Well Dear Guest, my sympathies are certainly with you, but if you convince many smokers to stop, let me know. I watched my Dad die of lung cancer when I was 23 and it didn't change me a bit and I can relate dozens of similar stories. It's a powerful addiction and it's generally not open to debate as everyone rationalizes it.

So why be a guest? We have pretty decent compassion levels around here and one of the reasons we do is that we try to be understanding. Most of us are paying for mistakes of our youth and yet the youth still aren't listening anymore than we did. Being zealotous on the subject won't change any minds.

Take care of yourself. Got any recipes?

Spaw