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** Lately it seems he's become addicted to [[Must Have Caffeine|coffee]], in one issue he specifically asked for a gallon-drum with "some kind of intravenous drip."

* In an [[The Eighties|eighties]] ''[[Archie Comics|Archie]]'' [[Very Special Episode|story]] on the dangers of smoking, three teenagers unintentionally create a false fire alarm by chain-smoking in the boys' washroom at school. At the end, they apologize to the principal, Mr. Weatherbee, and inform him that from now on, whenever they have nicotine cravings, they'll chew gum instead.

* Parodied in [http://assets.comics.com/dyn/str_strip/000000000/00000000/0000000/000000/20000/9000/800/29850/29850.full.gif this] ''F-minus'' strip.

 

* All of the characters in [[David Foster Wallace]]'s ''[[Infinite Jest]]''--particularly the residents of Ennett House Drug and Alcohol Recovery [[Department of Redundancy Department|House]] (''[[Running Gag|sic]]'')--to some extent, but none so horrifying as {{spoiler|Randy Lenz's evening constitutionals}}.

* Brazilian writer [[Luis Fernando Verissimo]] once wrote a comedic text about addictions, specially smoking (and diets). It ranged from simple replacements ("Gimme candy. Gimme bubblegum. Gimme a pencil to chew. Gimme your nails to bite, mine are over!") to... unorthodox methods:

-That's a reason to strangle 17 people?|Didn't know what to do with my hands.}}

* In the [[Aubrey-Maturin]] novels, Dr. Maturin develops a powerful addiction to the (opium-based) tincture of laudanum. After successfully kicking the habit, he finds a perfectly healthy substitute, one he knows to be non-addictive... the coca leaves chewed by the natives of Peru.

* In one episode of ''[[Parenthood (TV series)|Parenthood]]'', two characters say that even though they quit smoking years ago, they can't quit the nicotine gum.

* When Jeremy Clarkson of [[Top Gear]] quits smoking around series 8, he briefly takes up the [[Cool Car|Koenigsegg CCX]] as an astronomically expensive substitute.

* ''[[Twin Peaks]]'' - Ben Horne gives up smoking and uses carrots in a place of cigars.

* Fans of ''[[The X-Files]]'' have speculated that Mulder's habit of eating sunflower seeds came from quitting smoking.

** Barney switches from drinking beer to drinking coffee. {{spoiler|Then Moe opens an espresso stand...}}

** When Marge goes into drug rehab for her alcoholism, she notes that ''everyone'' there just switches addictions.

** To get Homer to stop drinking and overeating, Marge tries to get him addicted on bell peppers.

* In one episode of ''[[King of the Hill]]'', Dale tries to quit smoking and replaces that habit with chewing tobacco. He later quits chewing tobacco and decides to simply inhale the tobacco leaves' aroma instead. Finally, he gives up and goes back to smoking.