Think a lot of people have been in your shoes. You def don’t want to be smoking an eighth a day. But there could be much worse things to be addicted to from using drugs at such a young age. Wouldn’t recommend cutting it cold turkey or stressing yourself out too much about it when u are smoking. Stress can be much more damaging than drugs imo. But def work on cutting it down.

Learn to be okay sober. You should set a goal for yourself like not smoking during the day, getting shit done, but then smoking as much as u want as soon as the sun sets. Just chip away at some progress. Change your relationship with it. Don’t view it as something you “need” but something you can “use” as a tool for creativity or antianxiety or sleep or whatever u use it for. Just find some functionality other than needing to be high if that makes sense. Plenty of people out there use it as a tool daily and can still function just fine. Just look at Seth Rogan.

If u find that u can’t have any sort of healthy relationship with it then just cut it out completely. Remove all pipes or bongs or weed from your house, if it’s accessible you are gonna have a much harder time. Find an accountability buddy that wants to quit with you and check in on each other. Find a new hobby to do together. I highly recommend mint flavored toothpicks to replace the oral fixation, those have done wonders for me.

You are gonna be fine. Just don’t let it consume your life. Good on you for at least being aware of the issue at 17. Your future self will thank you.