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The original was posted on /r/AmItheAsshole by /u/Dry_Understanding17 on 2023-10-03 01:31:41.
I [19m] smoke, but not an excessive amount. 1-2 cigarettes a day, sometimes none, a cigar/cigarillo occasionally, a couple hits of a vape occasionally. It’s a habit I picked up in boarding school, and I’m aware it’s unhealthy, but otherwise I’m pretty healthy: I lift weights 4 times a week, do boxing and Muay Thai 3-4 times a week, do fencing, do cardio regularly and can run a 5-6 minute mile. Point is, I’m reasonably healthy even while smoking.
A friend of a friend always makes snide comments about how it’s incredibly unhealthy to smoke and that I’ll get lung cancer and be in pain, etc. This is irritating, and additionally, it’s ironic given he’s morbidly obese. Given the obvious health risks of that, and given that how he himself says he has no desire to change it, he’s in no place to judge anybody else’s health choices.
Today I excused myself from the dining hall to go smoke, and he said something about how I should have fun dying of cancer. He then laughed snidely. I responded that given he’s morbidly obese and the health risks it provides, he’s in no place to criticize anybody else’s health.
He got angry and called me an AH for commenting on something personal. I think that’s stupid, because that’s exactly what he’s been doing for months. AITA?