Players should be allowed to smoke in game. Show your support!

[Granyala]

Anyway any coping mechanism that turns into addiction can have negative side effects. Even gaming. Anything done to excess has negative side effects. You don't need to ingest something to seek a destructive coping mechanism.

Very true, which is why it is important that you recognize that you are not using [item] recreationally anymore but that it has become a coping mechanism.
Once you know that, you know to actually address the underlying problem instead of trying to hide from it.

I know it's tough, I know it sucks. In the long run, the hard choice is the better one.

Though this is not psychological debate. The actual topic was about an emote and personally, I am against anything (movie, advertisement, game etc) that depicts smoking or drinking as "cool" or "solution to help with a problem" etc. It sets a bad precedent in peoples minds.

Like, I shit you not SE already doesn't care.

Yep, you're right on that one. Only reason our char's can't do it liberally is probably tied to the rating stuff as other people said.

We're talking about smoking (however with you bringing that up) just because someone picks up a bottle of whiskey to drink doesn't mean their an alcoholic lol.

My initial response was to a person that depicted smoking as a coping mechanism. That entails regular use.
Use Alcohol in a regular fashion and you will become an alcoholic. It happens way faster than most people are willing to admit.

Okay? Still off topic by bringing up alcoholism; smoking coping doesn't = alcohol coping.

Both are toxic substances that harm your health and the health of people around you. I do not see the distinction.