Is there any smoker left?

[vicente solano]

I´m not a smoking advocate-I know perfectly well that it´s an unhealthy and dirty habit. And I saw to it that my son wouldn´t take up that habit. But I do smoke. Tried once to quit. Lasted the 2 most sad months of my life. Are there among you any smoker I could relate to?
Non smokers or ex-smokers please don´t stone me to death...!

 

[harley]

hmmm...smokers getting stoned? What exactly are we talking about here?

 

[bbbamI]

hmmm...smokers getting stoned? What exactly are we talking about here?

Wacky backy...or just backy.

I no longer smoke the backy. I miss it.

 

[ziggy29]

Non smokers or ex-smokers please don´t stone me to death...!

My taxes and my health insurance premiums don't go to Spain, so I have no reason to care....

 

[Notmuchlonger]

My taxes and my health insurance premiums don't go to Spain, so I have no reason to care....

 

[frayne]

I can relate, closet smoker here and I do enjoy the habit even though
I know someday it may kill me.

 

[Dawg52]

Just back from visiting my aunt at the nursing home. Amazing how many patients were sitting outside smoking in their wheelchairs.

 

[REWahoo]

I can relate, closet smoker here and I do enjoy the habit even though I know someday it may kill me.

Yep. It killed two of my co-workers in their late 40's, my closest friend at age 60 and my brother at age 76. Lung cancer isn't he way I'd prefer to go...

 

[Alan]

I come from a family of smokers and the interesting thing is that I and my brother don't smoke but both my sisters smoke even though their husbands don't smoke. I believe absolutely that nicotine is addictive and that the cigarette is simply a delivery device for nicotine, but you have to be receptive to it as both my brother and I used to smoke when we were kids but gave it up no problem. (had better things to do with our money).

 

[haha]

My taxes and my health insurance premiums don't go to Spain, so I have no reason to care....

My God, such compassion!

 

[REWahoo]

My God, such compassion!

Ha, I've forgotten - were you Statler or Waldorf?

 

[haha]

Hej, don't deny it, you pass a little of your payola to me to help keep this board safe for democracy.

Ha

 

[ziggy29]

My God, such compassion!

It's obviously a joke. Then again, anything I write is a magnet for your criticism, so I guess I should have expected it from you.

Did I wrong you in a previous life?

 

[haha]

It's obviously a joke. Then again, anything I write is a magnet for your criticism, so I guess I should have expected it from you.

Did I wrong you in a previous life?

I guess that could be a possibility. Were you ever an inquisitor?

I guess my problem is that "jokes" that make me wince just tend to draw a response. To me, smoking means cancer, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, coronary artery disease, heart failure and other unfunny things that cause suffering. Vicente's first wife, also a smoker, died from cancer. He didn't say if it was a type associated with smoking.

I will take down my offending post if you so desire.

Ha

 

[Bestwifeever]

"The 2 most sad months of my life...?" Really?

My SIL, one of the most special people ever, just had emergency surgery last week for a brain tumor related to lung cancer--she hadn't smoked for 30+ years, but all reports relate her illness to smoking. Our family is absolutely devastated at the thought of life without her.

 

[unclemick]

Smoked, drank, ate New Orleans food and partied til I puked at more than a few Mardi grais in thirty years.

Now I don't do(anymore) Copanhagen, Red Man, Apple Sun Cured or go with girls that do. And never could get the distance spitting some of my friends did.

Get your ER in early - now sometimes when I eat what I want - I get the runs.



Wadda ya want to do - live forever?

heh heh heh - .

 

[Alan]

Just back from visiting my aunt at the nursing home. Amazing how many patients were sitting outside smoking in their wheelchairs.

It was the same with my mother - when we used to visit her in hospital it was amazing to see other cancer patients outside in winter freezing their b*tts and smoking their heads off. (she had surgery in November, '94 and died the following December).

 

[jambo101]

Another nicotine addict here,one of the biggest regrets of my life was getting hooked on nicotine,on my frequent attempts to rid myself of the addiction the battle usually lasts a couple of weeks to a month before i cave in and start smoking again,most recent attempt lasted about 5 weeks this past March and April.Cigarillos are my delivery vehicle for the nicotine usually 5 to 10 per day,haven't smoked a cigarette in 10 years.

 

[vicente solano]

All of us know people who after a terrible effor quit, stayed quitted for more than 10 years and then relapsed to the same number of cigs as before. Not to mention people that got cancer after many years as a non smoker. It´s a mean addiction but I don´t think I´ll be able to get rid of it.

 

[W2R]

After smoking for about 13 years, I quit on August 22, 1977. I had tried many methods with no success, but what finally worked for me was to just go "cold turkey" and suffer.

Quitting smoking was a hideous experience, and I never want to go through that again. So, I have not felt tempted to start smoking again.

Besides, who can afford to smoke in 2009? Not me. It has become very expensive during the 32 years since I quit.

 

[vicente solano]

After smoking for about 13 years, I quit on August 22, 1977. I had tried many methods with no success, but what finally worked for me was to just go "cold turkey" and suffer.

Quitting smoking was a hideous experience, and I never want to go through that again. So, I have not felt tempted to start smoking again.

Besides, who can afford to smoke in 2009? Not me. It has become very expensive during the 32 years since I quit.

Sometimes I think about what price should cigarettes reach in order for me to give it up. I conclude thinking that they´ll have to be so expensive that they wouldn´t be worth manufacturing due to a scarcity of clients!
Here in Spain they are still relatively cheap- almost 3 dollars a pack. Sadly I can easily afford the vice!

 

[Trek]

Living here in Europe, one definitely notices the higher rate of smokers as well as the general acceptance of smoking. Smokers in Europe don't face the guilt and public humiliation one often feels in the U.S. So it's certainly harder for a European to quit, as there really isn't any social/peer pressure to do so.

In Germany, there's a public cigarette vending machine on just about every block in the cities and villages.

Interesting article from earlier this year that includes a little graph of smoking stats showing how some European countries stack up against the U.S. by percentage of daily smokers. Spain is high on the list.

Europe's Smoking Culture Lingers, Despite Bans - WSJ.com

 

[Steve O]

I've been smoking for 25 years, started at 15. I enjoy it and have no plans to quit...

 

[citrine]

I'm a smoker too....started at 17, quit a couple of years ago for 5 months....missed it....back smoking.

 

[Alan]

Living here in Europe, one definitely notices the higher rate of smokers as well as the general acceptance of smoking. Smokers in Europe don't face the guilt and public humiliation one often feels in the U.S. So it's certainly harder for a European to quit, as there really isn't any social/peer pressure to do so.

In Germany, there's a public cigarette vending machine on just about every block in the cities and villages.

Interesting article from earlier this year that includes a little graph of smoking stats showing how some European countries stack up against the U.S. by percentage of daily smokers. Spain is high on the list.

Europe's Smoking Culture Lingers, Despite Bans - WSJ.com

Interesting article - thanks for posting. Many of my immediate family and friends are smokers and still live in the same small ex coal mine town that I grew up in. My Dad is now in the 49th year living in the same house we moved to in 1960, and my youngest sister and her family live next door. We visit a lot and spend many nights in the local club that we have frequented all our lives. When the smoking ban on pubs and clubs came into play it was interesting to note that a couple of years later that revenues at the club have not fallen at all despite the fact that majority of the regulars are smokers.