Question about PTS Ghoul Update and Junkies

At first I thought it‘s no question my Junkies Mule will become a Ghoul - Feral Meter and Chems go kinda hand in hand but lately I read some mixed answers that Ghouls can’t have/get addictions, taking any chems remove the withdrawl etc.

My question to you PTS guys would be:

Would a Junkie Smoothskin - already addicted to max dmg Output - gets its addictions removed or just can’t get addicted anymore after transformation?

And am I correct in case you keep the addictions Pre-Ghoul, if I munch the chems like Tic Tacs to bump the Feral Meter it’s not addicted to you can bypass the withdrawl effect?

Feel free to correct me in case i‘m missing something.