Sacrilege
I was a smoker. I quit after 8 years. Its an addiction but not in the same league as hard drugs. There are plenty of yeshiva guys which quit for shidduchim which just proves that its not such a hard addiction to break, I have a whole bunch of friends who quit. However people who smoked for 15-20 or more years obviously have a much more ingrained addiction. Or to be precise, its not just the addiction that needs to be broken its a bad habit, habits are hard to break (nail biting…)
Yes maybe young teens aren’t all doing a pack a day but even half a pack at $30 a pack is $15. They won’t be able to afford that either. Or even a 1/3 of a pack, $10 a day, that’s $60 a week. They won’t be able to afford that either.
(Obviously parents don’t give money and say here’s $40 for cigarettes, here’s $30 for snacks…I meant in general kids say oh I need $50 a week and parents give it without a cheshbon, if the kid says all of a sudden I need $100 a week the parent will say no way!)