Claire said:I don't smoke and never have, and as for the illegal stuff, I DO NOT NEED an appetite stimulant in my life!
That said, I get very angry with people who have no tolerance for others' vices. I have even seen people accost smokers in smoking sections and outside. My parents both smoked for much of my life (perhaps why I don't), and when I was young I was the only person I knew who didn't. I still have friends who smoke, and they are all universally polite, and even when it is ten degrees out, will go smoke on the back porch.
Everyone has a vice, and we all like to think ours is better than theirs. If second-hand-smoke kills you, I should have been long dead. I sincerely hope that all who are smokers here manage to quit (Dad did after 40 years of smoking!! And he didn't do it for health reasons, but because it just got to be a P in the A to do it). But if you don't, there's a place for you on my back porch!
Constance said:I am beginning to feel that we smokers are being subjected to unfair discrimination, and it makes me angry.
texasgirl said:Z, when I'm outside, I will stay as far away from someone else that I know doesn't smoke. Just becuase I'm outside, doesn't mean that I have a right to blow smoke in there direction or let it drift to another, so I know what your saying. I'm not going to force my bad habit on someone else. I won't smoke in restaurants, I can't stand the smell and I won't smoke while someone is eating near me outiside either. I can't even stand to eat with someone smoking by me, makes me sick. Weird, I know.
mugsy27 said:i can definately taste, smell and breath MUCH better.
GB said:msalper don't let what I said discourage you. Even though I still have the cravings they are not what they once were. You can quit and you will be so happy once you do it. The first three weeks are the hardest in my opinion. Once you get through that then you are home free. You can and will do it! Best of luck to you.
mugsy27 said:i can definately taste, smell and breath MUCH better.