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Originally Posted by Road Puppy:
Originally Posted by LAL:

I do not think that I would keep doing something if it was slowly killing me. 

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I hear ya. I wish I hadn't ever started smoking. It's not only a habit-it's also a chemical addiction. I hear tell tobacco can be as hard to kick as heroin. It changes the brain a bit over time.

I know I've tried to quit a few times and I turn into a royal SOB during withdrawal. It hurts me bad.

 

I had an opportunity to try Chantix once (I would need something like that to help), but my insurance at the time would only cover it as a mental problem therapy-(it's original use), and in my line of work, that's not a good thing on a work record. BCBS wouldn't cover smoking cessation therapy at the tme-Now it does as far as I know, but I no longer can afford insurance..

 

*sigh*

I have heard many people say how hard it is to stop once you have started. I have see my deceased husband have withdrawals from trying to quit. I myself have never smoked cigarettes but caffeine is just as hard for me to quit. I think that I would rather have a smoking problem than a drinking problem. At least you are one of those considerate smokers, but its better to quit if you can, for your health.  

IOriginally Posted by Kate Colombo:

LAL, I don't think a public sidewalk is considered an area where smoking can be banned. After all, it was not constructed as a waiting area, but a traveling/walking area.

I know Kate, but is there not a law that you cannot smoke when in a certain distance from a business. And for the cigarettes butts, looks like that would be littering.

Originally Posted by dinosaur:

I don't like the smell of smoke, just like I don't like fat people both of them makes me sick,if you smoke don't come near me and if your fat get off of your lazy behind and lose the fat!!!!!

 

hg> besides having chronic asthma and smothering in the presence of smoke,  i don't like breathing the foul smoke that has already been in someone elses lungs...i have been very overweight at times in my life, not because i won't 'get off my lazy behind and lose the fat', but due to health issues i had no control over. thankfully those issues, and the weight gain, are now resolved. but it taught me that we shouldn't categorize people by appearance. we have no idea what they've been through. and even if they are at fault, i've found a compassionate compliment goes a long way in restoring their self-esteem, so they'd want to do better.

 

Originally Posted by dinosaur:

I don't like the smell of smoke, just like I don't like fat people both of them makes me sick,if you smoke don't come near me and if your fat get off of your lazy behind and lose the fat!!!!!

 

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So fat people make you sick? Anyone in your family overweight? Any friends? Any of them smoke? My guess would be that you're one of those people that judge others just by the way they look. You sound like a real compassionate, loving human being. I feel real sorry for you.

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