Poor you!
As I have stated, I was a smoker - I realize how hard it is to beat the addiction. I was forced to 'duto' my health. (This allergy that brought on serious illness was not my supposing it was cigarette smoke - I had no clue it was. It was the medical tests that brought it out, loud and clear.)
But there is another side to the economy equation of smoking.
I served in an admin. capacity, many years ago - before any anti-smoking laws were a blip on the radar - with the Berkshire County Lung Association in Mass. - (then they were "TB") and in later years, as a director of the Maine State Lung Association. Another side of the money equation is the health costs that add a great deal to our medical/insurance costs.
AS an aside, I do find it comical that many of the folk who scream about the cost of gas, think nothing of paying five bucks for a cup of la-tee or $7.00 for a pack of cigarettes...
Why do you constantly refer to it as "our addiction?" You are really standing my fur on end here.
It's a habit. And one that most of us choose to have.
Not only that, but there are all kinds of addictions. Lots of people are addicted to running 10 miles every day. Others are addicted to working out in the gyms.
People are addicted to Coke or Pepsi. So, what's your point?
Poor you!
Poor you!
I served in an admin. capacity, many years ago - with the Berkshire County Lung Association in Mass. - (then they were "TB") and in later years, as a director of the Maine State Lung Association.
Did the the Maine State Lung Association provide you with a secretary?