Never understood cigarettes, if you were in the military, sure, i can see how you gained an addiction to it, but other than that? i mean, you can try it out, sure, but im pretty certain 1 cig wont get you addicted, not unless you have the weakest will in the cosmos.
So ive never been addicted to anything, never relied on anything, so i cant tell you how hard it is to quit. what i can tell you is that when im hungry, i get sluggish until i eat something. and if fat guys are always hungry, it would be pretty hard to get through workouts when your energy is selfishly storing itself away in your man boobs.
which makes the diet important, which is also incredibly hard to pull off. i recently started eating less (good) meat in order to save money, and i cant explain how freaking hard it is to avoid buying that big ass, tasty looking steak, in favor of some nice, cheap, crappy beans. Some days my jaw actually gets sore and i feel this intense desire for a big, chewable piece of cow. those days suck a whole hell of alot of ass, so i think i can sympathize with a dieter when he not only has to lower his intake (thus lowering his energy levels until his stupid body realizes it needs to use reserves) but has to stop eating all the things he loves.
If you look at the food like an addiction, hes then a victim of vice, and should be pitied and helped, not scolded. (you can hate him when he refuses to change) on top of having to stop an addiction, he has to literally work his body for months to lower his weight, and for the rest of his life to keep it off.
While smokers have plenty of help that actually works (e-cigs, patches, gum) fat people really only have lies and horrible side effects. if you are a smoker who wants to quit, you can be aided by artificial means. if you are a fatty who wants to quit, youre either coughing up ALOT of dough, or youre on your own.
bottom line is, fat people have it out worse, its hard for them to change, where smokers... not so much (my friend quit smoking in 2 months by cutting down amount smoked in half every week, grandfather quit one day by chewing juicy fruit, and brother's friend has gone from pack a day to totally electronic in a month, only one to go back to smoking was my friend, because he is a big baby and took up smoking after a year when he got dumped) Neither should be criticized for these things, but the idea of treating fat people like we treat smokers is kind of silly, and really only harmful, especially if the person is emotionally dependent on food.