Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Daily Dose of BS Aug 28 smoking

Tomorrow will be 6 years since I smoked a cigarette.  I had been a smoker on and off from the time I was in high school till 6 years ago, I quit for 4 and 5 years in there at different times but 6 years ago I decided after my oldest son caught me smoking to give it up for a year.  I gave it to myself for my birthday, it was a one year contract that I had with myself.  I then continued to give myself that gift.  That time I quit was easy, as I was doing it for my kids and for me.  Don’t get me wrong there were times when I really wanted to light up, especially when faced with stress, but each day it got a bit easier and the cravings less.  Which brings me to the e-cigarettes that are now seemly everywhere, is that just trading one habit for another habit?  Are the people who are “smoking” these doing good for themselves?  I have a friend who used them for awhile to try to quit, it didn’t work he smoked both the e and regular cigarette now just the regular.  I am now hearing that these are causing cancer similar to regular cigarettes.  I am also bugged by the fact that users of these feel like they can do it anywhere, like the grocery store.   

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