#35 How do you know alcohol is worse for your body than tobacco? Not trying to question your statement, just genuinely curious.

Smoking is actually much worse for you. The ingredients in a normal cigarette are frightening. It's damaging to your lungs and frequently causes heart disease, not to mention it sometimes causes cancer. Second hand smoke causes asthma in kids, and even third hand smoke can affect infants and young children. Alcohol, if used in moderation by adults, is not particularly harmful, though it can be high in calories. Tobacco cigarettes, on the other hand, are inherently harmful to those who smoke them, and to those around them. I don't make any moral judgments about smoking, but in purely physical terms, it's bad stuff.

@39 I know it's bad for you and people shouldn't smoke, I'm not saying that. Alcohol has been linked to many types of cancer and diseases, such as sorosis of the liver, liver cancer, heart disease, and many other things. Also, a lot of people make horrible decisions while drinking that greatly affect other people. Granted there are some that are responsible just like there are responsible smokers who don't smoke around others especially children.

Honestly, I think the biggest reason people jump on smoking instead of alcohol is because smoking affects everyone around the smoker. Alcohol affects only the drinker, unless said drunk does something stupid. I have no problem with the person who wants to smoke. I respect that, it's their choice. My problem with smoking is when they do so in situations where it's inconsiderate of others. A few examples I've seen just in my general area: - Smoking outside the store (not a problem), then walking into the building and blowing all your smoke inside. (Totally inconsiderate of others, and being an asshole) - Flinging cigarette butts out of car windows, dropping cigarette butts on the ground, etc. when there's receptacles for that sort of thing. Made worse when most of them are still lit, so they're also a fire hazard. - Lighting up a smoke in someone else's car, especially after being told not to smoke in the car. - Smoking around children or pets, or other people's children and pets. Meanwhile, with alcohol, the biggest problem is already an illegal problem: drunk driving. Otherwise, it's just general stupidity. As for health issues, both are stupid, but it takes a lot more alcohol to do the same kinds of damage cigarettes can do.