I always thought it was an elegant and respectful solution. Instead of harassing existing addicts into quitting, ease out of general addiction by forbidding those who haven't yet had the opportunity to get addicted, yes, of course some will still be, but it will be vastly fewer than when it's illegal. It's different from weed in that, while it makes you look cool, it's simply nowhere near as fun..

Nowhere near as fun and 10 times as addictive. Although I do love to smoke pot, after all these years, Nikotine was a decade long habbit I wanted to quit for as long but couldn’t.

Although I don’t want to undersell the addictiveness of weed, like many people do, it is still psychologically very easy to form an addiction.