My wife and I were exiting a restaurant this past weekend. As we opened the doors we entered into a cloud of 2nd hand cigarette smoke. First of all, it reminded me of one of my biggest pet peeves, which is; why do companies have their smoking areas right by the door where people enter? As a non-smoker do I really want to walk through a cloud of smoke to get into the non-smoking building? Anyway, I also tried to understand what causes people to smoke in the first place.

I grew up in a smoking household. My parents, and then my brother, were heavy smokers. I think both my parents went through about 2 packs a day, EACH. I understand why my parents may have started. The health issues were not as well known and understood back then, and it was also the