NICOTINE ADDICTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nicotine addiction mean? 

• NICOTINE ADDICTION (noun)
  The noun NICOTINE ADDICTION has 1 sense:

1. an addiction to nicotine

  Familiarity information: NICOTINE ADDICTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NICOTINE ADDICTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An addiction to nicotine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("nicotine addiction" is a kind of...):

drug addiction; white plague (an addiction to a drug (especially a narcotic drug))

 Context examples 

Smoking kreteks can lead to nicotine addiction and can cause lung cancer and other lung conditions.

(Kretek, NCI Dictionary)

Pipe smoking can lead to nicotine addiction and can cause cancers of the mouth, larynx (voice box), esophagus, lung, pancreas, and bladder.

(Pipe, NCI Dictionary)

Using it can lead to nicotine addiction and can cause cancers of the lip, mouth, tongue, throat, and esophagus.

(Betel quid with tobacco, NCI Dictionary)

Using iq’mik can lead to nicotine addiction and can cause cancer of the mouth and other health problems.

(Iq’mik, NCI Dictionary)

Hookah smoking can lead to nicotine addiction and can cause many of the same health problems as cigarette smoking.

(Hookah, NCI Dictionary)

Smoking cigarettes can lead to nicotine addiction and can cause many types of cancer, including cancers of the lung, larynx, mouth, esophagus, throat, kidney, bladder, pancreas, stomach, and cervix, and acute myeloid leukemia.

(Cigarette, NCI Dictionary)

Using it can lead to nicotine addiction and can cause cancers of the mouth, throat, esophagus, and pancreas.

(Chewing tobacco, NCI Dictionary)

Smoking cigars can lead to nicotine addiction and can cause cancers of the mouth, larynx (voice box), esophagus, lung, and pancreas.

(Cigar, NCI Dictionary)

To investigate the association between Tcf7l2, nicotine addiction and blood glucose regulation, researchers genetically deleted Tcf7l2, in rats.

(Nicotine addiction linked to diabetes through a DNA-regulating gene in animal models, National Institutes of Health)

Smoking clove cigarettes can lead to nicotine addiction and can cause lung cancer and other lung conditions.

(Clove cigarette, NCI Dictionary)