Smokers Cost Employers Thousands More Than Nonsmokers

[Aristus]

11. To say nothing of the fact that obesity is the result of something that is perfectly natural and

biologically necessary: eating. Sure, eat too much, and exercise too little, and you're going to be obese. (The thyroid and other factors I leave for another discussion). But smoking is a choice. And a bad one, at that. Certainly not biologically necessary, like eating.

So: false equivalence of a kind not uncommon among smokers when trying to justify their habit. And I see it took no time for the super-smokers to start beating their chests. "I've smoked 4 packs a day since I was 5! Never been sick a day in my life!"

Or:

"I smoke, and I work hard; ergo: all smokers are hard workers. Every non-smoker I know goldbricks his way through life!"

I should know better than to comment on these "Smoking is a gift from God, and everybody should do it, just like me!" threads. I'm going to get savaged. Just you watch...