http://www.quitsmoking.uk.com/understanding-nicotine-addiction/benefits-timeline.aspxmoretimethansense said:Now this one I'm tempted.
IT IS a fucking addiction, and point of fact the chemical part takes quite a bit longer than a week to shift, I've been living with a smoker most of my life, I've seen what this shit does to people, granted hard drugs are more blatant in their addictive qualities but I've yet to see a morphine addict crumple a cast iron cooking pot because their slipper came off.
Three, four days at most after your last ciggie there is no nicotine in your system - ergo no physical addiction. Habitual addiction can last fo decades.
On your second point, how many morphine addicts have you seen go through withdrawl? Nicotine withdrawl can lead to mood swings and definately a shorter temper - I've never experienced mophine withdrawl but I did experience heroin withdrawl and the physical withdrawl didn't last much longer than when I quit cigarettes but the disparity in the severity of symptoms could not be more painfully (i do mean painfully) obvious - I spent two days vomiting dry unable to eat or sleep pretty much every part of my body was in pain or cramping compare that to being snarky for a couple of days.