text: social smokers: acceptable or unacceptable?? why?   to who? a year ago i quit smoking after 40 years. i hated smoking. i smelled, people looked at me as if i were  nasty. i would buy a box with these white sticks in it. i would take one out of the box, stick the white stick in my mouth and suck in all the crap that was in it. then smoke came out of my mouth. how stupid i was. i paid so much money for these white sticks(cigarettes) i could have had a great retirement had i saved that money than blow it. smokers are acceptable only if they are considerate. if you want to smoke, go to a place where smoke will not bother non-smokers. after all, it is your choice to smoke not theirs.