[paleocon patriarch]

"the average smoker loses 12 years of his life, according to the government epidemiologists"

Yea, but those are the wheelchair, adult diaper years, so smoke 'em if ya got 'em!

[megatherium]

You don't suppose instead of having your adult diaper years from 82 to 88, you'll end up having them from 70 to 76?

Sorry, I don't want to be too much of an anti-smoking nazi, but I couldn't resist. I just hope everyone understands the risks they are taking.

This brings to mind a journal entry from Commander Robert Scott, on his fatal 1910-1912 Antarctic expedition: We took risks, we knew we took them; things have come out against us, therefore we have no cause for complaint.