Only half of the regular users of cigarettes eventually die? That means 50% don't die... them's good odds.

That's what I was thinking ... better odds than just living.

My brother-in-law is unemployed and nearly bankrupt, yet is still smoking more than a pack a day. He is literally taking food out of his kids' mouths to smoke cigarettes.

@ThaSod
Be quiet you! Folks like your brother-in-law are stimulating the American economy. His noble sacrifice will ensure that life is not just better for his kids, but for our country.

We're going to smoke our way back to an economic recovery! God bless the addicts!*

*For those that may be unfamiliar with sarcasm, it is the statement of the opposite of your intended message to convey scorn with the intent of adding levity to the point.

Selling Death Under the New Cigarette Legislation

As Kurt Vonnegut said, north america's acceptable form of suicide. At least they were back in the days before they killed him. Thasod: Wish I could say that's the first time I've heard that tale. Smokes (as we say in Canadure) are intensely addictive. Addictions are usually wallowed in when the going gets wonky like times of unemployment and bankruptcy. I fully appreciate your point, but it's strange how the "financially challenged" (pinches canadienses) are so often the targets of good intentions. Non smoker concerns made cigarettes more expensive to make them less accessible and the addicts suffer. At least we provide free methadone for the heroin doomed. My gum and sunflower seed habit could finance a small turn of the century Saskatchewan pioneer settlement. um ... Boz: Can you give a succinct definition of irony? My dread fear ...

Después de un buen taco, un buen tabaco...

orale pues ... que sorpresa a verte aqui

Oxygen's for pansies. Besides, no one likes a quitter. And what about the American tobacco farmer? Besides, everyone has a vice, no one is perfect. Some people smoke, some people drink. Some people eat, gamble, or do drugs. It's just some people take things to extremes and need help. Did anyone see that episode of South Park about cigarettes?