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MENTAL
HEALTH
Addictions & Substance Use
Signs and symptoms
Being dependent on tobacco may mean you have these signs and symptoms:
You can't stop
smoking.
You've made one or more serious but unsuccessful attempts to stop.
You experience
strong withdrawal symptoms when you try to stop.
Your attempts at stopping have caused physical signs and symptoms,
such as craving for tobacco, anxiety, irritability, restlessness,
difficulty concentrating, headache, drowsiness, stomach upset, even
constipation or diarrhea.
You keep
smoking despite health problems.
Even though you've developed problems with your lungs or your heart,
you haven't stopped or can't stop. This is one of the highest
measures of tobacco dependence.
You give up
social or recreational activities in order to smoke.
You may stop going to certain restaurants or stop socializing with
certain family or friends because you can't smoke in these
situations.
Your degree of dependence depends in part on how much you smoke and how
long you've smoked.
Causes
Tobacco smoke delivers more than 60 cancer-causing chemicals, tiny
amounts of poisons such as arsenic and cyanide, and more than 4,800
other substances to your body.
Nicotine is the chemical in tobacco that keeps you smoking. It can be as
addictive as cocaine. It increases the release of a brain chemical
called dopamine, which makes you feel good. Getting that dopamine boost
is part of the addiction process.
Tobacco dependence involves psychological as well as physical factors.
You may develop strong, repetitive behaviors associated with smoking.
You may smoke at certain times of the day or after a meal or in certain
locations or under certain levels of stress. You'll need to address the
behaviors and routines that you associate with smoking if you're to
overcome your addiction to tobacco.
Nicotine
dependence
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