is it ethical for docs to refuse to treat smokers?

[mopinko]

i just got treated like dog shit by a surgeon cuz i smoke.
just flat out told me he wouldnt operate, even when i said i was working on quitting. didnt ask how much, how long, nothing.
but also seemed to rly minimize my condition, and tried to convince me that the surgery wouldnt help anyway. that might b true, tho the doc that was already treating me sent me. seems like he wd have a clue if there wasnt any help.

maybe i’m over reacting. i’ve been in misery for 9 mos now, nothing is working. i’m rly starting to feel like, at 71, my life as an active person might b over.
but rly, the guy was colder than any doc i’ve ever met.