While I have never smoked in my life, I have friends and family members who do.  The death of Peter Jennings (who was a smoker) from lung cancer and the news that wife of Christopher Reeves too has lung cancer has made us all think about dangers of smoking.  I also learned that some of the stars that we all admire - Paris Hilton, Brad Pitt, Colin Farrell, and many others - all smoke.  What a shame!

Smoking can not only make you age earlier, you may also not have surgery if you want to.  And from what I know it is a bad idea to smoke to lose weight - there are better ways to do it.  So if you smoke now or are thinking about it, forget about trying it.