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"You become a smoker when you smoke 100 cigarettes in your lifetime," Beirut said in a 2013 lecture presented by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), as part of a related talk on the environmental and genetic factors that influence smoking behavior

I never could

There are a number of prescription and over-the-counter nicotine replacement therapies that can help greatly when stopping the use of tobacco, but quitting typically takes more than that

in fact, a study done by the UKs Royal College of Psychiatrists showed that nicotine is about as addictive as cocaine and even more addictive than alcohol and barbiturates (anti-anxiety drugs)