Snus is still quite addictive so probably. For any given drug, faster routes of administration (smoking/vaping, injection) are more addictive than slower ones (oral, sublingual, intranasal), but ultimately they still are, and users may also seek higher doses to compensate for the slower absorption.
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If you are talking about regular cigarettes and freebase nicotine vapes - then in that case nicotine is only half of the battle.
If you are thinking about the salt nic 30/50mg then nicotine addiction will play a bigger role.
But aside that smoking/vaping is an oral fixation and a "fidget" outlet with a strong social aspect.
Hand to mouth motion is really addictive. Ask any babies you know.
Social aspect of smoking is also insanely important, a lot of deals and friendships born because of smoke break chatter.
I don't believe a drink could replace all of that. And why drink nicotine if most of the people drink alcohol for the opposite effect. This is why nicotine patches not a solve it all solution.
Harder to blow smoke rings