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Addiction: Compulsive physiological and psychological need for a habit. Addiction can be one of the toughest and hardest things to overcome, especially smoking cigarettes. Cigarettes contain nicotine which is highly addictive. The rate of cigarette users are steadily increasing, and I was apart of that population. My dependence on cigarettes started way back in eighth grade. The fact that I would look ¡®cool¡¯ smoking was the only thing that was on my mind. I was so blind to the fact that cigarettes were and still are one of the leading causes of deaths. My first cigarette was lit with a bunch of buddies in my backyard after school. We thought we were so cool and bad, and thought we looked older, more mature, and we