Originally Posted by
getr345 
yet oddly I hear nothing about the "Nicotine Maintenance Program" and the inherit folly of such a path, as though smoking and drinking don't go together like, well...smoking and drinking.
I've often wondered that myself and the only logical conclusion I can come to is the lesser of two evils on more planes than just one.
On one plane you have cigarettes being less mentally intoxicating and for less of a period of time than alcohol/marijuana. cigarettes > alcohol/marijuana
On the other plane you have the loner nature of an addict/alcoholic and cigarettes tend to be a social event. cigarettes > solitude
I'm a non-smoker and if cigarettes were a person I'd think about risking jail time to kill him/her because my dad can't quit smoking. I'm more anti-cigarettes than anything but given the beds we've made, I'd say cigarettes are rightfully ignored during recovery from the DOC.