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@joachim
OK, maybe I'm misunderstanding you but this is the sort of thing that (politely) dumbfoundeds me.
Are you seriously suggesting the harmful effects of 'moderate' smoking are even remotely comparable with the harmful effects of 'moderate' drinking?
Just in case you are, as suggested in my previous message, current scientific knowledge suggests that an 'average' smoker is 50% likely to be killed by effects directly attributed to smoking, or put another way, on average have their life limited by 10 years. 'Average' drinking? looking across studies, there is no clear answer either way as the effects are difficult to distinguish.
Compare these numbers - 50%/10 years with 'difficult to distinguish'.
Fair enough - but discovering other factors contributing shortening people's life-expectancy isn't going to change the raw statistics regarding the huge effect smoking has.