Tobacco and Nicotine: A Powerful Addiction

Tobacco and Nicotine: A Powerful Addiction Cigarettes deliver a dose of nicotine within 10 seconds of inhaling. Withdrawal effects can begin only a few hours after cigarette use-even if someone isn't trying to quit. Effects of nicotine withdrawal include irritability, depression and trouble sleeping. 85 percent of smokers who try to quit without assistance relapse. Even extended behavioral therapy programs may only produce a 50 percent quit rate. WHY QUIT? Cigarette smoking is connected with nearly 90 percent of all lung cancer cases. Over 440,000 Americans die from tobacco use every year. The average 35-year-old who quits smoking will live five years longer than if they didn't quit. MIRAMAR GETTING WELLSTAYING WELL http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/tobacco/nicotine-addictive