[sergeantdave]

One of my "non-smoking" uncles died of kidney disease at 63 years of age. Have you ever been around someone dying of kidney disease?

The point of anecdotes is that they mean nothing.

Let's try this anecdote: people who don't smoke live 7 years longer than people who smoke. They get to sit in nursing homes, drooling, not recognizing their family, haven't a clue where they are, need a nurses aide to go to the bathroom, take 5 different pills to maintain some semblance of normalcy, can't drink a beer or eat a tomato, see their few possessions stolen by nursing home staff, get treated like crap after visiting relatives leave and the windows in their room won't open to give a wisp of fresh air.

[winston2]

So - tobacco smoke is good for you and will possibly aid in preventing you from having to endure too much length of life.

May you and your children always have all the smoke you want and may my children and I be free to avoid tobacco smoke.

Let freedom ring!