Nicotine has just recently, in the late 1980s, been recognized as the most powerfully addictive drug in common use. It slowly undermines the health of all who use it. Deaths attributable to nicotine currently exceed 1,000 people per day in the U.S. alone. Smoking is now known to affect the health of those around the smoker. This includes unborn children.
Studies show that a large percentage of people who quit smoking eventually return to it.
Will power and determination cease to be sufficient forces to overcome the habit. Nicotine is a stunningly addictive drug. Some of us discovered that the 12-Step method of Alcoholics Anonymous relieved our nicotine addiction. Nicotine Anonymous was begun to share this method with other addicts and to provide us with a fellowship which offers love, understanding and practical experience in living without nicotine. Nicotine Anonymous sees nicotine addiction as a disease that affects the smoker physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.