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Alcoholics are considered to have a disease, but smokers, for example, are just addicted. is there a double standard?
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See below : No double standard. Both suffer from the disease of addiction. However, nicotine (from cigarettes) are more addictive in that a greater percentage of total smokers use compulsively suggesting that this addiction occurs with minimal biological predisposition.
Answered 10/4/2016
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