It became a topic of health, and health risk when he posted the link to the surgeon general's link on second hand smoke. To which i simply retorted, that for every study to place blame on smoking there is an equal study proving there is no direct correlation to seconhand smoke and cancer.
If he can post a link which shows his position on smoking i can equally post regarding the existence of alternative studies which oppose his position.
Like i stated before, there is no safe cigarette. Any cigarette will cause emphysema, as will sustained breathing of power plant emissions, and car exhaust, coal dust.. all of which contain carcinogens which have been shown to increas the "risk" of health issues. Although not necessarily "cause" health issues..
Look i think smoking is a terrible thing.. and no one should take up the habit if they can avoid it. I just cannot stand by when someone espouses some information as the truth, while neglecting to tell the whole story because it conflicts with their beliefs/feelings. To date, all studies done to examine the health risks from secondhand smoke, have only made the answers more elusive. While there have been studies that say secondhand smoke causes asthma, emphysema, and lung,esophageal, mouth, throat cancers.... there have been studies that say there is no direct connection between secondhand smoke and any of those ailments. There are studies that have proven that breathing outdoor air in certain cities is actually more harmful than a heavily smoke filled bar. So i think the whole issue boils down to this.... smoking is a politically charged issue. Being such it will always have it's progenitors and detractors equally divided along partisan divides.
In the mean time i am going to enjoy my fat tasty nicaraguan/honduran cuban seed cigars and blow smoke at everyone who wrinkles their noses at it. A Rocky Patel vintage 90 robusto, or a Perdomo 10th aniversary champagne, or even a nice Ghurka Grand Age cigar is good for at least an hour or so worth of ruining some non smokers day.... then again i never said i wasn't an evil SOB....LOL 
