Ma'anar ƙamus na "jarabar nicotine" shine tilastawa kuma na yau da kullun na jiki da dogaro na tunani akan nicotine miyagun ƙwayoyi na psychoactive, wanda ke samuwa a cikin samfuran taba kamar sigari, sigari, da tabar sigari. Maganin Nicotine na iya haifar da sha'awa ko sha'awar yin amfani da nicotine, da kuma janye alamun lokacin da mutum yayi ƙoƙari ya daina ko rage amfani da nicotine. Ana ɗaukar jarabar Nicotine a matsayin nau'in rashin amfani da kayan abu kuma yana iya yin mummunar illa ga lafiyar mutane waɗanda ke amfani da nicotine akai-akai ko na dogon lokaci.