One I got recently is smoking cigarettes and doing chewing tobacco. I've never done either as I have a genetic respiratory condition, which is life threatening and doesn't mix well with tobacco, especially from cigarettes.
I tried it for the first time, and it's okay, kinda enjoyable, gives more pleasure than any of the many medications I have to take for depression and my lung condition. My pulmonary function tests have been very high, as high as 10 points above normal levels but those will likely go down due to me getting into smoking.
I can already hear people telling me that it'll shorten my life, my response to that is that if that's the case, I should smoke so many cigarettes that there will be an international shortage because of me, I don't want to live at all and it's already bad enough that I made it to 23 years old. If tobacco takes years off of my life, that's a massive selling point for me.
In terms of addiction, smoking cigarettes. But when I compare that to all the substances I’ve abused or been addicted to in the past, it’s the lesser evil. I do plan on quitting soon though.
