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A Critique of Nicotine Addiction

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Authors:
  1. Hanan Frenk

    1. The Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yafo, The-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

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  2. Reuven Dar

    1. The Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yafo, The-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

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Part of the book series: Neurobiological Foundation of Aberrant Behaviors (NFAB, volume 2)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    Pages 1-11

  3. Addiction, Compulsion, and Habit

    Pages 13-23

  4. Habitual Drug Use

    Pages 25-33

  5. Smoking Defined as an Addiction

    Pages 35-44

  6. Nicotine Reinforcement in Animals: Theoretical Considerations

    Pages 45-54

  7. The Reinforcing Properties of Nicotine in Animals

    Pages 55-76

  8. Nicotine and Intracranial Self-stimulation (ICSS)

    Pages 77-91

  9. Reinforcing Properties of Nicotine in Humans

    Pages 93-113

  10. Tolerance to and Physical Dependence on Nicotine

    Pages 115-131

  11. The Difficulty of Curtailing the Smoking Habit

    Pages 133-150

  12. “Nicotine Replacement Therapies”

    Pages 151-158

  13. The Tale of Nicotine Compensation

    Pages 159-171

  14. Epilogue

    Pages 173-186

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 187-244
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Nicotine is almost universally believed to be the major factor that motivates smoking and impedes cessation. Authorities such as the Surgeon General of the USA and the Royal College of Physicians in the UK have declared that nicotine is as addictive as heroin and cocaine. This book is a critique of the nicotine addiction hypothesis, based on a critical review of the research literature that purports to prove that nicotine is as addictive drug. The review is based on a re-examination of more than 700 articles and books on this subject, including animal and human experimental studies, effects of `nicotine replacement therapies', and many other relevant sources. This review concludes that on present evidence, there is every reason to reject the generally accepted theory that nicotine has a major role in cigarette smoking. A critical examination of the criteria for drug addiction demonstrates that none of these criteria is met by nicotine, and that it is much more likely that nicotine in fact limits rather than facilitates smoking.

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  • The Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yafo, The-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

    Hanan Frenk, Reuven Dar

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