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A friend of mine want to apply to med school in 2 years, and he just started smoking cigarettes. This got me thinking: isn't it wrong for a doctor to use nicotene? Granted, cigarettes are not mind-altering, like pot or any hallucenogin, so they don't technically alter a doctor's performance while on the job. But, if a doctor's responsibilty is the health of his patients, and not smoking cigarettes is one the most important and simplest things that one can do in order to maintain a healthy lifestyle, isn't it immoral for a doctor to smoke cigarettes himself? I mean, imagine if a patient with lung cancer or emphysema sees his doctor outside his window on a cigarette break... That hypocrisy has got to nullify anything the doctor told him about how important it is for him to stop smoking, for his own health and for those around him. So, by smoking, a doctor is not only risking his own health, but he's also not doing his best to treat his patients... Am I way off base? Is smoking purely a personal matter that shouldn't have anything to do with being a doctor? Or does smoking while doctoring reek of hypocrisy to anybody else? Sorry for the rant, but I'd appreciate some opinions...