Do you smoke?

**WinterDream** · July 17th, 2012, 08:38 AM

I know a fair bit about some of the indignities that come with age or decline, I don't laugh at them. In the context of yet another beaten into a pulp dead horse, your down to earth if somewhat bitter reaction was the one that made me smile.

**spidermom** · July 17th, 2012, 09:00 AM

It's not like smoking is going to spare you the indignities of being infirm; it's just going to give them to you 13-15 years earlier.

**Bene** · July 17th, 2012, 09:06 AM

Originally Posted by spidermom

It's not like smoking is going to spare you the indignities of being infirm; it's just going to give them to you 13-15 years earlier.

No, but being robbed of those extra 13-15 years doesn't seem like a good enough reason for ginormous multi-colored bold font, topped off with an obnoxious "???!!!?? (!?!?!?!?!)" either. Especially if those extra years aren't so great even without smoking.

**spidermom** · July 17th, 2012, 09:22 AM

I can't argue with that!

**UpNorth** · July 17th, 2012, 09:40 AM

No, I take a "snus" occasionally, but it happens very rarely.

**Stellaaa** · July 17th, 2012, 09:53 AM

Yes, I smoke.

I love almost everything about smoking, although I do hate being an addict. Hate how my skin crawls and I want bite people's heads off on a long plane ride. But since that plane ride half the time ends in a more smoke friendly place (like Amsterdam or Havana) than the one I left , I only get really depressed on the trip home

Haven't noticed any affect on my hair. Dieting, oh yeah, cut back on nutrition and the shedding begins and growth slows. Cut back on smoking and all that happens is I get fatter (an equally unheathy situation although I know some disagree) from pigging out on the chocolate that takes its place.

**Scarlet_Heart** · July 18th, 2012, 05:25 PM

I quit smoking when I was 22. I started smoking socially around 15, then it got to be more of an addiction. By the time I was 19, I was smoking about a pack a day. I had a crappy childhood and adolescence and I was pretty pessimistic about what life had to offer me so the affects of smoking didn't bother me much.

But then I got to college and met my future husband and suddenly it seemed like things were brighter, less bleak. As soon as I moved far away from my parents, got more serious with DH, and started pursuing my own interests and career, I became a lot more excited about my future and decided I should quit smoking. I'm glad I did when I did because I feel like the older I get, the less willpower I have. I'm pregnant now and I feel like if I had still been a smoker, it would have been really hard for me to quit for my pregnancy.

I don't begrudge anyone the pleasure of smoking. 6 yrs later, I still get the urge sometimes. I even dream about smoking! But I'm happy with life and I feel like I should try to be as healthy as possible.

Of course I say that as I sit at my desk and watch people run and bike past my window while I eat my super-fat-girl meal #9 from Burger King. Mmm...