Have you ever thought that some smokers might not be addicted to nicotine?

Question:

just a thought, i had already quit smoking since i am pregnant but i was just wondering. i hear a lot of people saying that the patch and the pills just don't work. you think it might just be the action of having the cigarette in your hand and putting it to your mouth thats addicting?

Answers:
Besides being a physical addiction, smoking is also a psychological addiction. Sometimes it is to holding the cigarette, sometimes it is a distraction from something they don't want to think about. For some people, being able to smoke means they are in control of their lives. I know because that's my husbands problem. He refuses to even discuss quitting and gets really angry when I try to suggest it. The fact that cigarette smoking controls him doesn't seem to occur to him.

My personal opinion is that they are addicted more so to the drugs put into the tobacco at the factory.

maybe. i wish more smokers saw it like that. i hate to see people slowly but surely killing themselves.

I currently smoke and I think what you're saying is mostly true. I tried to quit at one point and I went 2 weeks without smoking and had no cravings at all. I'm more addicted to the action of smoking and just chilling out. If I really put my mind to it, it would be so easy for me to quit. I just like hanging out on my front porch and smoking when I'm bored. I know that sounds really bad and I know its majorly unhealthy. I'm planning on quitting and hopefully I'll do it soon.

Have you ever thought that some smokers might not be addicted to nicotine?

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