So who are our smokers in the barn?

[kylebuck]

Im just kinda curious who smokes.
I picked up the habit about a year ago

[theanswriz42]

Only hookah and cigars for me

[Z06PDQ]

cigar every now & then. gave up cigarettes 25 yrs ago. nothing like a good puro Cubano after a steak dinner.

[Iron Chef]

Originally Posted by joebuck

Im just kinda curious who smokes. I picked up the habit about a year ago

Quit while you're ahead. Just sayin'

Oh and one more thing: You didn't "pick up the habit" so stop kidding yourself. You were around people who smoked, they probably persuaded you to try it, you wanted to look cool, the rest is history.

[The_Dude]

Originally Posted by joebuck

I picked up the habit about a year ago

Mensa

[Defib1961]

Originally Posted by joebuck

Im just kinda curious who smokes.
I picked up the habit about a year ago

My question is.......Why did you start? I have had way too many patients that are now toting an oxygen bottle around with them or soon will be. Watching a smoker die is brutal for the family and worse for the smoker.

[Sneaks]

Wish I had never seen a cigarette.....

[iluvmyvettes]

Originally Posted by Sneaks

Wish I had never seen a cigarette.....

I've been a smoker for 30 years. Filthy habit!

[1TZSLO]

I quit last March in Iraq.

[Z06PDQ]

Originally Posted by 1TZSLO

I quit last March in Iraq.

if you can quit under those conditions, you've got it whipped for good. BTW, thank you for your service.

[1TZSLO]

Originally Posted by Z06PDQ

if you can quit under those conditions, you've got it whipped for good. BTW, thank you for your service.

NP, It was too hot out to worry about going ot smoke haha

[jeff w]

Originally Posted by Iron Chef

Quit while you're ahead. Just sayin'

Oh and one more thing: You didn't "pick up the habit" so stop kidding yourself. You were around people who smoked, they probably persuaded you to try it, you wanted to look cool, the rest is history.

Joe is referring to smoking pole, not tobacco

[Garb55]

Originally Posted by Z06PDQ

if you can quit under those conditions, you've got it whipped for good. BTW, thank you for your service. :flag:

[NEVRL8T]

Originally Posted by joebuck

Im just kinda curious who smokes.
I picked up the habit about a year ago

You, yes, YOU! Stop right now. Stop while you stil can. I smoked for twenty years. When I had been smoking for a year, I said, "I can quit when ever I want." Five years later, I was still saying the same thing. Fifteen years later I tried to quit. I couldn't. Twenty years later, when I was 36, I had a heart attack. When I was in ICU, I couldn't smoke. Laying in my bed, I could see across the ward, into the room of a man that was obviously very ill. Oxygen, grim faces from doctors and nurses, and the constant wheezing he made - that you could hear across the ward - as he grasped for a breath. I never touched a cigarette again. It will be five years this August and I still crave one like a mofo at times. The sooner you quit, the easier it will be to quit. How many people have to tell you this before you will believe them? We are not harping, we long time smokers and ex-smokers know the hell you will go through. They cost a fortune now anyway. Why pay to kill yourself?

[BuckyThreadkiller]

Smoking killed my mom and it took 10 long agonizing years to do it, after they removed her left lung.

You think it's cool now but when you find you can't quit and then ten years later are dragging around an oxygen bottle, you don't look nearly as cool.


Plus it's expensive a hell now days. Just roll up a dollar and set it on fire.

[tuco]

Joe.....your and idiot. If you can't think of anything better to do with all that money, sent it to me

[Jbust3]

yep.... 12.00 a ctn for Marlboro lights here in Kabul will need to quit before i go back to US for good

[oahuyahoo]

Originally Posted by Sneaks

Wish I had never seen a cigarette.....

Just had to get rid of cancer to prove it, smoke all you want, you haven't got the foggiest idea what you are doing to yourself and what you could be up against. And the real kick in the ass for me is when my dad died in my arms from cancer, I quit then and there on the spot 14 years ago.

[kylebuck]

Originally Posted by Defib1961

My question is.......Why did you start? I have had way too many patients that are now toting an oxygen bottle around with them or soon will be. Watching a smoker die is brutal for the family and worse for the smoker.

Originally Posted by Iron Chef

Quit while you're ahead. Just sayin'

Oh and one more thing: You didn't "pick up the habit" so stop kidding yourself. You were around people who smoked, they probably persuaded you to try it, you wanted to look cool, the rest is history.

Originally Posted by oahuyahoo

Just had to get rid of cancer to prove it, smoke all you want, you haven't got the foggiest idea what you are doing to yourself and what you could be up against. And the real kick in the ass for me is when my dad died in my arms from cancer, I quit then and there on the spot 14 years ago.

i see we dont exaclty like smoking in the barn. I picked up the habit when i lived with 2 smokers during the summer. Started out I only smoke with i drink. Now i hardly drink and only smoke .

[DropTheTop]

I quit a mere five months ago, but you gotta start somewhere. I surely hope that my 20 year smoking career is a thing of the past, because I'm much better off now. It was peer pressure that got me hooked at 15, and it was nicotine and my own weakness that kept me coming back for more. But on Christmas Eve I decided I would no longer be weak and make excuses. I didn't quit for the money I'd save. . . I quit for the days, weeks, months and years of life that I will HOPEFULLY save.