowel
movement) with various protagonists including nicotine.

PUB MED
?Evidence that stretch receptors for peristalsis are located in the
mucosal layer of the guinea pig ileum.?
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=1491515&dopt=Abstract

BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY
?Inhibition of peristalsis in guinea-pig isolated ileum and colon by
drugs that block prostaglandin synthesis?
http://www.brjpharmacol.org/cgi/content/abstract/57/3/335


The Knowledge Database web site states emphatically that nicotine has
a physiological effect on peristalsis (bowel movement) in humans:

??nicotine is highly toxic. A 60 mg overdose of nicotine is fatal. But
consider that the average cigarette contains 0.5 mg of nicotine. The
physiological effects of nicotine include (1) vasoconstriction of
peripheral blood vessels, (2) increased peristalsis,??

THE KNOWLEDGE DATABASE
http://www.channels.nl/knowledge/13564.html


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SMOKING

Any strong drug can have this effect. Even caffeine, so it's not
rurprising nicotine does this. It may level off with time, and
certainly constipation is not a good excuse for the health hazards of
smoking.

Kriswrite

This might interest you:

http://www.crohns.org.uk/Docs/4/uc/Smoking%20and%20Ulcerative%20Colitis.html

So should I start smoking, how can I go to the bathroom as if i've
just smoked a cigarette?

From the site I mentioned above:

"However, smoking has a detrimental effect on general health, such as:

? an increased risk of coronary heart disease.
? an increased risk of lung disease. It is also well documented that
smoking causes lung cancer.
? an increased risk of peripheral vascular disease (blood clots and
narrowing of the leg veins).
? reduced absorption of vitamins and minerals and altered taste
perception of foods.
? reduced general fitness.
? premature ageing of the skin.

It would, therefore, seem more prudent to take a more simple and
conventional laxative such as Fybogel, Normacol methylcellulose
(Celevac) or Lactulose, together with a sensible eating plan rather
than smoking cigarettes."

Hi, jet19ski-ga:

Cigarette smoking does risk bad health consequences, but these are in
large measure dependent on how much one smokes.  From what I gather
you've already started smoking, if only at a level of one cigarette a
day.  Cigarette manufactures have given particular attention to
designing their product to encourage additional consumption, so you
might find yourself at higher levels of smoking down the road.

For recent findings on how tobacco promotes oral cancers:

[Cigarette smoke transforms healthy saliva into
 a deadly cocktail that can accelerate mouth cancer]
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/index.php?newsid=9003

I suppose I'd recommend drinking caffinated tea or coffee instead, or
perhaps combining one of these with only the minimal portion of a
tobacco "dose" needed to obtain the desired bowel relief.  Be gentle
with yourself!  As my mom's sweatshirt says, "If I'd known I was going
to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself."

regards, mathtalk-ga

thanks mathtalk-ga, I tried it today and it worked.