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I weigh in on the side of stop being an immature asshole and stop smoking. I quit smoking 30 years ago and have never lost the feeling that I could be utterly addicted again in an instant. The boyfriend wants a non-self-destructive mate and I hear anything about smoking just a little as pure rationalization for a self-destructive addiction. If she can't not smoke, there are lots of other things that she will not be able to stay away from. I do not think I am that moralistic, but if my formerly addled girlfriend was explaining to me how smoking cigarettes was okay, alarms would be going off for me, too. I tend to disagree with the writers that want to go deeper on this re control, etc. I think it is the addiction that is talking re all of the concern about control, etc.
