[RedStateRocker]

Whatever. I know a bit about insurance- it’s all about the odds. If an insurance company will sell you a policy at the same rates as a non smoker then fine. But life insurance companies can and do have exclusions for dangerous activities (let them find out that you are a private pilot or race cars and see what happens to your rate).

Smoking killed my dad, crippled my mom and killed my beloved aunt. Everyone should be free to live their life their own way, but when someone tries to say that tobacco is not addictive and harmful then they are a degree below NMBLA apologists in my book.

[mylife]

Blessings on all of your people

[boop]

"Everyone should be free to live their life their own way, but when someone tries to say that tobacco is not addictive and harmful then they are a degree below NMBLA apologists in my book."

I sympathize with your losses. Everyone here knows someone who has died of cancer. But cocaine and meth and booze are not the same as tobacco. You said it yourself. You are an EX smoker. You can't smoke yourself to death tonight. But you can kill yourself or someone else with alcohol or cocaine tonight. It takes a long time to die from tobacco use, and even then believe it or not only a minority of people get sick from using it. Being fat is way worse than being a thin smoker.