I think the point is, Daylia, that whilst you may indeed be a ravishing picture of rude good health, that's not the norm amongst smokers. In the main, by age 45, they cough like broken-down old horses, have faces like dried prunes (I just hate to see once-beautiful ladies with the gaunt features and puckered lips that constant sucking on cancer-sticks brings on) and God-Knows-What growing quietly, secretly inside them. And they stink. Trust me lassie, sucking mints does NOT hide the stench of tobacco on the breath, and as a non-smoker whose wife used to smoke I have personal knowledge of that truth :0)

I happily grant you the right to your own beliefs and opinions, and I deplore the abuse that's been heaped upon you for having the courage to speak your mind. However, I hope you wake up to reality before it's too late.

J :0)