Here's to all the Smokers out there

I have recently been doing an assignment that has required me to research smoking statistics. Many of them shocked me so if you are a smoker and need incentive to quit, this is for you.
1. There are 1.3 billion smokers in the world (that's about a quarter of the world population)
2. There are 5 million smoking related deaths annually (1200 in the US daily)
3. 1/2 of long term smokers will die prematurely
4. In the UK the number of deaths caused by smoking is 3000 times more than the number of deaths caused by road traffic accidents
5. In the US, more than 4000 youth smoke their first cigarette daily
6. 84% of lung cancer deaths are caused by smoking
7. Due to all the negative media on smoking in the western world, the tobacco industry is currently shifting its focus to the developing world where smoking is now on the increase
8. 25% of smokers still believe that smoking is not bad for their health
These are only some of the statistics. If you want to kill yourself, go ahead and smoke. You have a 50% chance of succeeding (but be warned that your death will probably be long and painful). If you want to live - quit smoking. By the way I should probably add that in the UK alone, there are 700-1000 annual deaths caused by second-hand smoke.
Still think smoking is cool?
Think again.

Last Words

I don't really know what else to say at the moment other than quoted final words that move me and that I understand more deeply now. As I read through them again I realise that each of them amazes me because the person dying was still focussed so completely on life and the people around them, not considering their own sorrow. They died courageously, living up until the last moments thinking of those they were leaving behind.

Louis XIV on his deathbed to his attendants who were crying:
"Why are you weeping? Did you imagine that I was immortal?"

Marco Polo:
"I have not told half of what I saw."

Nathan Hale (before being executed):
"I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."

Bishop Hugh Latimer (said before being put to death):
"Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle by God's grace in England, as (I trust) shall never be put out.

Kaiser Willhelm I (said during his last illness):
"I haven't got time to be tired"

Jesus Christ, on the cross:
"It is finished."