Well said Minnie.Dont you think cancer is punishment enough Dogman do you really think sufferers need reminding that their habit is probaly the cause of the disease even more so if they drink as well.

I gave up smoking 7 years ago but now as result of the enormous strees of Robins illness i am back with my filthy habit and i hate it.I could have gone to the Doctor and become a valium addict,i could have turned into an alcohol dependant soak,i could have turned to sleeping pills or worse to drugs.
We all have addictions of some kind or another some with more serious than others,and it is very easy to be critical,particularly after the horse has bolted,but i paid my national insurance stamps all my working life,and i also paid a very high tax and duty on every cigarette i smoked ,so any cost to the health service for treating any illness i get as a result has been well and truly paid in to.and i will give up again when i have coped.!!!