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Help please. could cigarette smoking be considered doing drugs?
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Cigarette smoke: Since cigarette smoking has lung damage and causes cancer it should be considered a legal drug.
Answered 8/21/2013
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Addiction.: Cigarette smoking is considered an addiction but not drug abuse as if you were on cocaine or heroin.
Answered 12/1/2014
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It's not doing drugs: but it is addicting and can become a dangerous bad habit.
Answered 12/1/2014
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