Smoking is a bad habit and not only will shorten a life by many, many years, it dries your skin, constricts blood vessels, can ruin your gums and it stinks; besides, it seems a bit silly to accelerate death. The absolute last thing I would want would be in a hospital environment and treated by a smoker. The smell is nauseating (spelling??). You can smell it on their clothes, their hair and themselves. I say good for the hospitals that are championing smoke free zones. By the way, I am an ex-smoker for well over twenty years. Years ago, my wife's physician said it would be a good idea to avoid cigarette smoke due to a health reason. I 'manned up' and tossed them. It wasn't easy but we're both all the happier for it.
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