Her private life must have been very difficult and even worse now, which is probably why she remains so addicted to smoking--I've always felt that many inveterate smokers continue to smoke because they are anxious or depressed, and find in tobacco a means of self-medicating their depression (not that the smoker realizes this).
I quit tobacco years ago--but I don't blame anyone for being unable to quit.
I agree. I used to have a lot of anger at my father and mother for their smoking. I thought it was such a stupid, idiotic thing to do. Now, I'm older and wiser and understand a little better what is going on.