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Smoker hate is just another form of classism. Smoking could have been eradicated decades ago, but instead, they allowed these companies to continue to peddle death to the disenfranchised while placing all the blame (and tax burden) on the users. Now, governments and private entities continually restrict the spaces that people can smoke while still allowing the sale on every street corner. This is just another case of class warfare, poison the poor and blame them for the situation.
or maybe people just hate it because it fucking stinks.
Then why is the hate directed at the addicts and not the companies who produce the product or the governments who allow these companies to flourish?
strawman argument.
tobacco companies and governments are widely hated.