[SheLion]

Did you actually understand what I posted?

Hardcore tobacco users

I love to smoke. That makes me hardcore? I've never been hardcore in my life until I became a Conservative. Heh!

Tobacco user, like alcoholics and drug addicts

Although I do resent being lumped in with alcoholics and drug addicts. At least my smoking doesn't make me wacky in the head or not know the next morning what I did the night before.  And I can still drive safely while smoking and not worry about killing anyone of the HWY.

Please don't lump us in with druggies.

[philetus]

I wasn't lumping you or anyone in with druggies.
I too smoke cigarettes and I still enjoy them.
I do not believe (addiction to)tobacco is comparable to addiction to mind altering substances.

I was talking about the addiction process itself.
Although substance (and nicotine is a substance) abuse has a physical addiction property, the physical addiction is not what causes an addict (or smoker, not related to an addict) to use his/her drug of choice.
As long as I still like the way whatever I do makes me feel,as long as I don't want to quit more than I do,
as long as I choose to do it, nothing can make me quit.