Smoking - did but don't. You?

[marshmella]

Never have despite growing up in a house where both parents smoked. Dad died of lung cancer in 1992 aged 68, mum been smoking since she was 16; she celebrated her 88th birthday on Monday.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I've told myself that I'll only smoke if I actually want one.

That is like me and drink - I used to drink simply for drinking sake, but now, I feel I have to deserve it first, and even then, I try and not drink as much as before.

Gave up in 1999 for eight months but always had in the back iof my mind that I was missing something.

Re my drinking: I'd go to the pub/party/event because I thought I'd be missing something. It turns out that in the great scheme of things, generally everyone is as boring as everyone else, so there is never really anything worth not missing in the first place.

I well remember going through my rabid anti-smoking phase when I had just stopped.

My rabid anti - Pollution/driving stage. It is still going, but I try and shut up about it now

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Surely the correct term is 'pimp my ass', hmmm?
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This is the UK, not downtown Miami or wherever, so yes, Arse!

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Never have despite growing up in a house where both parents smoked. Dad died of lung cancer in 1992 aged 68, mum been smoking since she was 16; she celebrated her 88th birthday on Monday.
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The

'My Gran smoked 60 a day and lived to be 99, all the anti smoking stuff is rubbish'

brigade will quite conveniently ignore your Dad and hold up your Mother as proof of their belief.

As far as I can tell, it just seems to be down to chance, but the statistics are not very good.

 

[Chilternrides]

I've had one drag on a joint in my life, didn't like the effect at all so that was the end of that.

As for general smoking, I tell myself no, I've never been a smoker, but it isn't quite true - in the past I would frequently scrounge a ciggy off smoking friends after a few drinks (this was my marker for when I'd had too much booze, so in an odd way it did serve a useful purpose).

Also, I used to have a cigar now and then with a beer (by choice rather than the ciggie scrounging described abve) or at Christmas, and I enjoyed it too, but if no-one around me was smoking, I rarely thought about it.

I'm very fortunate in as much as I can have an occasional smoke - one ciggy or half a cigar, and it will be six months, a year or sometimes more before I even consider having another puff. In fact, I can't remember the last time I did!

 

[perplexed]

Never have smoked, I've never seen the appeal.

I spoke to someone the other day who spends £12 a day on fags!

 

[Riding in Circles]

Never have, my father smoked heavily since he was 15, he is 78 and has stage 4 lung cancer, nuff said.

 

[beanzontoast]

+1 on the 'never have'. My mum died while I was still at school and I've always believed her smoking contributed to the strokes she had and her eventual death.

 

[Kirstie]

I smoked regularly for two of the three years I was doing my Phd. It was the stress! But I stopped soon after (1997) and haven't really smoked since. Since being diagnosed with asthma i will never even contemplate it again. It's strictly class As for me from now on

 

[Mr Phoebus]

Happily smoked for 28 yrs and then I was in hospital with advanced ketoacidosis so was unable to have a smoke.

gave it all up easily.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

Strangely, I had quite bad seasonal athsma until I started smoking. Then it went away and it's not reappeared since.

 

[smokeysmoo]

Smoked from age 11 until about 30. Had a couple of minor re-lapses after that but not for a long time now.

Still find the smell of a freshly lit ciggie intoxicating, (no pun intended), but when one of the lads comes in from a fag break at work and I catch a whiff of the smelly bleeder I'm very glad I stopped.

 

[marshmella]

That is like me and drink - I used to drink simply for drinking sake, but now, I feel I have to deserve it first, and even then, I try and not drink as much as before.



Re my drinking: I'd go to the pub/party/event because I thought I'd be missing something. It turns out that in the great scheme of things, generally everyone is as boring as everyone else, so there is never really anything worth not missing in the first place.



My rabid anti - Pollution/driving stage. It is still going, but I try and shut up about it now



This is the UK, not downtown Miami or wherever, so yes, Arse!



The

'My Gran smoked 60 a day and lived to be 99, all the anti smoking stuff is rubbish'

brigade will quite conveniently ignore your Dad and hold up your Mother as proof of their belief.

As far as I can tell, it just seems to be down to chance, but the statistics are not very good.

I forgot to mention that my dad didn't even start smoking until his early 40's, so within 25 years it had killed him.

 

[MontyVeda]

I don't know why people keep saying "It's sooo hard to give up."

I've given up loads of times and plan to do it again, maybe.

 

[swee'pea99]

"Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I’ve done it thousands of times." Mark Twain

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I forgot to mention that my dad didn't even start smoking until his early 40's, so within 25 years it had killed him.

That's what I mean, they would conveniently ignore him as it isn't what they want people to hear.

My commiserations by that way, that is BAD!

 

[marshmella]

That's what I mean, they would conveniently ignore him as it isn't what they want people to hear.

My commiserations by that way, that is BAD!

Thank you. The fact that a regular smoker say from 16 could die at 40 of a smoking related disease is a frightening thought.