I'm glad you're okay and all. News often does blow such things out of proportion, as I well know from this country's politics - which have themselves been odd of late, although not actually on fire, yet.

I'm sure the smoking thing will get better, although there's not much you can do but weather the storm right now. My father, of course, had to give up recently after his heart attack. It's probably for the best if you can give up before it gets that far.