Alcohol can claim that its intent was not to be addictive and not harmful in normal use.
Meth and cigarettes/smokeless cannot make those claims. Both are highly addictive and harmful even in normal use.
Meth and cigarettes/smokeless cannot make those claims. Both are highly addictive and harmful even in normal use.
That could be the difference. But since the cigarette makers are still in business and turning a profit, it's unlikely that nobody would sell a comparably addictive legal drug.
There is, I repeat NO, comparison to be made between tobacco and meth.