Be a quitter if you need to be.

I generally don't like to be the one to tell people what to do, but after today I'm going to say this: if you smoke or drink excessively, you need to quit because today I either saw what your lungs look like from the inside, saw what they're CUTTING out of your lungs or saw what your future holds if you reach the point of alcohol withdrawal- and it involves a ventilator breathing for you, and lots of tubes in places that probably shouldn't have them.

Seriously, part of me wants to wish the smokers well and thank them for my continued job security.  Every cigarette smoked is another dollar on my paycheck, really.  But after watching a man less than 60yrs old get part of his lung removed one week after they lasered metastatic tumors from his brain- I'm amazed that people smoke despite the mammoth amount of research and clinical proof that smoking kills.

So, pretty much, don't ask me what I think about your smoking habit if you have one.  Chances are I'm going to tell you what a flipping idiot you are and then there'll be weirdness between us and I don't want weirdness between us.  Just do yourself a favor and quit.  

It's OK to be a quitter.