Gluten in cigarettes?

[Alan12345]

Anyone else feel glutened after smoking?? I thought first couple times I was being paranoid but I’m convinced Marlboros have gluten in some shape or form in them? Also if possible can anyone pls advise any gluten free cigs (dont worry I only social smoke but it’s so hard to stop completely)

[knitty kitty]

@Alan12345,

Your symptoms are not caused by gluten contamination.  

Tobacco is a member of the Nightshade family of plants.  

Nightshades such as eggplants, tomatoes, potatoes, and peppers contain alkaloids which encourage leaky gut syndrome.  Not that you're eating cigarettes....

Tobacco acts as an antihistamine.  Antihistamines are used to stop runny noses when you've got a cold - hence the dry red eyes, dry smoker's cough, etc.  Antihistamines also slow down other secretions like gastric juice.  Without enough gastric juice, you don't digest well.  

Not everything is caused by gluten.  

Oh, no one says you have to light them.  Grew up watching "Baretta" on tv eons ago.  (Reruns are available on-line.) The tv detective usually had an unlit cigarette in his hand, behind his ear or in his mouth, but he never lit it.  This technique can actually help you quit, silly as it sounds.  If anyone asks why you don't light your cigarette, answer "out of consideration for you"..... this gives you good feedback so you continue not lighting up.  

🐱 good luck!

[Scott Adams]

Believe it or not, there has been some research done on tobacco and celiac disease, and it seems to somehow mask it's symptoms, and possibly even prevent it. Here are the articles we've done on this, but certainly more research needs to be done:
https://www.celiac.com/search/?&q=cigarette&type=cms_records2&search_and_or=and&search_in=titles&sortby=relevancy

I'm not sure if any gluten derived glue could be used in making cigarettes, but it well known that there are lots of hidden ingredients in them that I don't believe the industry needs to disclose.

[ravenwoodglass]

I switched to 'American Spirit' tobacco products after diagnosis. They are just tobacco with no additives.  In my case I quickly realized that I could just take a couple puffs and then put it out and go quite a while not wanting another cig. Most others with the assortment of 200 or so chemical additives left me wanting another as soon as I put one out. As a bonus without the chemicals to make them burn faster American Spirit cigs go out if you are not actively smoking them. You may want to see if you can find them. Whether gluten or something else I effortlessly went from a pack a day smoker to only smoking 4 to 5 cigs a day.