Reply #55: Smoking will very likely screw you up long term.

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Obesity can start to mess with you much more quickly. That is why there is an increased prevelance of juvenile diabetes and so on. You only have to look at the Japanese, they smoke like there's no tomorrow but an excellent diet helps maintain a very, very strong life expectancy.

I don't think it's shallow at all. Someone like Christie who is known to have had health problems already could very realistically keel over and die a week after taking office. What if Rubio or Perry or Cain is in line to take over? It's a pertinant issue.