Reply #38: That's not the nature of addiction, and nicotine is the most addicting substance there is.

[caseymoz]

And it's "high" if you could call it that, involves lower areas of the brain that may not register pleasure consciously, but they certainly do drive a person's mind as much as any other addiction. It's a pretty unique high, and one that does not show at the surface.

If you begin to threaten their supply, addicts just get resentful. They'll buy on the black market just out of rebellion against authority. That will be one of the rationalizations.