Originally Posted by merlinextraligh

Your risk balancing skills need some work. Smoking kills 5 times the number of people that alcohol abuse does.
Moreover, there's pretty solid evidence that moderate use of alcohol can improve your health and longevity.

By contrast, there is no health benefit to any amount of smoking, and even "moderate" smoking increases your chance of an early death.

Not to mention that smoking will make you slower on the bike.