I begged him since I was a child to stop smoking, but he could not find the strength to kick the addiction. So he paid the price. And so did I, in losing him. I'll bet smokers don't consider the ones they leave behind as they puff their way to radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and seeing the stricken faces of loved ones around their bed. Or the lifelong asthma my smoking parents gifted me with.
Your father also made the remarkable individual that you are. Humans are peculiar creatures and enjoy their petty habits and vices, even if dangerous. I know smokers. Talking sense into them is difficult.
these kinds of stories illustrate the sheer idiocy and incredibly false stance of the libertarian mindset on drugs. which is that they don’t hurt anyone else. we don’t live in vacuums and others are hurt by self-destructive behavior of loved ones.