'Twas a meteor stike that took out the dinosaurs.

Hey BKiller,

Thanks for quoting Ayn Rand who immediately quit smoking after her MD told her it was the cause of her lung cancer. Too later for her though.

Dear KillerB,

Have you read any Ayn Rand biographies recently?
What did she do when the doctor told her that her lung cancer was caused by smoking? First, she quit right away. Then she passed away.

The Surgeon General said it all in 1964, so why are we still arguing this?

C'mon you guys. Answer one question: What is the consensus of the world's leading scientists on this subject? What is the opinion of the vast majority of the EXPERTS?

If you think the story is irrelevant (which I do not), but if you think it IS irrelevant, then the only thing less relevant would be a comment pointing out that the article is not relevant.

Which makes this comment ...

And that goes for every on-line knuckleheaded comment about news pieces in the Las Vegas Sun. Obviously if you read it from beginning to end and commented on it, IT MUST BE RELEVANT. Why else would you take the time to comment???

Besides the certain percentage of drivers who have poor skills (why do we not require simulator training to obtain a driver license?), why does society allow people to use cell phones while driving when we know it lowers the driver's attention to that of an intoxicated driver???
People who talk on cell phones while driving (oh no! just can't pull over) are of the same intellect as those who do you know what with tobaccco products.

I am not going to comment this time. The readers seem to be getting it right. I will say that "goingbust" has hit it on the nose. No pun intended. Did you know that airline pilots are allowed to smoke in the cockpit?!?

Would one of you dirt sucking losers explain to me why it is necessary to grow tobacco, make cigarettes, get people addicted to nicotine, and cause heart disease, lung disease, stroke, and sexual dysfunction? What do you get out of it other than satisfying an unhealthy oral fixation?
You like to exercise your constitutional freedom to ruin your health, and via second hand smoke, the health of others? Don't you get it? Tell me what good comes from tobacco use?????? I am listening. Thank you.

hey! ease up on davelv. He hasn't been the same since the lobotomy.

The recession will end. A mind is a terrible thing to waste.