Almost everyone I know, friends and family are non smokers. I am the “leper”.
30 years ago I could smoke while welding and huffing all those oxides and argon.
25 years ago they said the ciggies bothered other workers and they made me stand outside.
15 years ago they said your standing to close to the door and they made me stand 50 feet away in the rain.
10 years ago some ass hat said he could smell it from there and they sent me to the edge of the road.
7 years ago some azzhole said he didnt like that and smoking was driving our healthcare premiums up so they banned smoking in my own truck in the parking lot (Premiums went up regardless)
Now I put in an extra hour a day to cover smoke breaks that I take on a dirt road in the woods, far from the nazis.
In the past year, I have seen a bunch of chuckleheads back in the woods on their cellphones.
I expect next year one of them will call the cops to tell them I am smoking in the pristine woodland.
LOL
It sounds as though you are getting a lot of good ideas and maybe inspiration. I hope if you decide to quit that you can do it successfully! I did even tho’ it was not so many years, for sure I stuffed at least 20 years of smoking into those years... Sometimes I smoked 3 packs a day! And lots of unfiltered.
Your lungs and heart and brain and tastes buds will thank you!