1. Add R’ Moshe z”l to the list of those who assered smoking. He did this in a letter to the talmidim of BMG.
2. At today’s prices, smoking is outright ba’al tashchis. I was fortunate enough to be able to quit 25 years ago with the support and encouragement of my eishes chayil. I would be spending $2,500-$3,000 a year on cigarettes at today’s prices. Given the economic matzav, I thinking spending that much money on self-indulgence borders on Lo Saamod al Dam Reiecha.
3. My rosh yeshiva z”l used to smoke, even during shiur. I met him at a funeral as we were filling the kever. He turned to me and said “Yenem tzu bagroben is gring.” A few month later he was gone from lung cancer.
4. No more burn holes in ties, shirts and pants. No more burn marks on the furniture or seforim. Dave maariv Motzei Shabbos b’nachas, not rushing to get the first smoke of the new week.