For example, if you earned a final average salary of $60,000 and worked for 28 years, your monthly pension amount would be $3,290. In order to qualify for this pension benefit, you must meet one of the following requirements: Age 65 or older with at least five years of service credit.
Nicotine also increases the level of other neurotransmitters and chemicals that modulate how your brain works. For example, your brain makes more endorphins in response to nicotine. Endorphins are small proteins that are often called the body's natural painkiller. It turns out that the chemical structure of endorphins is very similar to that of heavy-duty synthetic painkillers like morphine.
Nicotine changes the levels of certain brain chemicals -- particularly dopamine, which is famous for making you feel good and dulling pain. Because the nicotine in one cigarette doesn't stay around forever, you get the urge for another cigarette. However, your brain starts to adjust to those extra surges of dopamine.