"Bob Martin" wrote in message ...


Smoking is a habit, not an addiction.

There is massive medical evidence that it is indeed an addiction, with clear
bio-chemical impact on the brain.

I stopped dead at the end of 1975, after 20 years of 30-40 per day, and
haven't
had one since.

Some people are more susceptible to addiction than others, just as some
people are more likely to have heart attacks or get cancer or lose their
hair. I can think of a couple of friends who kicked addictions like
drinking for a decade or more and then were drawn back into that
self-destructive spiral, so it sure looks to me like for some people it
isn't just a matter of willpower.