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Most of the time, I don't need to know if a character smokes or not, just as I don't need to know whether he prefers chicken or beef, and I don't need to know every time she scratches her nose. If smoking (or chewing gum, or whistling...) adds something to the story or atmosphere, then it's OK, of course. But just adding a smoker because you need one of each (plus a gay or lesbian, plus a black person, plus a muslim, plus a handicapped...) is not the best technique, I'd say.
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