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.
Recent research has shown how nicotine acts on the brain. Nicotine activates the circuitry that regulates feelings of pleasure, the so-called reward pathways. Research has shown that nicotine increases the levels of dopamine (a key brain chemical involved in mediating the desire to consume drugs) in the reward circuits of the brain. Nicotine's pharmacokinetic properties have been found to enhance its abuse potential. Smoking cigarettes produces a rapid distribution of nicotine to the brain, with drug levels peaking within 10 seconds of inhalation.