@Ragman,
That's interesting, Ragman. My brother died of lung cancer almost six years ago and I never connected it to all of the smoking on the show. Isn't it odd how differently people are affected by the same thing?
When they would show Sal Romano the art director in his little office smoking like a chimney, I'd have to giggle because that used to be me. (I quite almost nine years ago.) I do wish they'd bring Sal back.