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A smoking addiction occurs when an individual becomes dependent on cigarettes and cannot cease using them without experiencing severe and unpleasant physical and emotional reactions.

Posted on Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0600 at http://www.healthguidance.org/entry/1174...otine.html
Author: no@email.com (Mack LeMouse)

Nicotine is an addictive drug. It causes changes in the brain that make people want to use it more and more. In addition, addictive drugs cause unpleasant withdrawal symptoms. The good feelings that result when an addictive drug is present — and the bad feelings when it's absent — make breaking any addiction very difficult. Nicotine addiction has historically been one of the hardest addictions to break.