Question for those who have attempted 0mg Nic

[ViewAskewVapar]

I tried it, couldn't do it. I crave that 18-24mg throat hit.

 

[player30]

I moved from 12 to 18, back to 12, and now alternate between 6 & 12!

 

[Zal42]

Also please tell me if i'm wrong, but don't cigarette companies add chemicals to cigarettes to make them MORE addictive?

Aside from the MAOIs, they also add ammonia to them. This, essentially, freebases the nicotine and makes your body absorb more of it faster than it would otherwise. It's why you get such a rush from the first cig of the day.

 

[Zal42]

I'm not sure how addiction plays into that. Perhaps it's more a matter of "how strong is your desire to quit" and your own level of will power.

Desire and willpower have almost nothing to do with the ability to quit an addiction, typically. Addiction is an extremely complex thing, but one of things that research has pretty clearly shown is that people who fail to beat their addiction (to whatever), aren't failing because they lack the desire or willpower in most cases.

Some people have a fairly easy time overcoming addiction, and for some it's the next best thing to impossible. There are many reasons that mix together to cause this, some having to do with personality, some with biology, and some with environment.

I cringe when people say that addiction is "all in the mind," because in the first place, that's not precisely true, but also because it's overly trivializing the problem. The implication is that since it's purely mental, then it isn't a real problem. After all, it's all in your mind, so just change your mind!