Stop Smoking

I don't miss it at all. I smoked fopr 30 years I was up to 3 packs a day. For me it was quit or die.

I can't tell you how many ill patients I have to treat and their lives would improve so much if they just stopped smoking heavily (or at all). I'm doing residency in a hospital and I've seen first hand doctors who refuse to do surgery on smokers, alcoholics, and seriously obese people just because they don't see any benefit if those patients are just going to be coming back to the operating table every 6 months - a year. This is not allowed legally but is often done by doctors (generally by those paid on salary... many are paid on salary in Canada) who actually care about what they do rather than doing as many operations as possible. The bad thing about doctors paid on salary is that they often slack off since they aren't paid based on the number of patients they receive/ operations they do. This is one of the reason Canada has such high wait times for surgeries. Anyways... I commend your effort on quitting that filthy habbit!

Many times it is the cigarette companies who pay for these ads a part of the major tobacco settlement a few years back.

a bit crapy

i understand what u mean that these companies dont show adverts of people eating fast food, or drinking - and they should show more adverts like that as well. I had to work in health promotion for several years, the main reason why it is at the top of the list is because it effects people in the near vacinity due to passive smoking. Other unhealthy habits like eating fatty foods or drinking dont inadvertantly affect the people around you. But i think that also if we are going to be picking on smokers to try and give up such a difficult addiction then we should be providing all forms of treatment - like nicorette patches for free - and making the giving up process as easy as possible.

ever heard of mouth or throat cancer, retard. so, you dont inhale; okay, you dont get lung cancer, thats it. Cigars are also not filtered so ummm....yeah guess what

Before resorting to "ummm...yeah guess what", read my comment, you idiot. I never said cigars aren't harmful, I said they werent to the lungs.
My point is that they arent SERIOUSLY harmful if you smoke one occasionally. Here is a doctor's review of a report on cigars: http://www. cigargroup .com/faq/health /ncifaq.htm The chart shows not that much of a increase in risk for non-smokers and 1-2 a day smokers (Many, including me, smoke less than that). Larynx cancer is the only thing seriously increased. Go and read the final thoughts at the bottom. As I said in my first comment, if you don't smoke that much, you should be fine. The ADDICTION to tobacco is what really kills people.
I'm assuming that you stay the hell away from cell phones, too, because they give you brain cancer, right?