Well I've just spent the last hour or so reading all the comments in this thread. All I can say is this. I have been a smoker for the last 54 years and enjoyed every second of it. At the present time I respect the wishes of non-smokers , even those who visit my place. Nontheless I wish the damn tobacco industry had never been founded. Am I healthy? I have emphysema,athsma, heart disease, periphial vascular disease.a chronic ischmeal condition in my legs( I can't walk so far without pain.) I have had 3 heart attacks, Triple by-pass, and several bypasses to my legs etc. So no. I am not healthy. Was it all due to smoking? Well it certainly played a large part plus all the vehicle fumes. I've been breathing for all my life( allthough I don't believe that vehicle emmissions have anything to do with this thread. It's a seperate subject). Are fags unhealthy? Of course. Anybody can tell you that. But it's my life(whats left of it) my freedom. I still smoke and enjoy it just as much. Why? because I am truly and utterly
addicted to nicotine. I have tried everything to help me stop but to no avail(and please. All you out there that has never been addicted to anything I don't want to hear your dumb uninformed comments about addictions) Am I sorry. No. I have enjoyed my life very much and still do so. However, I believe that governments are going overboard on this one. I don't like smoke in restaurants or enclosed spaces. But open air. Mind your own damn business.
