[Deathwatchz]

i think that this quickly went from a simple question to an all-out debate. personally, i used to smoke, but i joined the military, and haven't been able to smoke for the last 7 months. as long as you know the final results of smoking, which is often posted multiple times on television, then the chioce is up to you in the end. i quit myself because i, unlike a majority of people, am forced to run 2 miles a day three days a week, and i am expected to run it in a certain amount of time. smoking wouldn't do too much to me, but i am also asthmatic, so the paralysis of cilia in my lungs, combined with asthma makes it extremely uncomfortable to run 2 miles in 15 mins.. i understand both sides of the argument, since i have seen both myself. for those smokers who can control themselves and keep it under the 4 cigs. a day limit, which happens to be the mark where your body can keep up, then they are not doing very much damage to themselves, and it isn't permanent. for those 1,2, or 3 pack a day smokers. i pity them, because they will end up losing quite a bit of lung tissue. for those of us on the site who are taking this debate into the personal level, i think you need to take a chill pill. as for stuff like abortion or politics, i can understand, but smoking??? calm down a little, sheesh.