Can I smoke and not become addicted to nicotine?

Univ. of Nev. School of Medicine, Family Medicine

Nicotine addiction begins to occur with your first drag of a cigarette. Nicotine is extremely addictive and with continued use addictive symptoms will increase, making cessation difficult. Nicotine from cigarettes reaches your brain in under ten seconds and starts to cause its addictive effects.

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