Okay so especially for those who want to quit smoking or have been successful in quitting or in never starting in the first place, did you ever have a parent or a grandparent who smoked? and were you influenced one way or another by this?
Okay so especially for those who want to quit smoking or have been successful in quitting or in never starting in the first place, did you ever have a parent or a grandparent who smoked? and were you influenced one way or another by this?
Is that a yes or a no?I am convinced that quitting smoking is mostly a head game and that once you've got your head in the right place you've already got it mostly beat. In 1985 I was 42 and had smoked for 25 years. I had attempted to stop smoking a number of times. I was able to handle it for up to a couple of months before caving in. Then one weekend we were visiting my wife's parents. They informed us that my father-in-law had just been diagnosed with lung cancer. He was a lifelong nonsmoker but had worked for 40 years in a room that was known as the "blue room" because of the constant haze of tobacco smoke. He was a victim of 'Other Peoples' smoke. I was devastated --- I had smoked in his house and in front of him. I felt that in some way I was at least partly guilty for his condition. My wife and daughters stayed on for some extra days while I drove home to go back to work. When I got home my head was in the right place. I took all my pipes, pipe-stand and humidor into the back yard and smashed them on a rock with a hammer. The rest was actually remarkably easy.
Is that a yes or a no?
For a long time it just seemed a natural thing to do: men, women, young ppl...My grandmother was a smoker. My grandfather was a smoker. My mother was a smoker. My father was a smoker. My sister was a smoker.
There was a time when so very widely it was regarded as perfectly normal and desirable to smoke.In the bad old days they even had medical doctors touting the "health benefits" of smoking. I'm serious!
Great they all managed to quit!There were several smokers in my family. Everyone quit before patches and pills hit the market. Our family is cigarette free today.
~Bella
It was indeed so widespread: men, women, adolescent young men and women.I did grow up at time that tolerating other’s smoke was expected
Well, yes. I do think though that it's draconian to fine ppl over cigarette butts; it's as if politicians think everyone has enough spare cash to pay the salaries of ppl who administer going after smokers.And don’t get me started on the cigarette butts