The anti-smoking self righteous

[Thor]

Like I said a while ago,in another smoking thread, I've switched to making my own cigs. I have a little machine, I buy Natural tobacco and cig tubes. It accomplishes a few things, 1.) I smoke less because I actually have to MAKE a cig, 2.) I don't get all of the added chemicals, including the crap that makes cigs go out, & 3.) It actually smells better. I do smoke in the house, but I'm right by a window fan, used to exhaust the smoke. I only have problems with exhausting the smoke when the wind is out of the South, as it is today.

I did notice that after they added that crap to make the cigs go out, I was coughing a WHOLE LOT more.

[Eupher]

Like I said a while ago,in another smoking thread, I've switched to making my own cigs. I have a little machine, I buy Natural tobacco and cig tubes. It accomplishes a few things, 1.) I smoke less because I actually have to MAKE a cig, 2.) I don't get all of the added chemicals, including the crap that makes cigs go out, & 3.) It actually smells better. I do smoke in the house, but I'm right by a window fan, used to exhaust the smoke. I only have problems with exhausting the smoke when the wind is out of the South, as it is today.

I did notice that after they added that crap to make the cigs go out, I was coughing a WHOLE LOT more.

Can't help but comment -- what would it be like if you didn't have to cough AT ALL?

Just sayin'.....

[Thor]

Can't help but comment -- what would it be like if you didn't have to cough AT ALL?

Just sayin'.....

Oh... byte me!! 

[Gina]

Can't help but comment -- what would it be like if you didn't have to cough AT ALL?

Just sayin'.....

THAT is one thing I don't miss and my hubby surely doesn't.....hacking up a lung in the morning.

[Thor]

THAT is one thing I don't miss and my hubby surely doesn't.....hacking up a lung in the morning.

LOL, I'm not THAT bad!! I will say that I've had severe sinus problems since my return from Desert Storm. Probably from breathing all of that oil well fire smoke or Lord knows what. Of course there is no "Gulf War Syndrome".......  

[Gina]

LOL, I'm not THAT bad!! I will say that I've had severe sinus problems since my return from Desert Storm. Probably from breathing all of that oil well fire smoke or Lord knows what. Of course there is no "Gulf War Syndrome".......  

Oh I was.  Nothing says sexy like a woman hacking and wheezing and spewing phlegm.

Yummy............

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7ZLqh79BKU[/youtube]

[Revolution]

HAWT!1!

[thundley4]

THAT is one thing I don't miss and my hubby surely doesn't.....hacking up a lung in the morning.

I only cough in the morning until I get that first cup of coffee.  I'm not sure if it's the smoking or caffeine withdrawals causing the coughing.

[Eupher]

Oh... byte me!! 

 

[Karin]

I don't hack up a lung in the morning...I don't even have a little "ahem."

I don't give out bitchslaps very often around here.  A couple for Eupher since he wanted them.  But I did give a BS to someone once who told someone else, "just quit."  As if a dopey internet post from a complete stranger was enough to override the admittedly powerful addiction.  As if any of it were any of his/her business. 

[Eupher]

I don't hack up a lung in the morning...I don't even have a little "ahem."

I don't give out bitchslaps very often around here.  A couple for Eupher since he wanted them.  But I did give a BS to someone once who told someone else, "just quit."  As if a dopey internet post from a complete stranger was enough to override the admittedly powerful addiction.  As if any of it were any of his/her business. 

I've said it before, but it bears repeating.

The motivation and desire to quit smoking MUST be stronger than the addiction. You can take steps to minimize or reduce the addictive power through drugs or e-cigs, but ultimately, the motivation has to be there. If the m&d aren't there, the smoker won't quit.

It's as simple as that.

[Habsfan]

My parents were heavy smokers and my mother smoked through her pregnancy. My oldest sister has chronic lung problems because of it. She never smoked a cigarette in her entire life. She was exposed to second-hand smoke in-utero and through childhood. Then she moved out.

She will suffer from chronic lung problems because of our mother's smoking through her pregnancy and from childhood second-hand smoke for the rest of her life.

[Eupher]

My parents were heavy smokers and my mother smoked through her pregnancy. My oldest sister has chronic lung problems because of it. She never smoked a cigarette in her entire life. She was exposed to second-hand smoke in-utero and through childhood. Then she moved out.

She will suffer from chronic lung problems because of our mother's smoking through her pregnancy and from childhood second-hand smoke for the rest of her life.

That's a pretty good reason to hate cigarettes and smoking, in general, while recognizing that your mother is ultimately responsible for her habit.

Cigarettes killed my mother, or perhaps better said, she killed herself through cigarettes.

Either way, I hate the damned things. 

[Habsfan]

That's a pretty good reason to hate cigarettes and smoking, in general, while recognizing that your mother is ultimately responsible for her habit.

Cigarettes killed my mother, or perhaps better said, she killed herself through cigarettes.

Either way, I hate the damned things. 

Eupher, my mother died from lung cancer in 1992. She lived through an operation which removed part of her left lung in 1984 and kept on smoking. Then it spread to her brain. She was operated on and had the tumor removed, and still kept on smoking. The cancer turned her brain to mush. I will never forget being by her bedside on those last days.....

[Eupher]

Eupher, my mother died from lung cancer in 1992. She lived through an operation which removed part of her left lung in 1984 and kept on smoking. Then it spread to her brain. She was operated on and had the tumor removed, and still kept on smoking. The cancer turned her brain to mush. I will never forget being by her bedside on those last days.....

I'm very sorry. It's so hard to watch a loved one being taken like that.

I lost my mother to a heart attack in 2000. She had had 7 bypasses done in 1992, had quit smoking for 5 years, then decided it was time to check out due to other issues (insanity, maybe?) and started smoking again.

Cigarette-assisted suicide. I'm not joking.

[Thor]

Cigarettes killed my mother, or perhaps better said, she killed herself through cigarettes.

The hot Texas sun killed my mother @ 36 years of age. Skin cancer. I look at it this way, one might as well enjoy life while they can. One never knows when their number is going to be called. Perhaps my view is somewhat fatalistic, but, seriously, I never saw myself living to be much older than 30. As far as I'm concerned, I'm overdue.

[rich_t]

The hot Texas sun killed my mother @ 36 years of age. Skin cancer. I look at it this way, one might as well enjoy life while they can. One never knows when their number is going to be called. Perhaps my view is somewhat fatalistic, but, seriously, I never saw myself living to be much older than 30. As far as I'm concerned, I'm overdue.

I don't believe in predestination per se, but I'm one that believes that when your number is up, it's up.  The rest is mere circumstances.  That doesn't mean I play Russian Roulette or wrestle gators for fun...  But I don't live my life in contant fear or concern about dying either. 

[Revolution]

^ I think I agree with this. However, you can't run from the Reaper. That's kind of why I hate the term "Gone too soon, actually. Um....no he/she wasn't. It was their time.