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Q: What’s Addicting About Cigarettes?
A: Nicotine.
Take the nicotine out of cigarettes and smokers lose their interest in smoking.
Nicotine is a potent drug that causes changes in heart rate, blood pressure, brain chemistry and mood.
Each puff delivers a powerful "shot" of nicotine to the smoker's brain within 7 seconds. \