Cigarettes are more addictive than nicotine by itself. [1](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/health/news/article.cfm?c_id=204&objectid=11143719 https://www.nzherald.co

Cigarettes are more addictive than nicotine by itself. [1](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/health/news/article.cfm?c_id=204&objectid=11143719 https://www.nzherald.co.nz/health/news/article.cfm?c_id=204&...) As far as the relevant quotes go, you could say the same thing about smart phones. “You fall asleep with your phone under your pillow,” my other friend said. “With smartphones, the pattern of use isn’t kids having a peek at their phone every now and then,” he said. “It’s kids sneaking off to the bathroom, kids looking at their phones consistently throughout the day.” Believable, huh? Nicotine improves mood, focus, concentration, and short-term memory [2](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20414766 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20414766). Smart phones, on the other hand, reduce available cognitive capacity, just by being around [3](https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdfplus/10.1086/691462 https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdfplus/10.1086/691462). Maybe teens are self-medicating for the attention deficit their smart phones are causing. Would you rather have them on amphetamines?