The smoking rate has fallen over the past year.  The poll did not include The White House. 

San Francisco Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum is facing misdemeanor charges after a state trooper approached his Mercedes and smelled marijuana. Lincecum was inside and high.

It was pretty creepy and crawly – even for New York’s Bravest.  Firefighters in the New York City borough of Queens found snakes and creepy critters galore when they responded to a small basement fire.  Lieutenant Ed Ireland says it was like something out of a science fiction movie.  After the smoke cleared, Ireland says he saw a ten-foot python slithering near his feet.  There were also two cobras, tarantulas, two small alligators, and other creatures.  The animals’ owner was cited for health code violations.  ***MARLAR: Samuel Jackson has already signed on for the movie.

A California couple is suing their next-door neighbor over her cigarette and cigar smoke, which they say constantly wafts into their backyard and seeps into their home. Donna and Richard Ganguet, who live in a gated senior community in El Dorado Hills, Calif., say residents and visitors at Florence Solone's house smoke all hours of the day and night, leaving them with a "low fog" of second-hand smoke hanging over their backyard, the story said. The smoke is so bothersome, they say they don't sit on the patio anymore, and they only swim in their pool in between their neighbor's smoking sessions.  ***MARLAR: And since it’s California, there is now a bill being proposed to ban wafting smoke.

   What do you get when you cross the Godfather with a two-pack-a-day cigarette smoker?

   A cougher you can't refuse. 

An industrial fire is sending thick, black smoke into the air southwest of Detroit. The city has never smelled so good.

 My parents smoke pot...but only for medicinal purposes. It helps alleviate the pain of failure.

I think my mom got stoned while I was in the womb, because I was born lazy.

  She used to deal pot too. She did it because our family got stung by the economy. She stopped dealing when she got stung by the cops.

My dad had a drug problem, but he made progress with it...he progressed from pot to coke.

 He eventually kicked the habit...of being a father. It was affecting his drug habit.

He finally quit when he realized he couldn't pawn the car...because it was impounded.

The Japanese company Fujitaka has invented a cigarette machine that determines if you're over the legal smoking age of 20 by figuring out your age from your face. Buyers have to look into a digital camera, and the machine counts their facial sags and eye wrinkles, examines their bone structure, and compares them to data from over 100,000 people to identify their age. The makers say it will stop minors from using fake IDs to buy cigarettes, and it will be convenient for adult smokers who won't have to prove they're over 20 anymore. ***MARLAR: The problem though is that if you smoke you’ll already have wrinkles and sagging skin by age 15.

I saw an ad that said Would you drive a mile to save a life? I would, because I used to walk a mile to smoke a Camel, and now I have Emphyzema.

Burt Reynolds checked into Florida drug rehab facility last week for what his publicist said was an addiction to pain killers. The 72 year old actors equally famous 70's porn style mustache also entered rehab for what is publicist said was an addiction to Burt Reynolds.