[XDemocrat]

Are you the Joe, Joe Camel? Glad to meet you. Just kiddin', can you tell?
I have enough proof for me, several dead people that were a big part of my life that I'm convinced would stll be here if they hadn't been heavy smokers. The reason I say addicts is because I know too many people that have tried desperately to give up smoking after losing loved ones and still couldn't. I know I'll never get you to admit nicotine is addictive, but anyone that intentionally smokes and knows it bad for them and their loved ones is addicted.

[Just another Joe]

I have enough proof for me

Enough proof for you doesn't equate to scientific proof or enough proof for several million others.
I don't deny that nicotine CAN be an addictive substance. Some are able to resist addiction better than others. (scientific fact)
So, what's addictive for one person may not be for another. To lump all smokers into the lump of "addicted" is not at all correct and condensending as all get out.
And like another poster said, until the surgeon general changed the term "addictive/addicted/addict" ANY smoker was not considered "addicted". Since that time, chocolate is also an "addictive" substance.

[SheLion]

I know I'll never get you to admit nicotine is addictive, but anyone that intentionally smokes and knows it bad for them and their loved ones is addicted.

Alcohol is addictive. Prescription drug use is addictive. Coke and Pepsi has addictive qualities. How about we smoke because we just enjoy it? What's wrong with that. It's legal.

Obesity far outweighs health care and disease today in the United States then smoking! The government has already started on FAT people! It never ends.