That was kind of my (wrong) approach...smoked for 31 years, was a Marine for 28. How I could do two packs a day and run six miles still confounds.
I shoulda quit long before the heart attack.
Semper Fi,
I couldn't imagine getting thru Basic Training without smoking. I still remember fondly those crisp autumn days in Ft. McClellan, Aniston Alabama, sitting on benches outside some green-painted building, waiting for the next lecture or training session, sharing smokes with my fellow trainees. Ditto for those times we sat around blacking our boots. Ditto for those pre-dawn freezing mornings when we policed the area for butts.