This is the second smoking topic I've seen on here and I gotta say, I'm really starting to despise non-smokers.
I don't know about the article that you mentioned, but I do know that smoking does help me in other ways.
I'm a pretty aggressive and rash person. Before I started smoking, I would do stupid and violent things to appease my anger or just because I was bored. Smoking gives me a way to pass the time and cool off peacefully. Non-smokers say it's rubbish and an excuse but I don't think any of them know me personally so they don't know what their talking about.
Like I said in a previous post, it's better for me to smoke to calm myself down than resort to habits I used to. Everyone deals with anger and stress in a different way and if I choose to inhale toxins, that's my problem. Think about it, there are non-smokers who preach to smokers the harmful effects of smoking but then they deal with their stress in equally harmful ways. Some drink until their drunk and don't have the sense to know they can't drive. Some come home and beat their wives or children. Some wait until they snap and then go on a killing spree. Therefore, I don't think smoking is as bad as everyone says, as long as you're respectful about it. Of course it isn't right to purposely bother people with your smoke and throw your butts everywhere.
Bottom line is, I've known smokers who died in accidents, drug overdoses, or because they chose to commit suicide. I've also known non-smokers who have died in similar or the same ways. We're all going to die and whether you smoke or not isn't going to affect that. The fact that you don't smoke doesn't mean you're immortal or more effective in preventing death. So get over yourself. If a smoker decides to quit, they're not going to do it because you told them it's bad for their health. We know that already, thanks Captains of obvious.
If you don't want to smoke, that's fine. Don't tell me what to do. I think there are bigger priorities in your life than whether someone you don't even know smokes.
