>>>The right to die of lung cancer, the right to not force me to inhale their noxious emanations, the right to pay for their own abuse of their bodies without driving my health care costs through the roof...
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>>I find it interesting that all most people mention about the health hazards of smoking is lung cancer. What a lot of people don't realize is that it's a major contributor to heart disease also!!! Which is probably more prevalent than lung cancer (notice the word "probably" ... don't know that one for a fact, just guessing) and just as deadly!!
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>Cardiovascular problems of all sort, including emphesyma and arteriosclerosis. None of them are good for you, and I've not missed smoiking for 9+ years (I quit 10 years ago this past April.)

Good for you, Ed!! I've never been a smoker, but I know 2nd-hand how hard it can be to quit. My mom has tried many, many times to quit, but can't seem to do it. She's smoked for 46 years and still cooking. I'm surprised she hasn't dropped dead yet, not that I'd want her to.

Unfortunately, I can't get it thru my son's thick head that he needs to quit now while he's still young (just turned 18).