Is There A Real Cure For Nicotine Addiction?There are two parts of the addiction to cigarettes.
There is absolutely no disagreement that nicotine is addictive. The Physical Nicotine AddictionEverybody agrees that it is, in fact, an addictive substance...and it is poison, too. Nicotine is the tobacco plant's natural protection against insects. In the same volume, nicotine is a poison that is more deadly than strychnine and rattlesnake venom. The Behavioral Addiction of NicotineConsider this: Smoking is a whole body habit. The removing a cigarette from a package; the handling of a cigarette; the lighting of a cigarette; inhaling smoke; exhaling smoke; tapping ashes off the cigarette as it burns; even extinguishing the cigarette after it has been smoked are all part of the total smoking addiction. So what's the answer?For a person to successfully stop smoking, the entire habit must be addressed. Just withholding nicotine for a period of time long enough to undo the physical changes made to the brain is not sufficient. |