They might have even more trouble getting free of it later and may not be able to get it done. Our understanding that nicotine is addictive has a number of benefits. One is that it helps bring into question the effectiveness of the nicotine replacement products. It also points the way to developing more effective interventions that are based on what has been learned that works with other addictions. We've learned that dealing with an addiction is a process or movement along several steps.
Total abstinence is essential.
So, for an intervention aimed at nicotine addiction to work it needs to foster movement in a process, provide safe alternatives and strongly encourage complete abstinence from nicotine. We can and will use what we know to help ourselves and others to be and stay free of this particularly powerful addiction. New Smoke Free . Top of page. Individual and on-site employee health promotion with smoking cessation.