Pharmacological research on nicotine left no doubt about why women such as Rose Cipollone found it so difficult to quit tobacco—not because they were weak-willed, but because nicotine subverted will itself. “Think of the cigarette pack as a storage container696 for a day’s supply of nicotine,” a researcher at Philip Morris wrote. “Think of the cigarette as a dispenser for a dose unit of nicotine. . . . Think of a puff of smoke as the vehicle of nicotine.”
