Smokers know the risks (come on, everybody knows the risks), and generally don't care. As the following article states, the mentally ill smoke a lot. It's lik

Smokers know the risks (come on, everybody knows the risks), and generally don't care. As the following article states, the mentally ill smoke a lot. It's likely a combination of self-medication and deliberately self-destructive behavior. If tomorrow seems overwhelming, then some hypothetical future illness is just not on the radar. Then there are others who get a kick out of flouting social convention. It's antisocial social behavior... http://mentalhealth.about.com/library/weekly/aa112300a.htm http://mentalhealth.about.com/library/weekly/aa112300a.htm