Maybe I shouldn't have posted on craving, as my main concern is that I've given up smoking for my health and I bitterly resent passive smoking now for the impact it has on my health, not because it gives me cravings. Anyone who craves anything has a choice whether to resist that craving or give in to it. The point really at issue on this whole thread is the impact on health of the non-smoker (whether they are an ex-smoker or have never smoked) - and I shouldn't have diverted it, sorry.
But since I have, then Stewart, if you want to turn this thread into a discussion on whether it's harder for a recovering alcoholic to be around drink or a recovering smoker to be around smoke, then count me out of any further discussion. I'm addressing you because you've quoted me a couple of times.
I never heard of anyone dying from passive drinking. Therefore, being around smokers is worse for non-smokers than being around drinkers is for non-drinkers from the point of view of physical health. But I'm not making a value judgement as to whether addiction to cigarettes is "worse" than addiction to alcohol from the point of view of mental health. My mother couldn't stop drinking so she died of liver failure. Which a) means that I'm hardly in a position to claim that it's easier for an alcoholic to give up drinking than it is for a smoker to give up smoking and b) means that this discussion is far too close to home and as I'm getting good at quitting stuff then I'm quitting this thread too.
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