But a fat person scoffing down a chocolate bar does not endager the health of others.
I have a personal bias against smoking because my sister is asthmatic, and many times has had to go to the emergency room with a bad attack because of someone who thought the non-smoking sign was merely a suggestion.
Cigarette smokers around the world are now treated like second class citizens at best, and lepers at worse. No consideration is made for the extra taxes that we pay, the jobs we create, or our contribution to global warming. We now have to sit outside public houses in the cold with our smoking compadres to enjoy our overpriced nicotine fix, and in the workplace, we are made to feel guilty. Even ar home, I smoke in the garden to keep my smoke away from my baby son (this is a self imposed rule that I wouldn't have any other way).
I would like to start a debate on the stupidity and the virtues of this pleasurable, noble, age old habit. It is no more disgusting than watching a fat person scoffing down a chocolate bar. At least smoking looks cool and makes a contribution to society. Thank you in anticipation of your comments.