[SheLion]

Some day, God willing, I will find the strength to just say no to my best friend... my friend who is there no matter what happens. My friend who never passes judgment but just listens. My friend who has been with me in the dead of winter in the blowing snow as I have to be outside to smoke. My friend who MAY someday kill me, but who is my companion none the less. I love my cigarettes for always being there for me - it's more than I can say for all the parents I've had!

Hey! Do you want me to add you to my ping list?

Well, I, too, started smoking when I was 16.  (Peer pressure). I wish I hadn't started, but I did and I can honestly say that I really enjoy it.  When the day comes that I no longer enjoy smoking, I will quit.  But it's mighty hard to give up something when you enjoy it, so I won't even try.  I did quit once for 5 days, and those were the most miserable 5 days of my life.

Others in here that know me have heard this before, but:  My one grandmother smoked three packs of unfiltered Camels a day and lived to be 86.  My other grandmother never smoked, and she died full of cancer at age 42.

[beckysueb]

Our pastors mother has never been around cigarettes in her life and has emphysema real bad.

[danmar]

My one grandmother smoked three packs of unfiltered Camels a day and lived to be 86. My other grandmother never smoked, and she died full of cancer at age 42.

You know something...my grandma also smoked like a bad turbo (always non filters and sometime self rolled in news paper, paper),drank almost a pint of whiskey/moonshine a day and died when she was 105.

Not of any illness, but just because she just ran out of steam. I do not recall my grandma being ill once. I think moderation is the magic word, because she never smoke more than 4-5 cigs a day.

[dzzrtrock]

"....My friend who MAY someday kill me...."

Hullo? you don't see the glaring flaw in your choice of "friends"?

I've never considered someone who ws actively trying to kill me every time i was around them a "friend"