Smoke kills
Friday, January 21, 2005 by tri1ogy | Discussion: Internet
I found this on another forum I belong to. Enjoy!
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tri1ogy
Reply #22 Sunday, January 23, 2005 5:20 PM
Reply #22 Sunday, January 23, 2005 5:20 PM
Alright, I chewed Red Man for about 4 months once - then went back to smoking. Heck, I even tried dipping Copenhagen one day...till I swallowed it 
. Cant stand the smell of pipes or cigars, though. Sometimes not even cigarettes!?
*someone trying to tell me something??*
. Cant stand the smell of pipes or cigars, though. Sometimes not even cigarettes!?*someone trying to tell me something??*
47songs
Reply #23 Sunday, January 23, 2005 6:32 PM
Reply #23 Sunday, January 23, 2005 6:32 PM
Sleeping Dragon, I experienced the same thing you did with your sister, except it was with my Mom. Watching someone you love take a breath, and then not take another one for 60 seconds, and then not take another one for 90 seconds, and then 2 minutes, and as each breath becomes nore shallow than the last, is the most devastating thing one can watch a loved one do as they pass away. My mom passed away from complications of her heart because from smoking 3 packs of Salems a day for 50 years. My mom passed away 5 years ago this last Thanksgiving and I miss her terribly. What I can't let go of the most, is the vision of her gasping for those last breaths.
I also smoked for about 20 years. I quit when I had my children. I was desparate to give them a fighting chance at life.
I also smoked for about 20 years. I quit when I had my children. I was desparate to give them a fighting chance at life.
messybuu
Reply #24 Sunday, January 23, 2005 7:43 PM
Reply #24 Sunday, January 23, 2005 7:43 PM
Smoking is wrong, but vodka and other strong liquors (and beer for that matter) aren't, because getting wasted is a good thing.
apdelong31
Reply #26 Sunday, January 23, 2005 8:27 PM
Reply #26 Sunday, January 23, 2005 8:27 PM
Very funny cartoon, by the way.
As for smoking, I'll never light up a cigarette. My grandma smoked for God knows how long but when her third grandchild (yours truly) popped up, she decided to quit. If my life means enough to make someone else quit, why should throw it away by smoking myself? My grandpa smoked as well, and when he died, he died with a non-productive hacking cough, one lung, and no bladder. The lung and bladder were lost because of cancer, and the cough was obviously from the years of smoking.
I'll give smokers like Mackintosh credit, at least you're trying to quit and smoke occasionally, I suppose that's the lesser evil than chain smoking. It's just frustrating when someone tells a smoker all the imminent risks and that he/she should quit, the smoker just says "I know, I know." IF YOU KNOW, THEN DO IT.
As for smoking, I'll never light up a cigarette. My grandma smoked for God knows how long but when her third grandchild (yours truly) popped up, she decided to quit. If my life means enough to make someone else quit, why should throw it away by smoking myself? My grandpa smoked as well, and when he died, he died with a non-productive hacking cough, one lung, and no bladder. The lung and bladder were lost because of cancer, and the cough was obviously from the years of smoking.
I'll give smokers like Mackintosh credit, at least you're trying to quit and smoke occasionally, I suppose that's the lesser evil than chain smoking. It's just frustrating when someone tells a smoker all the imminent risks and that he/she should quit, the smoker just says "I know, I know." IF YOU KNOW, THEN DO IT.
Sleeping Dragon
Reply #27 Sunday, January 23, 2005 9:06 PM
Reply #27 Sunday, January 23, 2005 9:06 PM
...not that easy, apdelong31. I was sick in bed when I quit. Chewed toothpicks like a beaver gnaws poplar bark.
..but if someone REALLY wants to, they can. It's a matter of "not having one". If you're really trying to quit, then that has to be the rule; "You Can't Have One". Keep that in your head until the physical addiction goes away and then write it in marker on your forehead, because that is when it gets tough. You physically got it licked and are proud. Then you have a beer and say "I can have just one", but you can't or you're right back where you started.
Quitting was too hard for me to do it twice.
..but if someone REALLY wants to, they can. It's a matter of "not having one". If you're really trying to quit, then that has to be the rule; "You Can't Have One". Keep that in your head until the physical addiction goes away and then write it in marker on your forehead, because that is when it gets tough. You physically got it licked and are proud. Then you have a beer and say "I can have just one", but you can't or you're right back where you started.
Quitting was too hard for me to do it twice.
47songs
Reply #28 Monday, January 24, 2005 12:06 AM
Reply #28 Monday, January 24, 2005 12:06 AM
And thank you, Bill for sharing about your sister. I don't know that I would have revealed that experience if you hadn't first.
It's interesting, but I feel very much the way you do about quitting. It was so difficult to quit, I refuse to risk becoming addicted again, and I know that I'd become very quickly addicted again even after having just one. I haven't smoked for over twenty years, but there are times when someone around me is smoking and getting to breath in some of that smoke makes me think that I sure would enjoy having one. But I refuse to get started again.
I do feel though, that if someone chooses to smoke it's their decision and as long as it doesn't interfere with me, then it's really not my business. The only way I would make it my business if it were my husband or one of my kids.
It's interesting, but I feel very much the way you do about quitting. It was so difficult to quit, I refuse to risk becoming addicted again, and I know that I'd become very quickly addicted again even after having just one. I haven't smoked for over twenty years, but there are times when someone around me is smoking and getting to breath in some of that smoke makes me think that I sure would enjoy having one. But I refuse to get started again.
I do feel though, that if someone chooses to smoke it's their decision and as long as it doesn't interfere with me, then it's really not my business. The only way I would make it my business if it were my husband or one of my kids.
Sleeping Dragon
Reply #29 Wednesday, January 26, 2005 7:45 PM
Reply #29 Wednesday, January 26, 2005 7:45 PM
Donna, If you're ever in Chicago, let me know ([email protected]). I would like to take you (and your husband) out for a bite.
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Reply #21 Sunday, January 23, 2005 9:01 AM
Old Crab has my number exactly. Started my day with a tin of Dunhill Early Morning, Moved to 965 in the afternoon,
and MacBarens Scottish Mixture in the Evening or Golden Symphony, or maybe some Virgina Slices. Topped off with a Arturo Fuente Cigar for the Evening Capper. See I don't miss my Pipes...