Well, is this thread about smoking, or about the ad? Whatever. Here are my worthless thoughts on smoking. I used to smoke—smoked for some 30 years. I quit. I have been chewing nicotine gum for more than five years now. I no longer smoke. I don’t begrudge anyone that does. It ain’t healthy, but so are many things. I like polite smokers, ones that don’t blow it in your face in tight surroundings like the casino floor. I tried to be a polite smoker.
Giving it up took nearly 10 years. Finally took. yeah, I still chew nicotine gum, but I am not smoking!
Is it a liberal/conservative trait? I dunno. Who cares? But the hell with the nannies and the statists.
my three cents of drivel on smoking
Yep! I smoked for about 20 years and it took me the better part of a year to quit; chewing Nicorette only made my habit worse when I started smoking again. Nowadays, I don’t use tobacco at all in any form. HOWEVER, I do not think any kind of intervention on the part of the state in any adult individual’s life on the issue of smoking is pure totalitarianism. Herman’s people keyed in on that and gave a lot of the nannies a nice fat lip.
Oops! Should read: “HOWEVER, I think any kind of intervention on the part of the state in any adult individual’s life on the issue of smoking is pure totalitarianism.”
Wrong! Your thoughts are interesting to me, thanks for sharing. :-) I thought I was the only one who has been chewing nicotine gum for years until I read your post. I quit dipping snuff three years ago but I'm still using the gum.