is smoking sociological or physiologically addicting?

Question

explain

Answer 1

Both, because

You introduce Nicotin into your blood everytime you smoke.
It stays in your blood for up to 72 hours which gives you body time to adjust and accept this as a part of your body.

Hints the reason that your body will crave more nicotine when your body is low.

Now, Say you want to quit....

Anything after 72 hours every craving is mental, and since its so strong people can still get cravings in similiar situations in which they used to smoke like being with friends, long talks, and drinking years after they initially quit.

I know this is brief, but hope it helps.

Answer 2

Both. I began smoking because I thought that was what sophisticated people did (I had just moved to Wash DC at 18). I would light up a cigarette just when some guy I was dating wanted to go further than I was willing to go with him; that put an end to that. I was an interviewer with a Fed agency & whenever I had an interview w/someone who was pushing my buttons, I would sit back, slowly take out my cigarettes/lighter, light up & take a puff. By the time I was done, I had calmed myself down & was able to continue with the interview professionally. So these are 2 examples of how I used smoking sociologically. Even now that I no longer smoke, every once in awhile I smell a cigarette in a social setting or after a meal &, just for a moment, think how nice it would be to have one.

Now psysiologically (you must not be a smoker): When the nicotine level in the body goes down, the urge to smoke goes up: the next cigarette is all you can think about until the urge is satisfied. It's difficult to think, let alone concentrate, on anything else. When I smoked & couldn't get or have a cigarette I would become very tense & sometimes paced. During the many times I tried quitting, I would take cigarette butts out of ashtrays to quiet the craving (how embarrassing). Once I did quit (in 1989) I craved cigarettes for at least 4 days; had difficulty sleeping & was irritable & I don't remember what else.

Answer 3

It's physiologically addicting. When you get addicted to smoking, you have the physical addiction to nicotine and you also have the psychological addiction where your brain is telling you that you "need" a cigarette, especially in times of stress. The sociological aspect of smoking is the peer pressure, which is why most people start smoking in the first place. While it's true that people may continue smoking because they want to "fit in" with their peer group (and that could constitute a sociological addiction) it's that "feeling" you get from smoking that pulls you in and hooks you.

Answer 4

The nicotine itself physiologically causes you to crave it, however, the ritual of smoking is perhaps more sociological. For example: buying the cigarettes, "packing" them, the way you hold it, blowing the rings, the particular times especially: driving in a car, after eating, upon waking, before going to bed, talking on the phone, before and after work... etc.

Answer 5

Smoking cigarettes is physiologically addictive and sociologically habit forming. Nicotine in cigarettes is physically addictive and your pattern of smoking becomes habitual.

Answer 6

Both. I think in most cases it starts out as a social thing--ppl want to be cool/it's what friends r doing... Then, after u introduce the nicotine from the cigarette into ur body, u now have a craving & it becomes physically addictive.

Answer 7

both. (i smoke) but it seems i can go for a long time without smoking and not feel any kind of physical urges. i went a few days a while ago when i had my wisdom teeth out. it wasn't a big deal that way. i think it's more mental for me. i think about it and i want to have one.