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selvfølgelig.. -den eneste foreskæld der er på cigaretter og fx. heroin. er at heroinen er dyrere, og derfor kommer du længere ud at skide hvis du bliver hooked... ikke en skid andet..
so...how many non-smokers do we have here in the audience tonight?

there is no comparison between tobacco and heroin whatsoever, apart from the fact that morphine and nicotine are both alkaloids, and that cigarettes taste better after a hit of heroin.

also, semantically speaking, there is a difference between addiction and dependence.
addiction is the built-up habit of stimulating your reward/pleasure centers, outside their evolutionary established purpose, while dependence implies burroughs' "cellular equation".
and while both being universal models for maladaptive behaviour, are not "bad" per se.
bukowski wouldn't be bukowski without all the booze, for one.
artaud wouldn't have been as revolutionary if he didn't put the (opium) leash on his insanity every once in a while.
as for cigarettes...well, shit, a man's gotta have at least one petty little vice, right?
i am a little suspicious of non-smokers...