How do I know if I am addicted to nicotine?

Do you smoke, chew, or use tobacco products in any other way?  Then you are addicted.  The other way is throw away the cigarettes or chew, or whatever, and see if you can go without them with no consequence and no problems and cravings for a long period of time.  Try it for a week at a time.  If you can go a week at a time without needing nicotine, you are no longer addicted and you might as well quit smoking, or chewing, or whatever way you are getting tobacco.

If you put a cigarette to your lips and inhale, you are taking in one of the most addictive substances known to mankind. That's why smokers become quickly addicted to nicotine. You can tell whether you are addicted to any drug by examining how you behave when you are under its influence. Your level of addiction depends on your personal tolerance, your need for more, how your body reacts when you don't get it, the impact of withdrawal symptoms on your daily functioning, and your ability to stop. So if you're not sure if you're addicted, there are a few questions you should ask yourself. If you answer yes to any of the following, you're probably addicted to nicotine:

• Do you smoke everyday?
• When you don't smoke, do you get distressed?
• Are you unable to regulate how much you are smoking?
• Have you had trouble stopping?
• Do you often think about when you will have your next cigarette?
• Do you feel like you need to smoke or you'll go crazy?
• Do you ignore the damage that smoking is doing to your body?
• Do you get annoyed when friends say something about you smoking?