Smoking (in any form) is simply a really silly thing to do and I just wouldn't suggest it to anyone. I will say the same thing about consuming drugs, alcohol and animal products.
However!
At a certain point, it really comes down to a "Choose Your Own Adventure" as well as considering what you really care about. For example:
If you really care about postponing your own death, I think it would make sense to not smoke/drink, get plenty of exercise (but not too much/nothing too strenuous), keep calm (stress kills) and not eat any animal products (while still feeling free to use things such as leather in your everyday fashion).
If animals are your main concern, might I suggest denying the consumption of animal products completely (no eggs, dairy or leather) and you could lay off the serenity, exercise and smoke/drink to your heart's content.
Passion for the environment? Walk to your destination (in lieu of driving), don't smoke, I suppose you could drink, be lazy and stressed and stay on the vegan train.
Not to mention other factors like auto-immune diseases, as it has been argued that smoking (something that sort of attacks your immune system) might save you from suffering from your auto-immune symptoms. Or things like location: if there ever was a time where (for some reason) meat and cheese and egg were your only options for sustenance. At this point if your hunger meant more to you than your passion for animals, you would be likely to eat said animal products.
Not sure if this blog has a point, I really just think it is an interesting topic and I think it fits nicely into my general adoration of "balance" and "choosing the lesser of two evils".
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