healer

Since when does being a smoker make you a bad person? It astounds me how non-smokers can so easily look down on people who do smoke.

SA has pretty standard smoking laws i.e. no smoking indoors unless in a designated smoking zone, anywhere else that's "open-air" - meaning restuarant decks and the like - are fair game. I'm a smoker who can't stand 2nd hand smoke so I take care not to smoke around other people unless they're actively smoking themselves.

As an aside, I'm not your everyday kind of smoker in that I don't "need" it like others do. I've been smoking on and off for about 7 years now and have never needed to quit. A pack lasts me about a week, sometimes more. I consider my smoking to be a choice - not a habit or an addiction. I smoke because I want to and I enjoy it. Not because I'll go off my head if I stop.

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