Bad for not being able to stay quit. Bad because they can't cope with the ups and downs of life in a more acceptable way. Bad, bad, bad. Puff, puff, puff. You get the picture.
Smokers are aware that their addiction is bad.
But they use smoking as a reward, or a way to relax in bar with a drink, commiserate with a friend, or simply because they can't help it. Tobacco use may be many things, but evil is not one of them. What is unconscionable is that the tobacco industry intentionally made their product more addictive through chemical means so that people smoke more, knowing full well that it would kill many of them. One recent study purports that people who smoke less than 10 cigarettes a day may not be compromising their health. New research has confirmed that nicotine, one of the active ingredients in tobacco, can have healthful effects on people with nervous-symptom disorders such as Parkinson's disease and Tourette's syndrome.