[me_me_mu_mu]

I feel like there’s levels to it.

I mean people drink heavily while chastising smoking (both are bad) but there are people who are social drinkers or smokers. I’m not so sure that smoking one or two cigarettes per week or a month is that bad, I mean obviously the best is to not smoke. But only 30% of people get addicted to nicotine.

I guess all I’m trying to say is that life is finite anyway and nothing beats going to the top of a mountain and lighting up a smoke whether it’s a joint or a cig. Just don’t abuse it like anything else.

[jordan_curve]

I’m no expert here and hopefully a doctor or public health student can chime in with the most accurate data here.

However a quick google search suggests that nicotine is categorically more addictive than alcohol. It’s hard to measure exactly what proportion of people who consume alcohol are alcoholics, but it seems like 10% is a reasonable estimate.

For cigarettes it seems like smoking even only once per month puts you at a much greater than 10% risk of nicotine addiction.