If you were a nightly smoker you were already addicted. Most cannabis users don't use it daily. In that way it's like alcohol. This is in contrast to tobacco users, who use it like caffeine.
86% of cigarette smokers are daily smokers. [1]
Only 28% of cannabis users (note: not smokers, users) are daily users. 42% are daily or near-daily users. [2]
Cigarette smokers are 5 times more likely to be daily cannabis users. [3]
Most cannabis users don't use it daily. An overwhelming majority of cigarette smokers smoke (both tobacco and cannabis) daily. There's no comparison.
I'm very sorry for your struggles. They're not typical. I know that's cold comfort for you.
1. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5934666/
2. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38775461/
3. https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/news/cigarette-smokers...
Although those stats about cannabis support the idea that it’s addictive.
Daily or near daily use of nearly 50% of users sounds like it must be habit forming..
Practically all of those daily/near daily cannabis users (5/6th of them) are tobacco smokers, as I also pointed out.
From the third article I cited: https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/news/cigarette-smokers... says, compared to non-smokers, smokers are 5 times more likely to be daily cannabis users.
Tobacco is intensely addictive.
If you were a nightly smoker you were already addicted. Most cannabis users don't use it daily. In that way it's like alcohol. This is in contrast to tobacco users, who use it like caffeine.