I have never smoked so I can't say anything about quitting but I watched my Grandma (a typical heavy working class smoker of her day) die of lung cancer when I was a youngster, that made saying 'No thank-you' to offers a doddle <http://www.thefreedictionary.com/doddle>.
So remember, if you want to stop your children smoking you just need to sacrifice a loved one to a horrible death... an effective but strangely unpopular stratagem. Michael. On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 3:09 PM, Dave Williamson <[email protected]>wrote: > My brother had a heart attack last week, at the age of 46....... He has > been a habitual smoker since he was 15. Smoking was cited as > a major contributor for the heart attack. He is on the mend after having a > stent fitted, but is finding, of all the lifestyle changes he must make, > that giving up smoking is the hardest by far. He had one yesterday, > despite the risks though. It has made me think twice. If ever there was > motivation then this surely must be it.... > > Dave Williamson > > > On 11 April 2013 00:29, Raymond Feist <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On Apr 10, 2013, at 4:20 PM, Lani cat <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Oh, now that is Fantastic News. Am really looking forward to that and >> your Artist is pretty amazing :) >> Lani >> >> (PS, 16days smoke free now and Gum is firmly placed in glove box of the >> car. Thanks Ray) >> >> >> You're welcome. Let me tell you something about getting over the habit >> (the addition actually wears off quickly). I sent my last girlfriend and >> her friend to Miami for a music festival and she returned with a box of >> killer cigars. So I started smoking cigars again after 31 years. Now, to >> keep me from really becoming a tobacco degenerate I made myself a deal: I >> never smoke at home, not even in the back yard. I never smoke in the car. >> So I only smoke where I can legally which here in San Diego means a couple >> of clubs with smoking lounges and cigar shops with bars/smoking areas. I >> never have a desire to go smoke just to go smoke, and I haven't wanted a >> cigarette ever. Which tells me the occasional cigar (once a week or so >> these days) hasn't become either an addition or a habit. >> >> But don't try it until you've been smoke free for 31 years. >> >> Best, R.E.F. >> ---- >> www.crydee.com >> >> Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by >> stupidity. >> >> >> >> >> >> >
