Is it easy to set aside?
All things are lawful for me, but not all things are helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be dominated by anything. —
1 Corinthians 6:12
Another translation says,
"but I will not be brought under the power of any." (in 1 Corinthians 6:12)
It is thoroughly reported how people can become nicotine addicts > under the power of it. And ones even claim that nicotine addiction is harder to kick, than cocaine addiction.
So, then, in case you use nicotine and decide you need to stop and God has you succeed, now like all of us you need to not let anything else get you under its power! I think, by the way, of food abuse > it seems this can be extremely hard to overcome. And how about arguing and fighting? Yes, it seems a number of people can not stop their arguing and fighting. So, nicotine is not the only thing which can get us hooked and cooked. And only God is able to change us so we get free in the right way, so we do not just switch to other sensation and control seeking behaviors.
And God's peace is almighty to guard our hearts and minds, so we don't give in to nasty and negative things in us. He makes our personalities so anger, unforgiveness, bitterness, addictions, hurts, and boredom and loneliness can't get the better of us, and we become loving, instead, more and more maturely.
So we need, then, how God changes our hearts and personalities to be gentle and humble and all-caring in sharing with Jesus.
The "body is a temple" comes to mind, but if that is so, mine is old and crumbling, so we need to factor 'time' into this discussion.
I offer I understand you mean this in humor
But I will offer a serious answer >
We need to factor in
example, even if nicotine might not make much of a difference for our own selves.
If we are going around showing how great we are doing, and we smoke, this can help younger ones to consider smoking to be desirable. And with their being influenced, like this, ones can be spending even ten dollars a day on a pack of cigarettes, and they might be addicted, and ones are claiming nicotine causes various sorts of cancer. So, our example can help young people to get in trouble, or help them to see they have no need to be cool by going along with what people are doing which can be harmful.
Also, it is reported that second-hand smoke can harm others, even if they don't smoke. And we have newscasts about how vaping is connected with young people having deadly lung trouble. I can see why > a young person's lungs are still developing; so certain chemicals entering a developing lung process can have a much more harmful effect, than how these same chemicals might effect an older person with developed lungs. I think it could be like throwing sand into a medical instrument while it is being assembled, versus throwing sand at the device after all the parts are in place. During assembly the sand can be much more of a problem.
And a younger person's personality is developing. It is good for the young person to learn how to live in love, not to depend on pleasures and peer influence. So, of course, then, a young person needs to stay clear of smoking, not only because of peer pressure not to smoke, but because of depending on God to personally guide what he or she does.
I find wine to be nice, but a sip is enough to enjoy it. With God, we can be perfectly content . . . with a sip or a sniff. But I personally have found that second-hand smoke is nasty and very inconsiderate.
And, like I offer > how is our personality developing while we do different things? I see how some number of people are going a very selfish way, with their smoking. They are letting themselves be under the power of it, and this is away from God's love which keeps us from being controlled by pleasures and being dependent on substance things and peer approval. Jesus makes us free, plus we are discovering how to relate in love as His family with various other Jesus people. But ones in an isolating personality can get isolated with pleasure and sensation things which they can relate with, while they are not able to relate well with a variety of people.
So, are we becoming like Jesus while we do what we do? There are many sorts of lusts > dominating emotional drives and dictatorial ways of relating. The bondage of nicotine is not the only sort of lust. So, even if we see it is wise to stay clear of nicotine, still we need to become strong in Jesus so other things and people and pets do not become our idols and control us away from God. God's peace is almighty to keep our personalities functioning in His love >
"And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful." (Colossians 3:15)