Do you smoke?

Doing a quick mental calculation on the poll-results so far I see the anti-smoking lobby has managed to reduce that to a staggering 1 in 4.25.

 

Time and money well spent I think.

 

 no, I'm not that much of a

 

Not given up yet then?

 

I do smoke.  Regularly, not just at parties, and I know that it's bad for me, etc. etc.  I also would advise anyone who is not a smoker to never smoke, even at parties, because you are right, that can lead to addiction.  I also drink regularly, and that's pretty bad for you too.  Drinking doesn't just affect your liver, but your heart, blood pressure, etc.  That being said, your last comment about being screwed if you drink throughout your life, don't you think we're all screwed anyway?  The very act of breathing means that at some point we are going to cease breathing, even if we stay away from all vices, drinking, smoking, sex, red meat, eggs, and the list goes on and on.  Vices may shorten our lives, and may in some circumstances make the manner of death more unpleasant (although I don't think there is a pleasant way to die), but the fact is that in 100 years, all of us on this board will be dead of one cause or another.  But without vices, I think the years we spend here would be pretty boring.