Nicotine Addiction : Zoomed In

Different areas of your brain control what decisions you make—such as whether to brush your teeth or not.

Focus in class. Control your bad habits. Plan ahead. Without your prefrontal cortex, you can’t do any of those.

The striatum rewards you for every bad habit. When you simply look at nicotine, your striatum will tell you to crave it.

Nicotine tricks the VTA into releasing excess dopamine.