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To: Neocon who wrote (296164)	9/12/2002 2:00:29 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) of 769670

Interesting info. So by one measure of 'addiction' (I agree, a term too loosely used by the scientifically-illiterate mass media), nicotine is adjudged the 'most addictive': withdrawal symptoms; "reinforcement"—the likelihood that using the substance will result in its repeated use in preference to other substances; tolerance—the necessity of increasing use of the drug to maintain one's response to it; intoxication; and dependence—e.g., relative difficulty of discontinuing use of the drug. Neither scientist ranked nicotine as first among the six drugs in any of the above-mentioned categories except that of dependence—in which category both Henningfield and Benowitz ranked nicotine as first. And dependence of the kind they have defined is basically addiction of the "addicere" sort. This rank apparently holds across cultures. The Bottom Line Inherently, other drugs may have more "reinforcement" power than nicotine has; for example, they may please users more than nicotine pleases cigarette smokers. But addictive cigarette smokers smoke cigarettes more often than "drug addicts" use the drugs they favor. I consider cigarette smoking the most addictive form of drug taking.

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