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* Key Point Nicotine is at least as strong an addiction as drugs of abuse. In the past there was some controversy regarding whether or not smoking was a dependency or an addiction. However, it is now generally agreed that nicotine is at least as strong an addiction as drugs of abuse.1 The use of nicotine results in significant changes in the brain that make people want to smoke, regardless of the deadly potential of long-term smoking. Long-term smoking also causes unpleasant psychological and physiological withdrawal symptoms when individuals stop.1 Historically, nicotine addiction has be