That's to me one of the really tragic aspects of smoking: that for many smokers it not days in the twilight of their lives that are lost, but that they are taken from us in the prime of life.
48 posted on 07/16/2004 4:08:27 PM PDT by William Terrell
(Individuals can exist without government but government can't exist without individuals.)
That reminds me of the old joke: "The good news is that jogging really will extend your life. The bad news is that the extra time you live will have been spent jogging."
84 posted on 07/18/2004 4:23:18 AM PDT by Ichneumon
("...she might as well have been a space alien." - Bill Clinton, on Hillary, "My Life", p. 182)