Off topic, but years ago a friend of mine participated in a jury research program around tobacco. He learned a lot of weird and fascinating stuff there. One thing he said was that cigarettes et. al. were "the only product which, when used as directed, will kill you." He also said that they had apparently come up with a strain of tobacco that wasn't addictive but didn't bring it to market.
Tobacco is actually a good example of an inherently dangerous consumer product. It just doesn't make a strong case for "and everyone's just fine with it."
