Research reveals why some smokers become addicted with their first cigarette view story

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eurekalert.org — Research from the University of Western Ontario reveals how the brain processes the "rewarding" and addictive properties of nicotine, providing a better understanding of why some people seemingly become hooked with their first smoke. The research, led by

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  1. Note how it says "some." Yah, not everyone gets addicted after their first cig - not even everyone gets addicted. I sure as heck wasn't. Quitting was so easy that I did it by accident. No joke. I mean, some people do get addicted... really, really addicted, but man, there is so much misinformation out there about tobacco!

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  2. God I wish I could quit as easily as you. All wiring in the brain...

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  3. how the brain processes the rewarding effects of nicotine after the dependence is established

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  4. And for the life of me I don't know what those rewarding effects are....

    1. @VioletPlanet lol! nice take on the reward circuit!

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161457_24 katharinec submitted this on August 8, 2008.