nicotine (smoking) is it a habit or addiction??why??

Answer 1

It is a drug and therefore addictive. Once you are addicted to the drug, it is very difficult to stop without going through some type of withdrawal. BTW, the same is true of caffeine. If you drink lots of caffeinated coffee, you will be addicted and go through a withdrawal when and if you stop.

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Answer 2

It is both. I am a smoker. I have nicotine withdrawals and I have a hard time finding other things to occupy my time and my hands when I try to quit smoking. Someday I will be successful but it is a difficult addiction and habit to quit. There are so many things associated with smoking. I can go all day without a cigarette but if someone calls me or I am visiting with my friends I automatically want to step outside and light up. There is something about conversation that makes me want to smoke. The same goes for meals, I have to have a cigarette after a good meal. I guess that is where the habit comes in.

Answer 3

It is both.

The nicotine is an addiction forming drug. Once your body 'gets used' to having it, you will crave it.

Secondly, because your addiction brings about more smoking, you develop a habit where you feel uncomfortable in certain settings with out a cigarette in your hands. This could be while driving, out at bar and/or dance hall, after a meal, etc.

This combination of Addiction and Habit forming is what makes quiting difficult. You should also be aware that the tobacco companies have refined their products for years to increase the possibility of both addiction and habit forming in the customers. If you are addicted.. then you have succumed to a 'marketing scheme' by a major corporation that will ultimately shorten your life.

Hope this answers the question.

Answer 4

An addiction means there are measurable chemical changes in the body - and that certainly applies to nicotine. With an addiction, physical symptoms are present when the drug is withdrawn. This also applies to nicotine.

It is a physical addiction, not a habit.

Answer 5

I quit smoking 7 weeks ago. I think it is both. The addiction part is the toughest and i believe it goes away in the first week or two but the habit part is a longer process. My husband still smokes and it is sometimes difficult especially while watching tv or at the computer. You get used to smoking and it become part of your daily habits.

Answer 6

It's both.

The nicotine causes a physiological addiction in many smokers.

The act of having a cigarette in response to certain stimuli is a psychological addiction, or habit.

Answer 7

Nicotine only remains in your system for about 72 hours. It's mostly all habit. Things trigger our reflex to smoke. Get a cup of coffee, have a cigarette. Start the car engine, light a cigarette. I can say this because I quit smoking one year ago. I don't miss the inhaling and exhaling whatsoever. But occasionally, something will trigger that reflex and it will occur to me to light a cigarette. I don't, of course. But I still think about it from time to time. I decided that I could quit when I realized that I am much stronger and more powerful than a piece of paper filled with dried, toxic leaves.

Answer 8

I believe it is both.I have been a smoker for 56 years 2+packs a day I'am addicted and I'am always reaching in my pocket for one.I have try ed everything to quit.patch's gum,pill's nothing get's it done.Now in Ohio I have to sneak or they will fine me $2.500

Answer 9

i smoke...i have tried everything to stop..patches, gum...pills.. i haven't been able to. i hate everything about it and cannot stop. every time i try i think this is it...and i just go absolutely crazy , get angry, get upset it is unbelievable...that i call an addiction. hope this helps.