You can buy a lot of staples on a $6 a day smoking habit, this so called Journalist will garner no sympathy from me.
Cigarettes cost about $7 a pack in Pennsylvania. This guy smokes two packs a day when he has the money. Fourteen bucks a day can buy plenty of nutrition.
The inverse relationship between wealth and smoking can be seen every day. Cheap bars and restaurants inevitably have "smoking porches" where patrons can duck out and take a drag. More expensive places tend not to have them, and don't need them.