David,

I think you missed my point. If she is too weak to go outside to smoke, then she is too weak to get this stuff herself. There has to be an ENABLER around that is buying this stuff for her and that is what needs to stop. While she probably won't quit, you don't have to make it easy.

Yes, there are people who smoke and drink through the entire thing although I fail to see how they get the hard stuff down without a peg. Beer is easier. Even water burned my tongue so there was no way I could consume alcohol if I wanted to - no peg.

If you'd like another picture of stupidity, try this one. How about a fellow employee with lung cancer, now deceased, standing out on the curb with his oxygen tank smoking a cigarette. I guess when it's terminal, why not.

Take care,
Eileen