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ADDICTION

The nicotine in vapes and tobacco can get you hooked without you noticing. See all the facts about it below.

Nicotine reaches the brain in just 10 seconds.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS). The Health Consequences of Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health; 2004.

The added chemicals in tobacco have made it stronger and more addictive than ever.

Ammonia, also found in cat pee, is added to cigarettes to make them more addictive.

Amsterdam, J. Van, A. Sleijffers, P. Van Spiegel, R. Blom, J. Van De Kassteele, M. Blokland, P. Steerenberg, and A. Opperhuizen. “Effect of Ammonia in Cigarette Tobacco on Nicotine Absorption in Human Smokers.” U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2011. Web.

Addiction is a form of learning, making teens more likely to get addicted than adults.

https://e-cigarettes.surgeongeneral.gov/knowtherisks.html [accessed 2020 May 9].

Serious symptoms of addiction can start within days or weeks after occasional smoking begins.

DiFranza, JR, et al., “Initial Symptoms of Nicotine Dependence in Adolescents,” Tobacco Control 9:313-19, September 2000.

Ammonia makes cigarettes more addictive. It is also found in:

Amsterdam, J. Van, A. Sleijffers, P. Van Spiegel, R. Blom, J. Van De Kassteele, M. Blokland, P. Steerenberg, and A. Opperhuizen. "Effect of Ammonia in Cigarette Tobacco on Nicotine Absorption in Human Smokers." U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2011. Web.

Nicotine is as addictive as cocaine or heroin.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Health Consequences of Smoking: Nicotine Addiction. A Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta (GA): U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 1988. DHHS Publication No. (CDC) 88-8406.

Of course it’s addictive. That’s why you smoke the stuff.

Actual quote from a tobacco executive

Document: Expert report of KENNETH MICHAEL CUMMINGS, Ph.D., May 28, 1998, TOMPKINS v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO. https:// www.industrydocumentslibrary.ucsf.edu/tobacco/docs/ kpxf0028 Document Date : 1998 May 28 Case : Tompkins v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.Bates Number : CUMMINGSK052898 Date Added UCSF : 2008 May 19

Cigarettes have been researched, designed, and manufactured to increase the likelihood of getting you addicted.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Health Consequences of Smoking—50 Years of Progress: A Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2014.

Quitting is hard.
3 out of 4
Teen smokers end up smoking into adulthood.

HHS, Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults: A Report of the Surgeon General, 2012.

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