How do you become addicted to cigarette smoking?

Question

Like Im not asking how you become addicted so that I can put it into play, but Im asking how does it happen over time? Like how do cravings start to happen?

Answer 1

Your body become addicted to nicotine. Receptors in your brain then begin to crave it.    

Answer 2

what happened is that someone tell's you that it will boost your high which it does but afterwords getting high isn't as good as it is without a cig and this is where the problem starts

Answer 3

Its like any Drug - If you are insecure enough in yourself, to take up the habit to be cool. Then your body gets use to the nicotine (addictive drug), once with out it you feel pretty terrible so you have in and you feel good again. Don't have it and you feel like c**p!

Much like Coffee etc.

Cheers

Paul

Answer 4

Well,as a smoker it started fairly painlessly. Just started getting a bit aggravated and having a cig made me feel better (although it probably didn't have any effect at all!) Then you realise that when you're not smoking your hands feel like they have nothing to do, and they're always hovering around your mouth. Then, your throat starts getting dry and you get short tempered. I read somewhere that all the nicotine has left your body after 72 hours, and after that all the cravings and stuff is purely in your head. I also read that your white blood cells become dependent on the nicotine, hence why you feel ill when you stop, but I'm not sure how true that is.  

Answer 5

i smoked for 5 years and i think when you first start you dont realise how addictive it is ,i thought i could just quit like that,but it is so hard.  i think after a few months you are addicted certain situations make you need a f*g like if you feel stressed out .nasty habit

Answer 6

you slowly start increasing the amount that you smoke everyday until you find out that you are smoking like 2 packs a day.

Answer 7

they become addicted to sucking, u see people dont smoke cigarettes they suck them, the cigarette does the smoking, which makes the smokers a bunch of suckers

Answer 8

It feels out of control.  A few years in and You still think your in control, it still feel cool.  Now tens of thousands of tar filled cigarettes later, all that you think about is where is the dam lighter to light this next dam cigarette  before you loose your cool.  Its all panicky every hour until the smoke is light. As you smoke it the agitation disappears and is replaced with a general icky feeling all over.  No matter that My gums are rotting and my lung (Just the one) hurts allot always.  No matter How sick it makes me feel every time,  No matter if it shreds a sore throat,  No matter how badly I want to quit,  I still have ripped my patch off and light a cigarette that I found my self bothering someone fore.  This is the most challenging thing that I have ever been saddled with.  I will beat this to live to see my kids graduations and mariiages.  That is what this nicotine addiction is like.