To Smoke or not to Smoke?

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Athena Gaskets, are they value for money?

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My father just passed away at age 74 from lung cancer, he was a two pack a day smoker for the better part of 60 years, his last few months of life were very hard to watch. It ain't worth it, period.
 
texas-ss-tornado said:
My father just passed away at age 74 from lung cancer, he was a two pack a day smoker for the better part of 60 years, his last few months of life were very hard to watch. It ain't worth it, period.
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My dad passed away in 2002, at 88, after years and years of smoking. In the last many years of his life, he lived with an Ileostomy, a result of the cancer spreading to his lower body. I quit smoking tobacco products clear back in the '80s when I saw what it had done to my dad, a close friend's mother, and other people.

I have to agree with TSST - just ain't worth it. That's my choice not to smoke, and I chose not to. If you choose to, that's your choice. Just not worth it for me.
 
zlMark said:
:nike::headbang::headbang:Amazing,,2 Years!!!:headbang::headbang::nike:
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CONGRATULATIONS MARK!!! I know first hand how hard it is.......I've been quit 16 years now and it's the single best thing I ever did for myself!!! Like you, I smoked from my early teens and by the time I was 30, I could hear myself weezing at night going to sleep and that's what convinced me to give them up. Great Job Mark!!!!!!!!
 
I think everyone should own a 2 stroke
 
Congrats on the anniversary, now go and buy yourself a V65 Magna so you can find out what just about dying is really like!:rotf:

Anyway, non smoker, the next one will be my first one. Never tried them as a kid. It doesn't really bother me as long as I am not eating, but I don't let people smoke in my truck or house. I'm a firm believer that people should be able to kill themselves anyway they want to.......
 
this coming tuesday, it'll be 2 weeks since i quit !!!:hello2: thanks to zlmark for giving me the motivation, & talking me through the tough days !:thumbsup: CHRIS
 
CHRIS said:
this coming tuesday, it'll be 2 weeks since i quit !!!:hello2: thanks to zlmark for giving me the motivation, & talking me through the tough days !:thumbsup: CHRIS
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Way to go CHRIS! :headbang::notworthy::hello2:

It's all downhill from here brother!

It as easy as "simply not smoking" from 3 days on out.

Stick to it!
 
Way to go Chris! Best of luck to you!
 
Yep, I am also a reformed smoker. Can't stand em and can't believe I ever got started on them. But I did enjoy them especially with a cold beer. Talk in Australia is they will soon be 20 dollars a pack to help reduce the amount of young people who still take up the habit, plus we
have television adverts like this. Good luck to those quiting and well done to those who have kicked it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CM7ddnks5ss

Cheers Mick
 
RuTube............thats funny!

Mick that's a good stop smoking vid!

Been 2.5 years for me!
 
started chantix on march 9, took the pills for almost 2 months. it killed my urge to smoke. end of story. - smoked for 25 years. now i smoke no more.
TRY CHANTIX!
 
I smoked from age 18 to age 40, I quit smoking the day my girlfriend got pregnant. never considered quitting untill then ...........becoming a dad at 40 i figured i owed it to my daughter to live past 55 lol
 
hey mark..i never became a smoker,,,in my twenties i liked smoking weed,,,but stopped when i was about 27,,,,im glad your doing ok on the meds,,,i know several people who used some kind of meds to quit,,,successfully,,,what im not to happy about ,,are the government telling people that they cant smoke in their own cars and or homes,,,and here in cali,,,,on most beaches,,,thats bull**** government intrusion,,,where and when is it going to end,,..second hand smoke doesnt bother me,,,i hate cigar smoke,,but some of my friends smoke them,,,when im around ,,i try and stay up wind from them,,,,anyways,,,now you will have more money to spend on your motorcycles,,,and thats a good thing,,,,brett
 
I smoked for years and years. Started in High School and FINALLY quit almost 2 years ago. (Will be two years in June!)

Best of luck in quitting! I quit MANY times over the course of a few years. It's hard. All I can offer is that when your body is finally ready to be done with them, you'll quit without needing ANYTHING. That's what happened to me at least.

When I first quit, I could stand around smokers and it didnt' bother me at all. It didn't make me want a smoke either. It was like I was completely neutral to it. After about 6 months though, I started getting irritated by smoke and the smell. Now, almost two years later, I can smell a smoker from about 20' and can't stand to be in bars or smokey concerts.

Best of luck though! If you quit and go back to smoking, don't be too hard on yourself. It's a rough process. Just pick yourself up, wait a little while and then try again. Quitting smoking is VERY hard on your body. Talk to your doctor about it too if you have that option! :thumbsup:
 
I tried once and couldn't understand why anyone would smoke cigarettes.It didn't do anything, but make me sick.The other stuff at least helped my aches,pains, hungers, movies, music,sex.....sorry it's supposed to be medicinal.
Quit that stuff too.
--Anyhow, here in Upstate N.Y. the smoking ban has been great.I work as a sound guy(on the side) and I think of all the years taking in second and third hand smoke.My dad died of pancreatic cancer at 57yro.Smoking is the biggest factor(who knew)...and working at the Kodak research building.By the way, my mom, who worked at Kodak also, got breast cancer...she had symptoms the same month as my father ,and they were diagnosed within a week of each other.They were divorced and living in two different states.Smoking and Kodak both suck my a**.By the way, good luck finding any correlation of Kodak and cancer clusters in Rochester.Money buys a lot of secrecy."Hey where's Bin Laden? I don't know, he just dropped off ten million dollars and information about arms trade deals between us and Russia...I can't seem to find him now."

--To explain the enclosed area ban...if you smell smoke,the objects or room are off-gassing.This means the toxins in the smoke settled on the objects and are now being released.I work for the fire department and 8yrs. ago we were told we could not keep our bunkers next to our bunks at night anymore, because of off-gassing.Health officials felt we were sucking in more carcinogens while we slept. This is why the laws state no in smoking in vehicles, the smoke will affect innocent non-smokers, long after a smoker is done.Hey, if no one will ever get in your car...Have at it.:devil:
 
In the past 5 yrs I've lost 3 friends to smoking related illness (lung cancer) I will talk down smoking and cigaret manufactures when ever I can.

If you want to smoke that is one thing but when the manufactures put adicting agents into thhem to keep you hooked that is anouther.

Quite while you still can.

Mike
 
I lost a little over two thirds of my right lung to cancer when I was 19. I didn't smoke then but started like an idiot when I was 35. I'm 41 now and I haven't had one since mothers day, best present Mom said she ever got. I been riding my bicycle to help, if your sucking air like a freaking hoover the last thing you want is a cigarette. Plus I've lost 20 lbs. :hello2:
 
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