As I understand it, for addicts, the craving to smoke cigarettes never goes away.
It really depends on the person. I quit over a year ago and have no cravings, and I was addicted for 12+ years. I have a buddy who quit like
three six years ago and he still drools at the thought of a cigarette. In my opinion if you still want to smoke after not smoking for that long, then you quit wrong. He gets pretty irritated when I say that.
Edit to fix math error.
Did you have cravings to begin with?
I was hooked for those 12+ years I smoked. I attempted quitting more times than I can remember during that span. In the end all it took was reading the right book at the right time.
Saying that you are not addicted to nicotine after ingesting it for years is like saying you are the one speshul snowflake who doesn't burn when exposed to fire. It is extremely addictive to all humans, that's kinda the point. You don't gain any points for being the one person who can quit without cravings, and you are inadvertently helping Big Tobacco by saying that this drug is not addictive. They can't even say that anymore, (because it has been proven to be a LIE over and over again), so it's good for them when their customers or former customers do the lying for them.
You may think you're being inspirational when you say it's possible to quit without cravings, but in fact it's extremely detrimental to the morale of someone trying to quit when they hear this crap about how they wouldn't want a smoke if they were serious about quitting. IMHO, it's equivalent to telling someone addicted to crack that if they just really really want to, they can quit at anytime, without all that sciencey crap to help them. Why don't you guys go do some more research about the effects of nicotine on the brain before spouting bullshit that flys in the face of modern medicine?
You read into a lot when I've said very little. I never said nicotine isn't addictive, nor did I say I never got "cravings". But I have quit for a year and I don't get them anymore (you're welcome to hand me out points for this, but I can tell you that my lack of missing nicotine after quitting is not unique). My intention in pointing this out wasn't to be inspirational, as this is not a how to quit smoking forum. It's talking about smoking and the effects that it would have on our sims. My point is that some people can quit and nicotine no longer
effects affects them, and some can quit and it continues to dominate their lives. I'd hate to have my sims have a negative moodlet FOREVER because they smoked and then quit, and that's why I brought this up.
Incidentally if you are trying to quit, I can recommend a really good book for it.
Edit to fix grammar error.
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