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Wait a minute, you might think, nicotine cannot be the most dangerous drug in the world? There are other drugs that are far more potent, surely . . .

Well, statistics wise, smoking kills more people per year around the globe than all illegal drugs put together, plus alcohol related deaths, plus road deaths and HIV deaths. So if you added all the above types of death together, it still would not even begin to catch up with the staggering 6 million deaths worldwide, caused by smoking and second-hand smoke inhalation.

Needless to say, because it is legal in most countries, we tend to downplay this drug and call it a habit instead of an addiction. Realizing that nicotine is an actual drug, even if media and friends label it as just a habit, can help to fuel the desire to be rid of nicotine's clutches.