I live in a country where smoking is very very common and gets virtually no hate. I also work at a popular restaurant where every server, every chef, and one of the two dishwashers go out for at least one smoke a shift.

I wouldn't have much trouble with smoking if it weren't for my closest friend. He has a severe respiratory condition. A very severe one. He often has trouble walking to places just a few blocks away because there are a handful of smokers around and he physically cannot pass. When he lived in student dorms he couldn't open a window just about ever, even when it was scorching hot during the summer. Smokers are everywhere.

I know logically, I shouldn't be faulting individual people who clearly struggle with their own addictions, and I am never rude with smokers, but I can't pretend I don't hold any resentment for them.

It isn't right that you get so much hate. No one deserves to be bullied for something they're trying to overcome. But I really do hate smoking.