How addictive is nicotine when administered transdermally, buccally or orally?
Nicotine causes chemical dependence regardless of the delivery method. However, there are many other factors to addiction then just chemical dependence. Other physical factors include: -additives in most cigarettes to change nicotine absorption (make it faster, etc.). When I smoked regular cigarettes, I found myself creeping to a pack a day. When I rolled my own, it was easy to keep it to 5 a day, however quitting was still hard -smoking vs absorprtion through mucus membrane have different effects. However, keep in mind that smokeless tobacco is much more addictive then cigarettes. Psychological factors: -availability. If something is easy to aquire, it can easily be 10X more addictive then if it is hard to come by. Other drugs touted as highly-addictive, “I have a friend” who has tried a few times, and never again without the slightest trouble, because he didn’t hang around people who used those drugs often. I don’t have an addictive personality. When I was younger, I started smoking
