Addictive? Simple answer -- no, not cigars.

Smelly? Perhaps in MTs case. He was known to prefer stogies to the finer
products of the cigar rollers are. Beyond that, beauty is in the nose of
the beholder.

Route to death? Absolutely not. Most studies of smokers that bother to
include cigar smokers show that cigar smokers actually live on average
LONGER (and better, I might add) than those who do not smoke anything at
all. And most insurance companies grant cigar smokers the same rates as
non-smokers.

Duane