> Eh, you don't have to smoke cannabis (although even that is much healthier than tobacco) - you can vape it, or eat it.
Plus, ~nobody uses weed as a nicotine alternative, because the effects are totally different. It's such a weird comparison to bring up, like comparing alcohol to caffeine and deciding alcohol's a shit replacement for caffeine. Yes, of course it is, nobody thought otherwise.
Now, replacing (at least some) alcohol use with weed? Now that's almost certainly a big win, health-wise, and the effects are at least semi-comparable.
People with addictions to a smoking thing can get a sort of 'oral fixation' where you can substitute between the two, even though the effects are quite different.
Plus, ~nobody uses weed as a nicotine alternative, because the effects are totally different. It's such a weird comparison to bring up, like comparing alcohol to caffeine and deciding alcohol's a shit replacement for caffeine. Yes, of course it is, nobody thought otherwise.
Now, replacing (at least some) alcohol use with weed? Now that's almost certainly a big win, health-wise, and the effects are at least semi-comparable.