If you smoke you are probably addicted to the powerful drug nicotine. The US Environmental Protection Agency has estimated that secondhand smoke kills 56,000 Americans each year. Kissing a smoker is like kissing an ashtray. Smoking in bed is a major cause of fire in the home. Cigarette vending machines provide easy access for children and should be outlawed.
Smokers contribute to a large part of our forest fires.
More fatal fires are caused by cigarettes than by any other source of combustion. This year in the USA alone, cigarette smoking will contribute to the death of 350,000 people. Cigarette smoking is the chief, single avoidable cause of death in our society and the most important health issue of our time. This Joker was a smoker.