# How long to get over the physical addiction of nicotine? (kind of long)

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 16, 2003, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-to-get-over-the-physical-addiction-of-nicotine-kind-of-long/195561 "2003-08-16T08:11:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-to-get-over-the-physical-addiction-of-nicotine-kind-of-long/195561/21 "2014-12-17T20:14:00Z")

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> [@HoneyBadgerDC](#):
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> I have quit more than 10 times now and keep going back. I can’t say the physical withdrawal has ever been even noticeable. Nicotine seems to be the only thing that allows me to focus. I never smoke when relaxing but as soon as I start on a project, which is all the time I start reaching for cigs. **If there was some kind of drug that encouraged focus I would like to find out what it is.**

Check out post #16.

In 2001, I was on the back patio, smoking a cigarette, when my five-year old daughter came out, stood in front of me and said: “Daddy, why do you want to die?”

That was my last cigarette.

And I still want one.

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**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-to-get-over-the-physical-addiction-of-nicotine-kind-of-long/195561/22 "2014-12-17T23:39:13Z")

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After five years I no longer fantasized about smoking again. Another five or ten years, the thought of smoking revolted me. I quit cold turkey and there were no aids in those days (no gum, no patches, you just quit). Luck to you.

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