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Can you be addicted to secondhand smoke?

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NIH-funded study shows how secondhand smoke may increase vulnerability to nicotine addiction. ... read more

One can become addicted to second hand smoke because smoke is what contains the nicotine. This can especially be true if someone in your family smokes something OTHER than lights. The high doses of nicotine in the air that you would inhale can cause you to want to crave a cigarette to fulfill that feeling. read more

NIH-funded study shows how secondhand smoke may increase vulnerability to nicotine addiction. Exposure to secondhand smoke, such as a person can get by riding in an enclosed car while someone else smokes, has a direct, measurable impact on the brain — and the effect is similar to what happens in the brain of the person doing the smoking. read more

No you cannot become addicted via secondhand smoke. Secondhand smoke can have some very harmful health effects but in my opinion not addiction. Now on the other hand if you are finding yourself wanting to smoke because of being around it so much, then that is a different story. read more

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