And you would be a representative of "authority?"
I'll try to keep the words as small and simple as possible: I choose to assume the risks associated with smoking for the pleasure trade-off I experience. I do not now, nor have I ever believed, that I am immortal.
I do now, and always have, valued freedom over promises of safety and security.
I have always known that personal liberty trumps the tyranny of busybody, do-gooding strangers who inexplicably are deeply, deeply concerned about my well-being even though they don't know my name and have never met me.
In short, I would rather live my life than yours.
Get it?