> You took a left-turn

I certainly didn't; I simply quoted a sentence from the article. (I've noticed that some people have difficulty distinguishing between the person who quotes something and the person being quoted ... it might be a Sally-Anne effect.)

> It’s the rest of the crap in smokes and vapes to be concerned with.

Yes, which makes this article even less reliable.

The part where you said nicotine was a bad habit seemed to be your words,

an unquoted section.

You can attribute that opinion to the author, or society, or whoever now, if you choose,

regardless my point remains: nicotine shouldn’t be filed under “bad habit” by default.

> The part where you said nicotine was a bad habit seemed to be your words

Seriously?

I can't take this as anything other than bad faith.