nobody writes:

Which is it, cigarettes or alcohol?

Both addictions can cost hundreds of dollars a month.

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

That's not what the addicts do. They spend their money on cheaper beverages,
often with more alcohol content.

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

Yes. Drug addiction has many common traits irrespective of the drug being
abused.

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

I do, or at least I try. Unfortunately, I still must breathe their
second-hand smoke on occasion. A large percentage of home fires are due to
smoking.