"garitaar" <garitaar at hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<Ny7H8.14310$Le2.642224 at typhoon.mn.ipsvc.net>...
> Smokers seem to me very different from non-smokers in many behaviors aside
> from the smoking, itself. Do we really know that the addictive behavioral
> response, itself, might not cause a decrease in neurons and neuron activity,
> regardless of the type of addiction? Self administering is the key that has
> me thinking more about the addiction issue than the nicotine itself. Might
> smokers by predisposed to addictive behaviors that make it difficult to see
> the difference?
>
Yes, I second that. I find that I act differently when I am not
smoking. It is very had to notice when I am smoking all the time
though... I think smoking -reinforces- addictive behaviours, more
than people already being predisposed towards them. I feel much more
patient without them, something I'm learning to appriciate more and
more. IMO, smoking "addiction" is a much more underestimated dilema
compared to the negative health effects which can be found everywhere.
I don't know about behavioral process, and whether it has more impact
than the nicotine itself. Addiction is a ritual, cigarettes
especially, and I've noticed that when I'm on the gum, and the ritual
has changed, I feel different and I still crave cigarettes even though
I am recieving my fix.
