The 33 trapped Chilean miners have finally caught a break. The Health Ministry has decided it will send two packs of cigarettes a day down to them after realizing that nicotine patches and gum are no substitute for a smoke.

The 33 trapped Chilean miners today received their first hot meal in 26 days, meatballs and chicken. But still no booze or smokes.

Man, being trapped in a cramped mine is not the time to quit smoking or drinking. But NASA officials, who are advising the effort to rescue the 33 trapped Chilean miners, have denied their request for wine and cigarettes.

Chilean miners, trapped underground without contact for 17 days, sent a message to the surface saying that they were all alive. "The 33 of us in the shelter are well," read the note, "and could someone please DVR Mad Men."