Quitting

Quitting

  1. Why Is It So Hard to Quit? Tabacco users often get hooked on nicotine - the drug in cigarettes, cigars, and smokeless tabacco (snuff and chewing tabacco).
  2. Many teens and young adults plan to quit using tabacco after a few years to find out too late how powerfully addictive nicotine can be. Like heroin and cocaine, nicotine acts on the brain and creates feelings of pleasure or satisfaction.
  3. Young brains are still developing. That may be one reason many teens feel dependent on tabacco after using it for only a short time.
  4. Quitting is not easy but can be done. Better yet, just don't start