[Just another Joe]

So he drank the kool-aid.
Now that he's being paid from the MSA and working with the anti-smokers he's all for outlawing tobacco smoking. Right?
Amazing how a paycheck can change your perspective.

[Quix]

He was that way before he worked for the American Cancer Society.

I thought his links and sources rather solid data.

Obviously mileage and survivability may vary.

Yes, there are exceptions which evidently involve some incredible genetic toughness vis a vis the cancer etc. hazards. Those rare exceptions do not negate the solid science that the masses of individuals ought to pay attention to.

I prefer to avoid govgt regulation on a list of things. Given people doing unto others as they'd prefer done unto them, we wouldn't need government regulation. Given that we don't--as a nation, a society, a collection of individuals--tend to live that way--then regulations seem the only other viable option to protect individuals--from selfish others--and, to a degree--as in seat-belts--from themselves.