Negatory, Ace....
What I said was (in the hope that you can comprehend):
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Check with the medical professionals, Bill, (both research scientists and treatment professionals). They are the ones who have classed tobacco's addictive potential so high.
(Parenthetical note: there are different measures commonly used to rank 'severity of addiction' or 'risk of addiction'. One is incidence of death upon attempting to quit, going 'cold turkey'. Another is the recidivism rate (rate of returning to use of the addictive substance). By that last measure tobacco use is commonly ranked as high, or higher, then opiate addiction. By the measure of incidence of death... alcohol addiction or barbituate addictions clearly rank as more dangerous then the opiates. Another possible measure is speed at which dependence is induced. (By that measure barbituates rank as a more serious addictive threat then alcohol, etc.)
I'm sure that there are even other measures commonly used, and a world full of potentially addictive substances to consider, but the psychologists of addiction often speak of 'addictive personalities'... meaning that, in their opinions, certain people or types are more pre-disposed to troubles such as these. Some people could have no problems at all with one or another substance, while other people will shift to new addictions if their current addictive choice is precluded. Ever seen or heard about the chain-smokers in rehabs? :) |
