yeah smoking is bad news, yet very very cool,
but my grandfather smoked 3 packs/day for the 30 some years i knew him and longer, just to die from kidney failure at 75.
my grandmother is still smoking like a fiend(and drinking too) at seventy something
and she probably can still kick my ass.
my personal reason for quitting was $4 a pack,
but now i can walk the dog for many miles without passing out, so the benifits keep rolling in
im not a militant nonsmoker. if you want to smoke, cool, you should smoke then.
its your right, protect it.