For years smokers have been warned of the perils of smoking. Do you think they will listen if they were told the same thing? ;)

Sometimes people cannot help for the fat. It doesn't matter how much they diet and exercise the fat won't come off. This isn't as black and white as you think. There are some grey areas in there too. You have to look and judge at each situation on it's own, not shave everyone over the same comb.

PS: That minus didn't come from me. We are all entitled to our opinions. +2

I know what would and will cure this.. when the private equity firms blow our world economy to hell again and everyone begins to starve to death because nobody has a job to buy the crap sold in groceries. Very few people can figure out how to live on a small bag of rice or beans for a day much less a week and most people if they can't go to Micky D's will just slit their wrists and die from blood loss instead.

for how many years have we seen the effects of smoking, alcohol, and other drug use ... yet people continue to use them ...