I smoked for decades, and have since quit. I gave my pets a good home, either way. They were loved and well cared for. If not for me, they would have all been dead.

Is smoking a nasty, smelly, dirty, harmful habit? You bet. Would everyone ... people, pets, kids ... be better off without exposure to smoke? Sure. I don't know ANYone who smokes who has ever said, "Oh, I'm so happy I'm addicted to this expensive, smelly drug!"

I suppose in this rescue's opinion, she is finding the best home possible for this dog. And I certainly understand that impulse. I honestly don't think that smoking ought to be much of a criteria, but that's JMHO.

But what rescues and shelters sometimes lose sight of is this: for every addtional month you spend finding the PERFECT home, while turning down VERY GOOD homes, that is a month that the space in your home or shelter is filled, and therefore other dogs are dying for lack of a place to go. I'm certainly not advocating adopting animals out to the first semi-passable home to come along, willy nilly. That does NO favors to those animals. But there is such a thing as taking TOO long and being TOO picky as well. That certainly does no favors for the dozens of dog who died, waiting for "perfection".