Suitably suicide?

Question

If a smoker is fully aware of the well known and documented results of the habit. But continues to do so until he/she developes one of the many diseases associated with it and ultimately dies from it. Do you think it could or should be ruled as a suicide instead of being considered a complication of the condition suffered that originated from the intentional act of smoking itself? What if the person was entirely uninformed about the dangers of smoking, but suffers the same fate? Even while ignorant of the facts they still die from something they Made the choice to do?

I am a smoker myself and thought about when or if I ever become ill from the choices I made if I could call it a suicide. A family member has died from lung cancer due to smoking and I consider it a self-murder because it just makes sense to me.

I am using the example of smoking because I relate to it the most. This question can apply to any other subject matter. i.e excessive eating, drunk-driving etc. as long as the death derives from your own doings and know previously that people do die from it.

to me, suicide is much, Much more common that people think.

Answer 1

not suicide, stupidity.

Answer 2

I say yes to the first half and call the second half an "acedent" "murder" or something like "compilcations of inhalment??" the first one is full aware of the outcomes of their action similar of that of any other suicide victim so thats suicide! Second one is unaware (wheather or not if they would stop if they were aware is unclear) so just like a drunk driver headed over a bridge or someone being shot in the head or another one dieing of a heart attack it is called what ever happened to kill them. so Yes to first one and No to the second.

Answer 3

if a person knows the effects i guess you could say that. if someone is drinking and drives and kills everyone including themselves its their suicide and everyone elses loss for all the innocent people that died. technically we can come up with a bunch of this.

Answer 4

i believe it should be called suicide! i think by know every smoker should know that it causes cancer! that there is no none smoker when smokers are in the same room or place as non smokers!

Answer 5

It is pretty senseless, you can also say that obese people do not lose weight until after their first heart attack....so is over eating also suicide?

Answer 6

What about the fattys eating all those ribs clogging their heart.. We will all die one day.

Answer 7

slow and stinky death my friend!