Completely ignoring the second hand smoke factor, which has already been brought up (and with which I do not believe you are concerned anyway), there is a bit of a double standard between smoking and drinking. Smoking has been so stigmatized that people, most of whom are not (despite the propagandist ads) well informed on it, believe that smokers are addicts. This is not necessarily true, however, it is impossible to know whether or not one is addicted until one attempts to stop using something.
This double standard is not without its own support though. Socially, drinking is a ritualistic part of general social activity. Smoking, on the other hand, is no longer used in this context to nearly the same extent. If everyone accepted smoking socially, or you were part of a group of people that smoked, then it could be considered in the same way as drinking. However, this is not so to my knowledge, or at least is a rarity.
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