Xenophobic backlash

[plastroncafe]

The brain has specialized receptors for nicotine. How strongly one gets addicted to nicotine, and how difficult it is for them to quit smoking, is largely dependent on how many of these nicotine receptors a person has.

Some people can smoke a single cigarette and then never smoke a second. Some people can't.

I know more than a couple of people who are teetotallers based solely on the number of alcoholics and their family. They themselves have never had an alcohol problem, but they abstain entirely to keep it that way.

Me personally, I think addiction has bothnature and nurture components. There are some truly interesting animal studies which indicate that addiction can be kicked more easily when underlying social, mental, economic, and physical problems are more effectively dealt with.