i'm stressed, give me a smoke

Just reading about a Year 10 student who has been given permission to take cigarette breaks at school - apparently she is clinically addicted to nicotine. This is ridiculous - I am not a smoker, but I really couldn't care less about people smoking. They can waste their money and kill their lungs all they want for all I care, as long as they don't do it near me. However, a school allowing a schoolkid to smoke is just absurd. So, apparently this girl smokes as much as a packet a day and is allowed to smoke in the school grounds, near the staff carpark and away from other students, to relieve the "stress" of her Year 10 studies. You have to be kidding me... isn't it illegal to supply cigarettes to anyone under 18? She isn't legally allowed to smoke, yet she is allowed to smoke at school? This really isn't setting the right example for other students, is it? Also, to make things worse, her mum rewards her with six cigarettes a day for doing her chores and behaving at school. So basically, "you've been a good kid, here's some cancer." I just don't understand some people...