You're welcome. I remember the days when I had to sit, sick as a dog, next to some businessman on an airplane smoking a stinking cigar! Talk about air sickness. Now, thank God, I don't have to endure that anymore. I have no objection to people smoking out in the fresh air or in their own homes, but I sure wish for their own sake that they hadn't grown up in a home or a peer group that took self-poisoning for granted and thought it was a desirable rite of passage to "adulthood". Once hooked, an addict is hard to change. The cigarette companies know that, and they bank on it. In the 3rd World they are selling cigarettes to children legally...they figure a really young addict will give them a few more years of profit in the end before he or she dies miserably. It's the same principle that works behind selling heroin or crack cocaine...only difference being, cigarettes are legal. I would not suggest making tobacco illegal...you would see a drug trade and crime network grow that would make the present "war on drugs" look like a tea party. Remember prohibition? You can't legislate people into being wise and treating themselves sensibly, you can only provide them with the best information and education as they grow up, set a good example in front of them, and hope they make the right choices.

- LH