I don't smoke. People get addicted to things because they're enjoyable, at least partially. And I've always been of the opinion that if you like doing something and you're not hurting anyone else (hurting yourself is fine), you should keep doing it.
I don't particularly want to die of lung cancer, especially since I'm already worried that I might have bowel cancer. Thus I reached the conclusion that I shall never smoke a full cigarette, and thus minimise my risk of a) addiction and b) finding that I enjoy smoking and be forced to stick to my principles (I'm an absolutionist at heart, even though as a philosophy it's pretty broken).
Second hand smoke can be pretty annoying, but then I have a choice myself over whether I stand near the person who's smoking. In queues I don't, so I get pretty touchy about it then. In other words, my frustration and disapproval of smoker ∝ number of non-smokers surrounding them.
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