diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/weapons/cigs_lighters.dm b/code/game/objects/items/weapons/cigs_lighters.dm
index 4a62e8d99c4..d8afb760ec9 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/weapons/cigs_lighters.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/weapons/cigs_lighters.dm
@@ -200,12 +200,6 @@ CIGARETTE PACKETS ARE IN FANCY.DM
 				C << "<span class='notice'>Your [name] no longer tastes the same...</span>"
 		else // else just remove some of the reagents
 			reagents.remove_any(REAGENTS_METABOLISM)
-
-	if(has_nicotine && iscarbon(loc) && (src == loc:wear_mask) && !smoker_is_synthetic)
-		// If the cigarette has nicotine, make sure the smoker is getting a bit, even if it's not in the reagents
-		var/mob/living/carbon/C = loc
-		if (!C.reagents.has_reagent("nicotine"))
-			C.reagents.add_reagent("nicotine", 0.1)
 	return
 
 /obj/item/clothing/mask/cigarette/proc/die()
diff --git a/code/modules/reagents/newchem/drugs.dm b/code/modules/reagents/newchem/drugs.dm
index 9515a5c9e38..b7012cb7b24 100644
--- a/code/modules/reagents/newchem/drugs.dm
+++ b/code/modules/reagents/newchem/drugs.dm
@@ -11,14 +11,14 @@ datum/reagent/nicotine
 	reagent_state = LIQUID
 	color = "#60A584" // rgb: 96, 165, 132
 	overdose_threshold = 35
-	addiction_threshold = 0.1
+	addiction_threshold = 30
 
 datum/reagent/nicotine/on_mob_life(var/mob/living/M as mob)
 	if(!M) M = holder.my_atom
 	var/smoke_message = pick("You can just feel your lungs dying!", "You feel relaxed.", "You feel calmed.", "You feel the lung cancer forming.", "You feel the money you wasted.", "You feel like a space cowboy.", "You feel rugged.")
 	if(prob(5))
 		M << "<span class='notice'>[smoke_message]</span>"
-	if(volume >= 0.2 && prob(50)) // Trace amounts of nicotine are ineffective
+	if(prob(50))
 		M.AdjustParalysis(-1)
 		M.AdjustStunned(-1)
 		M.AdjustWeakened(-1)