"Hempman" <DHempman@nospam.yahoo.com> wrote in
news:vtZKa.1055$oF.390@nwrdny03.gnilink.net: 

> On to my statement about tobacco impairment. Insurance industry
> statistics show that users of tobacco are more likely than any other
> group (again, given alcohol and hung-over as number one) to be the
> cause of accidents.It is a travesty that they are not held to
> standards of driving while impaired. 

The first time I smoked a cigarette and drove at the same time, I couldn't 
believe it was legal. I used to get a hell of a nicotine buzz when first 
started smoking. I think lots of accidents are caused by drunk and not so 
drunk drivers when they light/reach for/drop cigarettes.