A local hospital recently built a new oncology wing. Radiation treatment for lung cancer starts at around $18,000 for a six week regimen. They are booked up months in advance.

A friend, an LPN (who was a heavy smoker at the time) got a job there. Everyday she saw cancer patients wheeled out onto the patio of the hospital so they could smoke a cigarette. The patients had to temporarily remove their oxygen breathers so they could take a drag off the cigarette. Of course, sparks and flames don't mix well with oxygen but what can you say?

After two weeks of witnessing these morons smoke their brains out while trying to cure cancer via $18,000 worth of radiation, she finally quit smoking.

I find it amazing that sometimes it takes an ice cold freezing dose of reality to shake us into changing our habits!!