Claim: Nicotine Anonymous (live free of nicotine in the nightshade family) has an average meeting size of seven people, and there are no auxiliary support groups but they do offer a pamphlet.
Evidence: Nicotine Anonymous (NicA) is a twelve-step program founded in 1982 for people desiring to quit smoking and live free of nicotine. Nicotine is a chiral alkaloid that is naturally produced in the nightshade family of plants (most predominantly in tobacco and duboisia hopwoodii) and is widely used as a stimulant. Although both drinking and smoking are recognized by many respondents as imposing burdens on the family, there are no auxiliary support groups for friends and family of smokers related to NicA; as Al-Anon meetings were created for friends and family members of alcoholics. The average meeting size is about seven people. Nicotine Anonymous World Services does, however, offer a pamphlet, Are You Concerned About Someone Who Smokes or Chews Tobacco?