[[And you can. But it’s up to you. You can’t quit for the kids, or the wife, or the expense, or the job. You have to want to for you. And you can.]]
Exactly- but when you do finally want to- it’s also for the kids, the wife etc- even though you are finally doing it just for yourself- so there’s that extra bonus too- I finally got sick of the smoker’s cough and being short of breath- and finally admitting to myself that the smoker’s cough would almost certainly turn top cancer in the not too distant future- smoker’s cough is a definite warning sign we shouldn’t ignore- Sadly many of us do ignore it because we simply don’t want to face the hell of quitting- but for many- it’s a sign strong enough to finally get our attention
Don’t ignore the warning signs.
They found my problem with a order from the doctor in which I thought was a waste of time and money after having a ultrasound done at the emergency room at the hospital.
The doctor ordered a 2nd ultrasound done on my left shoulder and they found a stenosis in the main artery going to my left arm.
The left arm would get very weak-tired when taking a shower, balance was effected, dizziness, felt like I was going to pass out , not good while driving.
If anyone has experismces like this or unexplained fainting or black outs have a ultrasound done on your left shoulder for a stenosis or for Subclaivian Steals Syndrome... It is very serious.
I’m glad you found a “source” to incite you to quit. The fear of cancer in so many humans is not a true deterrent as it is something they haven’t been involved with, yet, so it has no full impact. And let’s face it, when we were 18 years old, we were going to live forever.
Now I had other things besides tobacco which led to my problems. Military gas, agent orange, and other products. I even worked as a crop duster flagger when I was 16 years old and ate enough airmite and tep dust, and even worse chemicals on the job, to slow a rhino. But we didn’t know any better.
I guess I can put part of the blame on the government for this plague. It is too profitable for them as it can produce a huge amount of tax revenue. So they don’t put too much pressure to force the tobacco companies to clean up their product. So until it became a point to be used to get votes, nothing happened. And the tobacco companies from the rancher to the CEO make good scratch on the weed. And they supply political donation, big ones.
So it appears to me it’s more than just providing a product of supply and demand. It’s money. And some of it is questionable. Now look at the realization of marijuana. They are legalizing another hallucinogen on the free market and putting more drunks behind the wheel. And both the companies and the governments are making a killing. And I think that is the correct word.
rwood