[dpwiener]

Those smoking bullets will take a person out, but they are more slow than the real thing. A lingering death of lung cancer is a bad way to go.

Perhaps she was subconsciously attempting to commit suicide, but refused to use a gun because of the public relations blowback, and cigarettes seemed like the next best weapon especially since her PR flacks could spin it as unintentional.

Just a possibility...

[Don Myers]

"Just a possibility..."

A lot of people smoke the things while knowing what the possible consequences are. Maybe, it is a subconscious wish for death.