I don't like smoking anyway, which is probably obvious from my OP.
I haven't posted anything that controversial on here before and imagine this might get some peoples heckles up, but I am genuinely interested to see if I split a divide or if there is a general consensus on this issue here.
I say addicted to smoking because those who have the odd cigarette socially don't tend to do this (although smoking in general tends to make me want to vomit, to be honest with you but I don't stop someone else from smoking obviously, because that is their choice).
I love my Mum to pieces she is a lovely mother and an amazing grandmother to my DD. However, she smokes around 15-25 cigarettes a day, I'd guess on average although sometimes it evens out more than this, less if she's feeling a bit ill etc.
Anyway, I digress - if she has ran out of tobacco smoke and she hasn't bought enough to last her she will ask my Dad to go out and drive and get some which is generally fine most of the time but even if he has just straight away came back from work, or if he's feeling ill she still insists he should do it then and she will get really aggressive verbally if it isn't done.
I know almost for a fact if it was between me picking up a pill for a certain ache or pain or her getting her tobacco, she'd not go without the tobacco unless it would only be for an hour. If it was a 24 hour period, I know she would choose to have the cigarettes.
I have a few friends who are the same and who also smoke -
AIBU to think that it's very selfish to smoke and make other people a) suffer the smell of your cigarette b) go and fetch you some more cigarettes or tobacco if you have ran out and c) hold you up from going somewhere because they are 'just having another cigarette'.
I expect I'll get flamed by the pro smoking or pro choice of smoking people, but it really does bother me and not just me, but others I know.