Will smoking too much kill me?

I've been mulling this over for a while now, and am unable to get all of the information I require to make an informed decision. My life hinges on my decision, and I'd appreciate some input.

The thing is: I know smoking is bad for my health, but can I die because of it?


...now for some context

Among the various "beneficial" (debatable) pickups in BioShock, is the pack of cigarettes. Grabbing one of these replenishes a small amount of EVE (magic, basically), but drains a small amount of the player's health.

So, if I managed to get myself almost dead, and then smoked up, would this health drain kill me?


On "Easy" and "Medium" difficulties, Jack will not die instantly from a fatal injury. Instead, his health will be reduced to one hit point, and will only die if he takes another hit in that state.

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This means that, unless you're playing on Hard mode, a package of cigarettes is not enough to kill you.

To die you'd have to:

  1. Take more damage than you have health, thus sending you in this 1 HP almost dead state
  2. Smoke a cigarette at this point.

You can die by merely smoking only if you're playing in Hard mode.