Eli5: how come a smoker can sleep all through the night without their cravings waking them up? But as soon as they are awake they need to smoke!
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The addiction to smoking is two parts, the habit of smoking, and the chemical addiction.
The physical addiction is the part that you can do without while you sleep. But it will drive you mad as soon as you are aware of the fact, especially with routines like a morning cigarette. The act of smoking is harder to give up in the long term, but easy to forget when you are preoccupied.
The chemical addiction is acquired, and is based on your habits. Because you sleep through the night most nights, the chemical addiction doesn’t wake you up. But if you start waking up to smoke for a few weeks, you will be woken up to smoke. Most long term smokers have the cravings in the night but ignore it, and by ignoring it they sleep terribly.
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