I have the patch on every day. That's my baseline. If i didn't use the patch i think i would be smoking too many cigs. I smoke organic American Spirits here and there (additive and pesticide free) I noticed if i smoke the non organic Spirits they make me feel like shit and give me a headache. I live near an area where they spray a lot of pesticides at certain times. Smoking helps me the most when the pesticides are heavily in the air. I can breathe much more easily after I smoke. Cigs are very good and very bad at the same time. On one hand the nicotine blocks the the ACE2 receptors in your body from attaching to toxins ie the spike protein on venom and the recent "covid" bio-weapons. On the other hand they have a lot of tar and a little carbon monoxide, Formaldehyde and Hydrogen cyanide. The tar usually contains an unsafe amount of the radioactive isotopes of Lead, Cadmium and polonium in nano particle form which the Tobacco plant may absorbs from its growing environment. The Tobacco plant has a high affinity for these heavy metals unfortunately. On the other hand again, if you are a healthy active person with a body that has healthy detoxification pathways you could argue that the Tobacco could be helping your body detox from heavy metal particles that we end up breathing just from being in our modern industrial environment. I've heard that argument a few times. Cigs are definitely a double edged sword though, like a lot of things in life.