Quote from: Ayden on May 27, 2014, 01:36:13 AM
There are a lot of things that are not tobacco related that are dangerous. Drinking too much soda/coffee/alcohol, binge eating, restrictive eating, no exercise, too much exercise, watching TV/being on the Internet (smart phone addiction is awful), sex and porn addiction... All these things are destructive as well. Saying that tobacco is more addictive than meth or heroine is naive. My mother put down cigarettes years ago, but when she's that needle she goes crazy. She went through drug detox 5 times before she got clean. Am I being an ass? Probably. But that holier than thou attitude is why I hate going home.
I believe actually that should be opiates. I don't think you can really compare an inhaled and not concentrated drug to one which is injected or concentrated (concentrated and inhaled). I think there are a whole series of changes that take place in the brain and body. If you want to compare people taking pain pills and tobacco that's probably more similar and valid.
I personally try and avoid the word "addict" (for anyone actually). It sets up the assumption that somehow that person is different. It's ableist. Your different because for whatever reason you never started or you were able to stop.
BTW, I've wondered about the Japanese and if they don't actually sell a different tobacco. But that's a conspiracy theory for another day.
Or perhaps the Japanese diet is so much better it provides some protective benefit.
--Jay
