1.   The same study finds a genetic component to the susceptibility to nicotine addiction, too.

2.   And a well-financed federal class-action lawsuit over nicotine addiction, named for lead plaintiff Dianne Castano of New Orleans, could bankrupt the industry if it succeeds.

3.   Beyond that peak, though, any pop in sales from a tobacco settlement is likely to be short-lived because of the nature of nicotine addiction, analysts said.

4.   A staunch opponent of smoking, Waxman nevertheless agrees that prohibition can only worsen the enormous and costly problem of nicotine addiction.

5.   Brooke said it agreed to settle a class-action suit over nicotine addiction and is close to agreements with the states that have filed tobacco-related suits.

6.   Brooke said it agreed to settle a class-action suit over nicotine addiction and is close to agreements with states that have filed tobacco-related suits.

7.   But this potent political counter-argument has been drowned out in the incredulous laughter that greets his antediluvian skepticism about nicotine addiction.

8.   Cigarette manufacturers have realized for decades that effective nicotine addiction needs to be established no later than adolescence.

9.   Doctors and anti-smoking advocates have urged rapid smoking-cessation programs or quitting cold turkey as the only ways to address nicotine addiction.

10.   Dr. Ferry has used the anti-depression drug bupropion to treat nicotine addiction.