Nicotine (Causes)

As any smoker can tell you, nicotine is a remarkably addictive drug; only about seven percent who try to quit smoking on their own last at least one year. Nicotine is among the most heavily used addictive drugs in the country, in spite of the long-known facts regarding smoking's potential to cause lung cancer and many other health problems.

Due to nicotine's addictive nature, including the aforementioned release of dopamine, smoking tobacco may easily become a habit. You may develop a routine surrounding the act of smoking, for example, smoking after every meal or in certain locations or under certain levels of stress. If you are to overcome the addiction to nicotine, you may have to change behaviors you associate with smoking.

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