Addiction is defined in the dictionary as "compulsive physiologically and psychological need for a habit forming substance." Nicotine does this in just two weeks. This addiction leads to death. Those companies that provide these products should be held responsible for knowing the facts.

Every 8 seconds, someone in the world dies due to tobacco according to the Tobacco Atlas. When a person begins smoking, it only takes two weeks for their body to become physically addicted to the nicotine contained in a cigarette. Nicotine is highly poisonous and is derived from "dried Nicotiana tabacum leaves and is used for making insecticides or tobacco products" according to The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science.

For years, tobacco companies hid the facts about nicotine and the hazards of smoking. According to the American Lung Association, tobacco contains approximately 4,000 chemicals, including 200 known poisons such as formaldehyde and carbon monoxide, and 43 known...