Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-36922686-20181006154151/@comment-28343369-20181115180219

Barhir wrote: By "argument" I mean like suggestion, sorry if that was unclear. Although it turned into an argument when Gayboi started becoming overly defensive when people told him his suggestion is not lore-accurate and decided to try and insult them and repeat "it's common knowledge everyone in ME smoked". If he could just accept his suggestion needs improvement that would be much easier for everyone.

And why not Erebor Elenion? Gimli smoked. Because Gimli grew up in, and around Thorin's Halls, which is a Blue Mountains settlement. Presumably, he picked up smoking there, and was unable to do so later in life owing to the fact that pipeweed wasn't a commodity present in Rhovanion, via trade or otherwise.