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Originally Posted by BOOKGLUTTON
there's no such thing as definitive measure, and what you both used said were opinions anyways. back to smoking.
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Actually, there is a definitive measure: "addictive" and "not addictive."
Spectacular_Instanity is attempting to downplay the addictive factor of nicotine by comparing it to more highly addictive substances. This does not mean that nicotine is not addictive. That nicotine is chemically addictive is an absolute fact, not just my opinion.
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Spectacular_Instanity may not be a smoker himself, the reasoning he employed is typical of what I've seen in this thread from smokers attempting to justify their habits. I am not willing to let people fool themselves into thinking that what they are doing is OK or harmless simply because greater harms exist.