Nicotine Addiction - Puffing Away Good health

Nicotine addiction is the inability of a person to stop smoking nicotine containing cigarettes. Nicotine controls the brain and for an addict the brain can function properly only after a doze of nicotine through smoking a cigarette. It is this dependence on nicotine, despite knowing the unpleasant consequences that makes a smoker a nicotine addict.

Nicotine addicts suffer withdrawal symptoms of depression, insomnia and the inability to concentrate when they stop smoking cigarettes.

Nicotine addiction is often excused as the mildest of addictions because it does not substantially alter the behavior of the smoker. Nicotine addiction does substantial damage to the smoker’s health without altering behavior. Smoking causes irreparable harm to the heart and lungs of the smoker while giving the smoker a psychological lift.

Nicotine addiction is a social menace because anyone who comes in contact with cigarette smoke is susceptible to the same harmful symptoms of the smoker.