Do you smoke

ColonelClaypool wrote: No. Never have, never will.   When I see a woman smoking, it's an instant turnoff for me. It doesn't matter how hot she is. Women using snus is even worse.

Tobacco is my favourite vegetable. Frank Zappa

never!

Many years ago I was intending to take up smoking as I told my dad I wanted to be cool like him as he smoked. He told me he would quit immediately if I promised not to smoke. I kept my promise and he kept his. That is one thing I will be eternally grateful for. Dad is gone now, not from cancer but drinking excessively had a lot to do with it. He had brain seizures and last year I received the phone call that he was dying. I knew he was ill but this was more serious so I began to drive on the long 5 hour journey to the hospital. I did not even get half way when my wife called me and told me he had passed away. I was parked on the side of the highway and I had never cried so much in my life. I would like to dedicate the absence of cigarettes in my life to my dear father who had a heart of gold and will always have my deepest respect.

Tapfret wrote:

One of my grandmas smoked for most of her life, until she was 90-something. She died at 103 a few years ago, a strong, clever and wonderful woman. She also had the habit of having a cup of cognac after every meal.

Snow Dog wrote: ^Smoked very first thing. In bed before he got up actually.

Yeah, I've known people who do that. I don't think it's that uncommon.

My father would sometimes wake up in the middle of the night and light up. He died at 56 with lung cancer, when I was 16. The official diagnosis was 'mesothalioma' which is cancer caused by exposure to asbestos, but I suspect the ciggies would have got him in the end. Both his parents die of smoking related cancers.

Evil habit...

^very sad story.

^Smoked very first thing. In bed before he got up actually.

^I had a friend who did that.