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The family that smokes together
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Are those lyrics to some old Roger Miller song?
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They use them here - and I think in parts (at least) of the USA - currently the gubbmint is talking about plain paper packaging (no "branding") and the industry is fightiing back with the argument that it will encourage smuggling which encourages gang activity. I have no idea.
Smuggling is a big deal here, particularly with the various native territories that straddle the Canada/USA borders - a couple of years ago Big Tobacco was discovered to be colluding with the smugglers.
and of course just a couple years ago:
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/na...employees-smoking-workplace-article-1.1984550
Gliderman8
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Assuming lung cancer is cool.
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Had my last fag 27 years ago.
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I had my first - and last - back in high school. At first breath, I thought - who the heck wants to do this? blech!
And never again.
Also helped that when I was about 10, mom took one long drag on her cigarette, then blew through a kleenex. Left a big brown spot.
She looked at me and said "now imagine what my lungs look like after smoking a pack of these every day".
That pretty much sold me against even trying - tho' I did weaken that one time in HS.
And never again.
Also helped that when I was about 10, mom took one long drag on her cigarette, then blew through a kleenex. Left a big brown spot.
She looked at me and said "now imagine what my lungs look like after smoking a pack of these every day".
That pretty much sold me against even trying - tho' I did weaken that one time in HS.
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Joining the military is what did me in. "Smoke em if you got em" was a call of the Drill Sergeant when it was time for a five minute break. I smoked s little in High School, but didn't really get hooked until the military! Quitting was the hardest thing I've ever done in my life, but I finally kicked it for good in 1990.
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I got started smoking in college, influenced by a girlfriend who smoked.
habit "increased steam" with 1st. prof. job at a publishing company where it seemed like everybody smoked.
literally had to move on from that job/company to start quitting.
(it was also a heavy drinking company as well) liked the work, got tired of the life after 2 years.
habit "increased steam" with 1st. prof. job at a publishing company where it seemed like everybody smoked.
literally had to move on from that job/company to start quitting.
(it was also a heavy drinking company as well) liked the work, got tired of the life after 2 years.
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Umm.....
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Similar story here. That's the ONLY time I've ever been grateful for having asthma as a child! Pretty much the deciding factor against ever starting the habit.
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I started at a too early age because "everyone else did". Quit probably a dozen times or more but never lasted more than a few weeks. Surgeon finally got my attention with "if you won't quit smoking then we should just cancel this surgery as a waste of my time and your money." That was Jan 2, 1978 and haven't touched one since. Maybe best thing I ever did.
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My wife's brother, one of the most talented mechanics I've ever known, smoked daily. He rolled his own using tobacco that was free of all the chemicals of commercial cigarettes. Christmas day my wife gets a call. "The Doctors say I have 30-60 days." His lungs were clear - stage 4 liver cancer. 21 days later he was gone.
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