How Much Nicotine in a Cigarette?

Nicotine is a chemical found in the tobacco plant. It is obviously a very addictive substance, hence why smoking is so hard to give up for many people.

It is now well known that cigarettes, with their hundreds of chemicals and carcinogens, cause all sorts of serious health problems including various types of cancers, heart disease, high blood pressure, emphysema and so on. We all know it’s bad, that’s why you are determined to quit smoking forever!

A list of the known nicotene, tar and CO content of various cigarette brands and types can be found here and here.

On average, a person inhales between one and three milligrams of nicotine per cigarette, depending on its strength.

Study of reducing addiction by decreasing nicotine content in cigarettes

Even though the majority of nicotine is burned up in the cigarette, enough of it is inhaled by the smoker to take effect.