The discovery gives neuroscientists fresh insight into the complex neurological circuitry of the addiction.

"I am not a smoker, I am not a smoker, I am not a smoker."

As I keep repeating these words, daily, place a tic-tac on the front part of my tongue and normally the urge goes away.

So, far so good; but I mainly have extreme urges at night while sleeping; I wake straight up out of bed and drink at least a pint of water. Weird, it's all neurological to me

This is pretty convincing that something "neurological" and physical.....ie brain signals and connections is going on here. It sure would be nice not to have "the urge" to smoke. I know that non-smokers have a hard time with understanding why a person would continue inhale smoke. Hard to understand, even for the person that continues to do it! This will be interesting to watch and see what else they come up with. I'm not personally looking forward to a stroke or some kind of lobotomy.

coin-sized craving-centre in the brain.The man, a long-term smoker, suffered stroke damage to a part of the brain called the insular,

Sign me up for an "insularotomy"!! (as long as it doesn't mess anything else up)