Oomis: you said “it’s kind of like trying to prove to cigarette smokers that they are polluting the environment are opening themselves up to potentially fatal illnesses. Those of us who believe that, don’t smoke. Those who don’t believe, refuse to believe, even in the face of the irrefutable evidence in that regard.”
I don’t think smokers don’t believe that it’s dangerous. They smoke despite their belief. Perhaps because people like yourself use “polluting the environment” as a reason to try to control their behavior. This is wrong both factually and morally. The only moral justification to involve yourself with helping a smoker quit is if you’ll be effective and you care for the person, not the smoking.
Using silly reasons to ineffectively further a personal vendetta is far less rational than engaging in an enjoyable habit with health risks.