I live in an environment where people perceive smokers as bad people. They see a smoker as someone who is bad, Someone who is not loyal, someone who is stubborn and have no love in him, someone who can easily hurt others, someone who is capable of committing crime in the society. And many more I can't remember. Maybe when you read this you can add more to the list. The question is why are Smokers viewed this way in the society?
Because smoking is a vice, a bad habit and that's why it is often connected that's being done by bad people. But in my society, it has become a norm and both good and bad people smoke. I just don't like it when people smoke in public places and we become the second hand smoker, I don't like it. These smokers need to go to the smoking area and not to jeopardize people's health just because of their vice.
Same down here, smokers are seen as normal people because they're people that we know. Some of them are our loved ones and we cannot disown them but see it as a norm because we are used to their smoking habit. I also don't like it when someone is smoking carelessly everywhere he goes irrespective of the environment. That makes me feel the smoker is not considerate.