Smoking

[Romanity]

There is no set amount you have to smoke to be addicted... It depends on the person. Some have one and hate it. Some have one and never stop. It depends on the person.

[Hitman]

When tobacco is smoked, most of the nicotine is pyrolyzed. However, a dose sufficient to cause mild somatic dependency and mild to strong psychological dependency remains. There is also a formation of harmane (a MAO inhibitor) from the acetaldehyde in tobacco smoke. This seems to play an important role in nicotine addiction—probably by facilitating a dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens as a response to nicotine stimuli.[51] Using rat studies, repeated exposure after nicotine use in in less responsive the nucleus accumbens cells responsible for reinforcement, which implicates that many events, not just nicotine itself, likewise become less reinforcing.[52]

Maybe that is useful.

[Rixion]

isn't it after a few tries

[Casanova]

I smoke ~10 a day. I'm fairly sure you'd call me addicted. If I don't smoke for say a day, I'll be short-tempered. There was no moment I was suddenly addicted, it doesn't work like that. There's no way to quantify it.

No, you're addicted when you can't go less than two hours without a cig.
I smoke around twenty to twenty-five cig's a day. I'm addicted and I fully enjoy it. I don't plan on quitting and I don't care. You're addicted when you "depend" on the release of cigarettes. Find that exact moment and there you are!

And a lot of people who say they've "tryed it" haven't. You haven't tried smoking until you've actually inhaled. Take a puff then take a big long sharp intake of breath. Feel's like your throat is being entered by fire... oh my.

[Wig44.]

I've had a few (could count the number on one [or two, not sure] hands though) and I'm nothing near addicted. I'll never start smoking, except maybe the odd one after drinking. Even then I usually don't - it isn't worth it.

[Firehorse]

What I found really weird the other day was I had a craving for a smoke even though i've never smoked before, was stressed that day. :S

[Catzsy]

What I found really weird the other day was I had a craving for a smoke even though i've never smoked before, was stressed that day. :S

That is very strange indeed. I hope you resisted. =]

[Smits]

Pretty much all my mates who smoke started off by only smoking when they were drunk "because it's very social" apparently.

Once you've had one cigarette, I don't see what would ever make you have another apart from cravings?

I know for a fact i dont have 'cravings' and will never be addicted. I simply do it when i'm out and drinking because i want to. Not because i crave it. And also, i do inhale when i do it.

[Sly]

Some days I smoke a lot some days I don't smoke at all it's weird I can go all week without havin' 1 then have 10 in a day lol

[:Edzy]

Youll have to smoke quite a few to get addicted and start doing it daily.

I only ever smoke after i've been drinking and even then its only one or two. Never will be addicted.

Totally agree

I smoke about 10-20 a week, people might say i'm addicted but i can go without for months if i want to.
Its really hard to get addicted so you do need to know when to calm down a bit, i've been on the verge of addicted a few times but theres always been something to stop me