Bad eating habits and no exercise are worse for your health than smoking, according to a study. The Israelis seem to know this instinctively; they smoke up a storm, but there is not a superfluous ounce of fat on them. Countless lives could be saved if only the US would press-gang its obese into 3 years’ worth of military service, cigarette rations and all. The exercise and the diet alone would do wonders, not to mention the mental discipline gained.