There's certainly a recall bias at work in anecdotes about how "taking a break to smoke spared my life." I'd imagine the numbers would be swamped by the number of people who, say, burned their houses down falling asleep while smoking or perhaps fumbling with cigarettes while driving or crossing the street.

I was a serious chain smoker, and hand-rolled Indonesian clove cigarettes were my passion. They burned 25 minutes each (no filter) and were so strong that Camel unfiltered were the only thing else that tasted like anything. I had something burning from the moment I woke up until the moment I passed out. I even had an ashtray on the back of the toilet so I could smoke in the shower.

I'll take my chances in an elevator.

All those face-eating zombies are just recent ex-smokers jonesing for a nic-fix!

Crime solved!


Good work, dixiegrrrrl




Oh, wait, shoulda read the OP first

I think that would outnumber the rare occasions that smoking has made someone avoid a fatal mishap.