If youve been smoking for a long time, its possible that youve completely forgotten the horrible taste of your first cigarette
Originally Published in Press as DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202505-1054ST on May 19, 2025 Subcommittee Disclosures: A.J.P
Archived from the original on 22 October 2017
Ledgerwood claims that because the initial hit of pleasure from cigarette smoking is felt almost instantly but quickly wears off, smokers use tobacco frequently to get the same stimulant experience. According to Bernard Le Foll, Chair of Addiction Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto, Tobacco addiction is primarily described as a lack of control on the use of a substance and ongoing use notwithstanding the consequences. People who get addicted to a substance will go through cravings and/or withdrawal symptoms if they stop using it for a while
Deborah Arnott, chief executive of the campaign group Action on Smoking and Health, welcomed the fall in cigarette sales and said it was a sign of the diminishing importance of tobacco to retailers
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