tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22031270.post6653614014097168707..comments2023-11-03T19:05:08.512+11:00Comments on Harry Clarke: What is addictive about smoking?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22031270.post-14771762814236073482007-08-13T23:09:00.000+10:002007-08-13T23:09:00.000+10:00Not that I understand the purpose of the other 500...Not that I understand the purpose of the other 500 chemicals added to my tobacco; but just curious, does anyone know why valine would be added to cigerettes?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22031270.post-4972921637466543782007-08-13T14:06:00.000+10:002007-08-13T14:06:00.000+10:00fxh, You are in a minority but there are 'chippers...fxh, You are in a minority but there are 'chippers' like you. I found S. Shiffman et al (Smoking Behaviour and Smoking History of Tobacco Chippers, <I>Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology</I>, 2, 2, 1994, 126-142) interesting. You sound like what they call a 'converted chipper'. You are like a 'social drinker' except that with alcohol most fall into this category but with smoking few do. You presumably gave up a nicotine dependence but could continue smoking at low levels or never was chemically addicted to smoking. <BR/><BR/>Of course N.E. Zinberg, <I>Drug, Set and Setting</I> pointed out this behaviour with respect to heroin use.hchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13799594181016858701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22031270.post-77272787625821595842007-08-13T14:04:00.000+10:002007-08-13T14:04:00.000+10:00This problem lies in the tragic addiction of vario...This problem lies in the tragic addiction of various govt's to those billions of dollars of tobacco taxes. If shops were forced by law to stop selling tobacco, very few people would be able to continue the habit.perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07954043731839314799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22031270.post-60189036490481517282007-08-13T13:32:00.000+10:002007-08-13T13:32:00.000+10:00I smoked reasonably heavily at times, pack of came...I smoked reasonably heavily at times, pack of camel a day, but gave up for years at a time with very little effort. Even now I'm happy to smoke socially, say 10 or so at a BBQ or bar, but then go weeks without a drag.<BR/><BR/>I seem to have virtually no addiction to nicotine, as patches etc seem to have little or no effect. Others I know need to be on patches or NRT for years.<BR/><BR/>I seem to remember research which pointed to nicotine dependency being indicated by the regularity with which a smoke was needed - eg if a person must have a smoke every 20 minutes or so - pretty much on the dot.<BR/><BR/>With me it seems to have been a social and fiddling with the hands and mouth stuff. I would get more pleasure out of say a rolly than a tailor made and lots of fun from fiddling with a pipe. <BR/><BR/>(as a side issue why have pipes become so unfashionable - is it the trend toward minaturisation, like mobiles or ipods, where a huge pipe the size of a wood fired heater, sticking out the mouth belching industrial quantities of smoke, ash and other pollutants like a Vesuvious).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22031270.post-72233708207938652102007-08-13T12:16:00.000+10:002007-08-13T12:16:00.000+10:00I smoked for a long time. I gave up a number of ti...I smoked for a long time. I gave up a number of times and it was very difficult. <BR/><BR/>In 2001 I started using NRT (gum). The transition from cigarets to gum was very smooth.<BR/><BR/>Two months ago I gave up the gum. It was far more difficult than giving up cigarets. The addiction is similar (you need gum every hour or so) but the reaction to giving up is a bit different. <BR/><BR/>With cigarets it was quick sharp agony lasting five or six days, while with gum it was prolonged agony that lasted eight weeks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com