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Not an important topic...
...But interesting nonetheless.
Keep in mind, there has never been a study that has actually proved that smoking causes lung cancer or any other ill health effects (there have been a lot of studies correlating smoking with poor health, but corrleation does not equal causation). Also, there are no studies confirming that occasional smoking has any ill health effects at all. Repeated, long-term exposure to cigarette smoke is definitely bad for your health, but a cig or two per week is probably not going to kill you any faster.
Finally, obesity ends up costing taxpayers more money in healthcare costs than smoking does. At least all three candidates are of an appropriate weight for their height...