Dalek

All good points, GT. I should have written that the moral axis makes things much easier when using AVRT. If you don't think there's anything wrong with doing something, and it feels good, even if only temporarily, chances are that you will keep doing it. I don't buy the "it is not a moral issue" stuff (drinking and driving isn't a moral issue?), but it is a personal morality, so as long as you don't harm others, what the surrounding culture believes is irrelevant.

I do know that I don't feel good about smoking, aside from the loss of oxygen and energy that gets worse with time. Just the sneaking around and hiding it from my family, trying not to get caught, like some rat trying to hide from the light. This could be due to the fact that it isn't as socially acceptable anymore, but if I personally didn't feel that there was something "not right" with smoking, then why would I feel so guilty about it?