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> smoking forces others around you to smoke, whereas drinking doesn't is a big part of it.

if you go out with people who love drinking, it's going to be very hard to stick to coca-cola

I don't agree. For one, I've done it myself, and you can have just as much fun, if not more without alcohol. Though when the crowd gets too pissed, I usually just move on or go home. I like to drink occasionally, though, but I often abstain because I don't like the day after effect. Second I know abstainers who regularly go out with peeps who drink, and they do just fine. It's ofc annoying the third time someone you clearly told that you don't drink still offers you a drink, but most drinkers are completely fine and respectful with it. So IMO it's wrong to force such labels on casual drinkers. Meanwhile I understand why there are labels on smokes, because it's hella addictive and it also seriously unhealthy even for third parties.

I'm not saying it's impossible, but there is clearly social pressure to make you drink

Only if you're in a group where everyone is going to drink. If you go to a restaurant or a bar and everyone around you is drinking, I don't feel that really affects much my decision of whether or not I'll order an alcoholic drink. Whereas I got to believe that, if you're a smoker and other people around you are smoking, it's going to be difficult not to light one up yourself. It's the thing about nicotine addiction being much more common than alcoholism.

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