Tobacco and Addiction

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The paper argues that not all smokers become addicted to tobacco; therefore, there is room to support the claim of the tobacco industry that their product is not to blame for the numerous charges of addiction. The writer brings in research to explore the concept of addiction in order to show that it is not pertinent to the discussion of cigarettes and smoking behavior.

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"USA Today reported in February of 1998 that some tobacco industry leaders agreed that tobacco use can be addictive, but it not necessarily so. The industry leaders contended that it depended upon the definition, and that under some concepts, nicotine would be considered an addictive substance, but not under all definitions. Yet, they did not specify the different concepts or definitions that they were working with. USA Today (Tobacco exec, 1998) implied that they were simply waffling and that there were no definitions that were pertinent to the executives arguments. Still, the industry leaders left themselves an important escape hatch in noting that it is the definition that counts here."

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