DNA Markers Predict Risk Of Getting Hooked On Cigarettes
I think that link sums it up. some people are just more predisposed to addiction than others.
I think that link sums it up. some people are just more predisposed to addiction than others.
I think there is nothing wrong with an addiction to nicotine, I wish people could just say it aloud. To me medically dependant is addicted. being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming- sound familiar?? Dont sugar coat it for us, we are with you. I am addicted to niccotine, and I love it. lol Thats why I switched to vaporizing, it is definately safer than analog smoking, and I like chosing flavors. It was easy to switch over because the condition stimulus (smoking) is the same action as vaping and vaping still gives my my positive reinforcer (nicotine)! This is great!'Chippers' Challenge Concepts Of Smoking Addiction : NPR
I am not so lucky. When I smoked, I kept open packs of cigarettes along with a lighter and ashtray in stratigic locations throughout the house. I'm more like the people discussed in the following articles.
I don't care for the word "addicted" because it is judgmental. I have the will-power to do without nicotine. I have done so in the past. But when I make that choice, I sacrifice my cognitive and emotional health.
I consider myself "medically dependant" on nicotine. I could switch my dependancy to a chemical soup of anti-depressants, anti-anxety medication, an ADHD treatment such as Ritalin, and a medication for memory impairment such as Aricept. I believe that nicotine (absent the hazards found in tobacco smoke) carries a much lower risk of adverse effects than such a combination.
Here are some articles on depression, anxiety, and other conditions as they relate to nicotine. In one of these, Glassman talks about a study he conducted where 9 people had such serious relapses in their depression they were advised to go back to smoking! Five subjects were receiving the treatment (clonidine) and 4 were receiving placebo.
Nicotine Addiction and Other Psychiatric Disorders - Psychiatric Times
February 1, 2001
Psychiatric Times. Vol. 18 No. 2
"Nicotine Addiction and Other Psychiatric Disorders"
Tony P. George, M.D., and Jennifer C. Vessicchio, M.S.W.
Amering M, Bankier B, Berger P et al. (1999), Panic disorder and cigarette smoking behavior. Compr Psychiatry 40(1):35-38.
Anda RF, Williamson DF, Escobedo LG et al. (1990), Depression and the dynamics of smoking. A national perspective. JAMA 264(12):1541-1545
Glassman AH (1993), Cigarette smoking: implications for psychiatric illness. Am J Psychiatry 150(4):546-553
Glassman AH, Helzer JE, Covey LS et al. (1990), Smoking, smoking cessation, and major depression. JAMA 264(12):1546-1549
Gonzalez-Pinto A, Gutierrez M, Ezcurra J et al. (1998), Tobacco smoking and bipolar disorder. J Clin Psychiatry 59(5):225-228.