Tobacco addiction is due to

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  1. Cocaine
  2. Nicotine
  3. Caffeine
  4. Histamine

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Option 2 : Nicotine
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Tobacco can be referred to any of the plants of the genus Nicotiana. It is highly addictive and consumed generally with the help of cigars, cigarettes, smoking pipes. The following are characteristics of tobacco:

  • The chemical which is addictive in tobacco is Nicotine.
  • It is also referred to as “happy chemical”.
  • People consume it since it causes an adrenaline rush when dissolved in blood.

Hence we conclude that nicotine is the main component that causes addiction.
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