The little I know, you are missing the point about what this thread is about, and hence, what my comments are in response to. If you want to know, go back and read the OP. As you yourself write, “. I cannot declare him to be a baal aveiroh, just a choleh.”
You also didn’t read what I wrote carefully. I never wrote that it is okay to smoke just because a Talmid Chacham does. I also mentioned nothing about addictions.