Smoking Still?

[AKA_Monet]

I heard rave reviews about the Chantix program if anyone is able to afford it and see through the entire program... I know somethings about how it works, but I don't know the whole story.

Right now, as I understand it, what nicotine addiction does through smoking, especially when started at a young age, it literally burns your brain cells (neurons) from making the appropriate connections to know how to control those urges. As a young person, developmentally, we do not have the wherewithal or discernment to effectively make an informed decision about smoking. Because of the nicotine is doing it in the brain, it means it is an addiction--which makes it a medical condition, making it "potentially treatable" according to some circles...

But the current mode of treatment involves introspective personal commitment to change... That can be difficult to do.