According to a blurb on page 14 of the November 11 issue of Business Week, the crackdown on smoking in America is exacerbating obesity. "Each 10% increase in the inflation-adjusted price of cigarettes," the article states, "produces a 2% increase in the number of obese people."

How ironic. Obesity causes more chronic health problems than smoking ever has. Furthermore, unlike smoking, obesity does not make you look cool.

So remember: when someone bitches about your smoking, tell 'em what Bill Hicks always said: "Non-smokers die every day."