[Great Dane]

Question: What took them so long, they have known for a long while, that there is no more money to be squeeeeeeeeezed out of the smokers.

[Smokin' Joe]

So true. Smokers are busy paying increased costs for car, home, and health insurance, and picking up the tab for the lawsuits which were (supposedly) to establish funds to pick up the state expenses for smoker's health care.

You want really crappy health care? Just let a doctor see a cigarette pack in your pocket. You get a lecture ($3.25/minute) about cigarette smoking. Great, Doc, how about sewing up the gash in my leg????

Through several doctors, not once have I been asked about allergies (other than pharmaceutical), or workplace exposure to dust, chemicals, or toxins.

This will simply be another witch hunt.

BTW, the BMI is just the old chart in a formula. I'm 6 feet tall, weigh 228, and can pick up an engine block (stripped, no main caps) and put it on the stand (8 cylinder, not a 4-banger). The last time I weighed in at 180 lbs, I had been underfed (grad school) for eight months and spent one week of that time with no food at all. Muscle weighs more than fat. The index should be a factor of total body fat as a percentage, not just body weight.

[SheLion]

Couch potato lifestyle is worse for your health than smoking
Poor diet and lack of exercise cause more illness than smoking, new figures show.

Studies: Obesity Worse Than Tobacco Smoking

"The same people behind the campaign against tobacco are gearing up to do it again to sugar, fat and the foods that contain them."

Fat City for Trial Lawyers: Suing away responsibility.