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What I meant by "I don't really believe in addiction...its all will power" or whatever I said, was that I don't buy the whole "I can't quit, I'm addicted" argument. Thousands of people quit smoking. Many do it cold turkey too. Are they just really really lucky? No, they had the will power.


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People have different physiologies, making it easier to quit for some than others. Others smokers simply are not addicted to the nicotine or have physiologies that are more immune to the addictive effects of the nicotine. It's similar to different peoples' reaction to various drugs. Some are allergic, some are more sensitive, some are less sensitive and for some it doesn't work at all.

I for one have never been physically addicted but very mentally addicted, the mental addiction, being harder to break than the physical. In fact, I never got physical cravings, but I still get pangs of wanting when I see someone on film or TV having a cigarette.