Question 1

How long does it usually take for someone to get addicted to tobacco?

Accepted Answer

While different people have different "affinity" to tobacco, it may take only 1 time for someone to get addicted, whereas others never develop a true one really.

Question 2

How do you get addicted to tobacco early on?

Accepted Answer

Most probably start smoking due to peer pressure & tobacco company advertising that used to portray how "cool" smoking is. Cigarettes also contain chemicals to enhance the absorption of nicotine.

Question 3

Can u get addicted to tobacco through 2nd smoking if around for only a couple of minutes at one time?

Accepted Answer

The addicitve quality of the cigarette is based on the nicotine and most of this is filtered out in the lungs of the person smoking it.  I was around more of it than i wanted as a child and i didn't turn out addicted to it--can't stand it.

Question 4

Do different people become addicted to tobacco at different rates?

Accepted Answer

But everyone is at risk of becoming addicted to nicotine and it is one of the hardest habits to kick.  Not worth the risk of finding out when you'll get hooked.

Question 5

Are you less addicted to tobacco if you use smokeless tobacco?

Accepted Answer

The addiction to chewing tobacco and smoking tobacco is to the same chemical, mainly nicotine. The nicotine from either source acts on the same pathways of the brain regardless of how it enters the body. Both forms of tobacco use cause cancer and take many lives each year.

Question 6

Addicted to tobacco, what to do?

Accepted Answer

If you are truly motivated to stop, there are many programs that can help. Contact the american lung assocation in your area (1-800-quit-now). Medication treatment and group support are available. For some people, hypnosis and acupuncture are helpful, for others nicotine replacement therapy, buproprion (zyban (bupropion) or wellbutrin) and varenicline (chantix), together with support program, help a lot.

Question 7

I'm addicted to tobacco! need help?

Accepted Answer

By increasing your motivation to change.   Keep a log of use pattern, identify consequences, list reasons to change, rate motivation for each reason (0-10) & develop those 8+, build confidence by listing your success in overcoming challenges, describe benefits of change, set goals, develop a plan, measure progress, & work with supportive people & knowledgeable professionals.  Search "stop smoking".

Question 8

How long does it take to get addicted to smokeless tobacco?

Accepted Answer

Because smokeless tobacco is held between the cheek and gum it is absorbed very quickly into the blood stream in very high concentrations. It is the difference between alcohol abuse and IV drug use, the latter is more potent and more quickly addictive like smokeless tobacco.

Question 9

What to do if i got addicted either so i want to get the 0 nicotine and the 0 tobacco. what brand or kinds do you suggest?

Accepted Answer

There are lower tar and nicotine cigarettes, but people who smoke them tend to smoke more of them, inhale more deeply  and hold it longer, so they are getting the same amount. The best way to quit is to use nicotine replacement therapy, with patches, gum/lozenges to gradually taper yourself down (21 mg patch to 14 mg to 7 mg every 2 weeks).

Question 10

I was smoking tobacco just once, could i still get addicted?

Accepted Answer

All it takes for most people is to try it just once.

How long does it usually take for someone to get addicted to tobacco