People who try to shame them actually encourage and those that try to help smokers find themselves stigmatizing their own selves and try to get away from them. Personally I had an eating problem throughout my whole life, and the last thing I needed was people telling me I was eating too much. I knew it and I did not need their guilt inside my head. Whenever I wanted to not eat that last piece of cake I always would say “I’ll show them” and ate it instead of being disciplined. I got extremely angry and upset that turned into an obsession with the types of food I was going to eat. Even went on the internet to find likeminded people. It was a vicious cycle that was only broken through finding people who were supportive and understanding of my problem that was going inside my head. Hate and stigmas never helped cure an addiction. Only love and support can truly crush