LogFAQs > #888105106

Yes. It just happens to be one of the slowest, least efficient manners possible, and stinks up everyone else's air in the process. It's rather inconsiderate.

wwinterj25 posted...

Considering the fact smokers don't plan on dying from it

In which case it's the suicidal equivalent of manslaughter. Anyone with half a brain knows smoking is most likely going to kill you, unless something else gets to you first. Being ignorant of that fact isn't really something that can be justified at this point.

Yellow posted...

If that was true then overweight people would be too.

Eh, not necessarily. The line for obesity causing health problems isn't that clear, and the process of crossing that line is very slow and hard to notice unless you're watching closely for it. Fixing it is also pretty complicated, given that it often requires a major lifestyle overhaul. Resigning oneself to death by refusing to do anything about it could be considered a suicidal sort of thought, but the cause-effect relationship isn't nearly as clear-cut there as it is with smoking. There are many, many causal factors that contribute to being morbidly obese. There's exactly one causal factor contributing to smoking, and that's putting a cigarette in your mouth.