"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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I know people who spend several hundred dollars a month on cigarettes
and/or
alcohol. Are they addicted?

Which is it, cigarettes or alcohol?

One could easily spend several hundered dollars on one bottle of wine per
month. I don't wouldn't consider that addicted.

A pack-a-day smoker spends more then 'several hunderd dollars' a month on
cigarettes.

I know people who can't go an hour without a cigarette

You should stay far away from these people. They're likely to burn down
their home smoking while they're sleeping