Smoking = smart, on opposite day.
I realize it's extremely hard to stop smoking once stating. For about a week, I would bum a cigarette off a friend. I then realized that if I didn't stop right then and there, I would become addicted. So I don't put myself above OVERCOMING the addiction. I do, however, put myself above the decision to BEGIN. There's no excuse for starting smoking.
Stress?
Lung cancer not stress? Accelerated aging not stress? Realization that you are not a fit as pre-cigartettes not stress?
I think it takes a level-headed person to be able to see past the temporary and look to the future.
Butttt...If I had to the end of the week to live. I'd likely light up a few cigars.