Seems like none of the smokers has replied yet to CID dai's little curiosity about big thing called smoking. So here I am, CID dil pe matt le yaar but I appreciate your point of view on why one shouldn't smoke. Here are some of the points on why I think I shouldn't quit. I understand smoking is bad for health and what not, but tell me one thing, what is not bad for your health? Hariyo saag sabji? Okay, beside Hariyo Saag sabji and fresh fruits, what is not bad for your health? Salt is not bad for your health? Sugar is not bad for your health? McDonalds is not bad for your health? Crack/coke is not bad for your health? Alcohol is not bad for your health? Rice is not bad for your health? Momo in everest momo center is not bad for your health? Even natural water has risk factor associated to it. So here I am, busting every vital organ in my body. What's the sense of having great lungs when you can die of busted heart (thanks to oily food), busted pancreas (thanks to sugar and rice), busted head (thanks to drugs), busted liver (thanks to alcohol), busted kidney and what not. My point is, either you try to save all those vital organs till the day you die or don't just worry about just the poor old lungs. There are other organs that might fail too. So here is the reason why I smoke. I work hard, bust my butt till I get my hard earn pay and I don't spend it on hookers or drugs or alcohol, so I smoke. In the other words, I spend "my money" for simple pleasure that I get from smoking. Now, don't ask me what's the pleasure in sucking the smoke. There are no excuses for my smoking. Why do you put salt in your food? For a pleasure to your tongue. I put a cigarette between my lips for a simple pleasure to my mind. Simple. And what's wrong in pullin' out some money to buy a cigarette from the money I spend on useful things. Can you survive on boilded food and spend the money you spend on vegetable oils to other useful things? Don't you pull out some money to buy a vegetable oil out of the money you spend on useful things? Aba don't talk about how much money I'd have saved quittin' cigarettes. It's same as how much money I spend on other stuffs for my simple pleasure. After all I've got is one life, short life, and I wanna live life to the fullest and die young, without bothering about failure of vital organs. :) (Don't Listen to me... Just tryin' to get on your nerves early in the morning... hehe... nasty cold and freezin' weather and wee hour of the morning make even a coolest man grumpy. And I am born grumpy. :D) Like Uday Uncle said, CIGARETTE IN MY HAND, I FEEL LIKE A MAN. ;) (blame it on Sanjay Dutt. :D:D:D)