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Nicotine Addiction

1.0  Introduction

            In general, nicotine addiction can be referred to as susceptibility of the human body not to do without chemical nicotine, commonly delivered through different tobacco products (Wise and Correia, 60). In consequence, nicotine addiction can be subdivided into both physical and psychological addiction about most users of tobacco, most notably cigarette smokers. Therefore, tobacco smoking results to psychological addiction, due to the smokers associating the act of smoking to moments of pleasure and that nicotine eases stress levels. As a result, physical addiction to nicotine is complemented by various psychological effects of smoking thus, making it hard to deal with the smoking habit. To offer treatment to individuals with high dependence on nicotine it is important that the level of addiction is considered in the treatment plan so that to come up with appropriate treatment therapy effectively. Besides, according to Wonnacott et al. (58) by determining the level of nicotine dependence, it is, therefore, easier to the most effective nicotine replacement medication under various circumstances. However, it is vital to acknowledge that very little literature has been compiled to deal with the dependence on nicotine effectively; thus this paper aims at explaining further the available ways of treating nicotine addiction.

2.0  Statement of the problem

            According to Wetter et al. (555), little information has been compiled regarding the ways to treat the dependence on nicotine, in spite of scientific evidence revealing nicotine is highly addictive. Most of the available literature reflects on the prevalence of smoking than nicotine addiction and treatment most notably in regards to the American people. Therefore this has led to multiple studies being conducted on general smoking with total disregard of nicotine addiction. For example, some literature points out that nicotine addiction is more prevalent among African American (Wise and Correia, 61) but there are little evidence and consistency to support this...