Is there any correlation between urinating and cigarettes?
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serenityNOW (
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April 27th, 2012
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Nearly every time after I smoke a cigarette I need to pee. Why?
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Anxiety?
Do you smoke to reduce your anxiety, by chance?
Sounds like a standard case of classical conditioning.
Nicotine is a stimulant and effects nerve endings, also, are you drinking coffee or other drinks with caffeine with your cigarettes?
Caffeine is a diuretic. I do know there is a correlation between smoking and bladder cancer, for whatever reasons.
@Coloma – I am constantly drinking fluids because of the meds I take. I didn’t know about the bladder-cancer, though.
@serenityNOW – yeah, I smoke to relieve anxiety, but mostly just to feed the nicotine monster.
It’s so odd!
When I’m a non-smoker – I was for 2 months, I peed much less. Too weird!
No. I have smoked from time to time and there is not difference for me.
Nicotine is a stimulant and an irritant, and one of the things it irritates is the bladder. People who suffer with incontinence are advised to quit, if they smoke, for this reason.
@Bent – Super interesting. Thanks!
Your urge to pee is most likely due to your liquid intake or it could be that you have a weak bladder. Do you drink after a cigarette? To take the taste away? If you smoke a lot, you might feel the need to drink a lot.
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