A lot of wisdom on this thread. I think we all are grateful to Russ for that experiment, and to all of those who responded.

Years ago I went to a well respected natural doctor. Though I wasn't fighting cigarette addiction (I feel the same as Demi about alcohol and cigarettes when you are seriously ill, or even well for that matter), my doctor and I got on subject of cigarettes. He told me that the reason that those who smoke have such a time giving it up is because their body is withdrawing from over 400 chemicals. Recently, a doctumentary on television pointed out the same figure.

For me, I feel like others have mentioned. My body has been through so much over the past 30+ years since my first filling was put in my mouth that I don't want to poison it intentionally any more. Besides, it would be a huge waste of the thousands of dollars that we spent removing the mercury fillings and amalgams. For the first time in my life I am feeling much better with permanent results, I don't want to mess that up.

There are two sides to every story, and I am glad that we can all share ours, but for my two cents...it's not worth it to smoke.