Group: calgary.general




Subject: Is Smoking an Addiction?
From: Colin B.
Date: 10/24/2006 6:05:28 PM
Corso <corso@post.com> wrote: > Hello, > > Why is stopping smoking so difficult? > > Is smoking cigarettes an addiction? If it is an addiction - smokers > are addicts and would require treatment. Right? Three points: - Nicotine is a physiologically addictive compound. - Smoking cigarettes is a habit. - There is no guarantee of treatment for addiction in Canada, that I'm aware of.