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Addiction is a disease, but it is caused by a choice - the choice to use it for the first time.

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Is addiction a choice or disease?

Addiction is not a choice, whether or not its a disease is debatable. The person whom it afflicts has no choice of whether or not they get addicted, except whether they are using the substance that they could get addicted to.


Is tobacco addiction purely psychological?

No. There are chemicals added to tobacco in cigaretts that aid and strengthen physical addiction.


Why do people consume tobacco?

as an addiction


Caffeine and tobacco are legal forms of?

Caffeine and tobacco are a legal form of an addiction.


What are tobacco considered tobacco products?

Tobacco is the entire plant that is grown, smoked, or chewed. It has a number of harmful irritants and wiill cause disease when used especially when smoked. Nicotine is one chemical of tobacco that is addictive and is the reason we seek it out. When you use only nicotine (separate from tobacco ) there are minimal health consequences-only addiction.


Drug addiction can be considered a complex brain disease for what reasons?

The theory that addiction is a disease is controversial.


Drug addiction can be considered a complex brain disease for reasons?

The theory that addiction is a disease is controversial.


Is addiction a choice?

No it is not.


Why addiction to tobacco is such a common problem?

drug users


Is Nicotine primarily responsible for a persons addiction to tobacco true or false?

True. Nicotine is the primary addictive substance in tobacco, leading to physical dependence and reinforcing the behavior of smoking or using tobacco products. While other factors, such as social and environmental influences, play a role in tobacco addiction, nicotine's effects on the brain are central to the addiction process.


Types of disease cause by tobcco?

Nicotine itself causes no diseases except nicotine addiction. The other chemicals associated with tobacco cause heart disease, lung and throat cancer, emphysema, and have been implicated in high blood pressure and hardening of the arteries, to name a few.


What is the drug found in tobacco that causes physical and psychological addiction?

Nicotine is the highly addictive drug found in tobacco. It has been said that nicotine addiction is one of the hardest addictions to beat, acting in a similar way as heroin or cocaine addiction.