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The natural purpose of nicotine in plants is an insecticide. The tobacco plant was found to have pleasurable effects when smoked which were first often used for medicinal purposes. Nicotine however is one of most addictive drugs available, if not the most addictive. This is not only due to nicotine usurping the brain's natural reward system but also with it's interactions with learning and memory. In a loosely defined sense, asking someone to quit smoking is like asking someone to not read this answer while looking at it.

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