Tip from Former Smoker 2

[onehandle]

[HockeyMom]

1. I am almost old enough to be her mother

Still smoke. I am not dead. I don't look like that either. If I die in my 60s (now am), 70s, or even 80s, would stopping prevent one from dying at these ages?????? We are all going to die at these ages from SOMETHING.

[Honest_Abe]

2. You are very lucky.

I lost my wife a year ago, from lung cancer. The type of cancer was clearly a direct result of her smoking. She was well aware of this while she was dying. To put it clearly, if she hadn't smoked, she would almost certainly still be alive. I am happy for you, but I miss her terribly.

[AtheistCrusader]

3. Some people beat the odds.

My dad didn't. Died in his early 60's. Otherwise healthy, except the throat/lung cancer.
Never met his first grandson.

Them's the breaks. Some get lucky, some do not.

[chervilant]

4. You sound like one of my closest friends.

She smokes while she has her granddaughter near, so that the baby gets second-hand smoke. This does not seem to be an issue for her. She has asserted that she will "die with a cigarette in her hand." She is angrily and defensively opposed to any discussion of second-hand smoke issues. She does make her smoking friends go outside to smoke if she knows I'm going to visit, since I'm dreadfully sensitive to nicotine.

[HockeyMom]

6. I haven't smoked inside a house

in decades. Very used to smoking outside all the time, even in my own home. My husband quit in his 20s. He has very poor health despite this. 5 surgeries in 4 years. He is going this week to have his 3rd stent put in. What can I say? He is obese. I smoke. I think I would much rather just drop dead one day than have to go through all that he has; constant worrying about his aches, pains, dying, an entire drawer full of pills, this procedure, that surgery, etc. I would not want to live like that. Other people may disagree but I would rather die younger and be active (which I am), than live longer as an invalid.

[Skittles]

7. that's the addiction talking

http://www.whyquit.com/joel/Joel_01_08_what_use_now.html

(from Joel Spitzer's Library http://www.whyquit.com/joel/Joel_Index_01.html)

[amuse bouche]

5. My heart breaks for this woman

I bet her PSA has shocked many into quitting.

For that, she should be thanked many times over

[Skittles]

8. she is a brave lady

a wonderful person