and how did your parents EAT? Did they breathe clean air? Colon cleanse? Fast ... EVER?????? I would bet NO. Eating has more to do with health than smoking but smoking is surely going to hurt you if you also eat like crap. Why is this debate even happening? I just want to keep my pearly whites. I am THIN, FIT, and in the best shape of my life - without out the f***** up stress of worrying about my health and hunger and eating 24/7. It is the lesser of 2 evils. I never smoked until I was 30 years old because of a grampa that died of emphasempha and I always also blamed the SMOKES but he ate like CRAPOLA! THINK ABOUT IT.