Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 10:36:18 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 04:02:38 GMT, "Calif Bill"
wrote:

If you going to smoke, smoke an Altria brand. Filthy habit, but I enjoy the
dividends.

Filthy habits are drinking to excess and endangering innocent lives.

I'd be willing to bet that drinking alcohol kills a hell of a lot more
people than cigars do.
Tom,
As a former smoker I always thought smoking was an enjoyable, filthy,
unhealthy habit. I understood non smokers who did not want to smell or
inhale 2nd hand smoke. Since the mid 80's I only smoked outside and
tried to make sure it was not blowing towards non smokers.

Even if 2nd hand smoke was not proven to unhealthy, the smell alone is
offensive to non cigar smokers, even cigarette smokers.

I have no problem with that and I understand that not everybody likes
the smell of a good cigar.

Further, I can appreciate the lack of taste and refinement that others
prefer not to exhibit when selecting, say, a pack of cigars for $3.00
at the 7/11 vs fine hand rolled cigars from a certain nation south of
Florida.

However my point is simple. I'd put up good money and bet that
drinking alcohol is more of a detriment to your health and well being
statistically than being near a person smoking a good cigar.

Once again, you aren't being even handed. For the alcohol, you have the
person consuming directly, and for the tobacco, you have the person
"being near" another person smoking. So, I'll bet that a person "being
near" someone who has a beer is statistically better off than the
person standing next to someone smoking a stinking nasty cigar.