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<blockquote data-quote="witzend" data-source="post: 634149" data-attributes="member: 99"><p>I'm an ex-smoker for 22 years now. I quit after smoking a pack and a half a day steadily for 18 years. I can honestly say that taking up smoking was the open door to every vice I ever had, legal or illegal, and was absolutely the wedge between my father and I. I would do most anything for a smoke. Well, not <em>that</em>, but most anything else. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> Not to excuse my dad calling me a sl-t and slapping me around at aged 12 when he caught me smoking, but if I had not been so addicted I would have made other choices with my life that I think in hindsight would have been better for me and for <em>my</em> family. If it hadn't been so forbidden I probably would <em>never</em> have tried it.</p><p></p><p>I can be driving down the road and if the person in the car in front of me is smoking I can smell it. In truth, to this day I <em>love</em> the smell of fresh cigarette smoke. For a moment. But the lingering stale smell is awful and it always comes to that.</p><p></p><p>It doesn't bother me that they are now saying that they want to limit smoking outside. I used to have a nice home around the corner from some apartments and every day all day long you'd see people standing outside on the sidewalk smoking. It was <em>so</em> white trashy looking! I couldn't see the sense in it. Hopefully they're going to paint and clean carpets when people leave, so why not let them smoke in their homes? I don't want to see a bunch of tattooed teenagers smoking on the sidewalk! I really don't care if people smoke in their cars, either, so long as they use their <em>ashtray</em> for an ashtray, and empty it at home.</p><p></p><p>I think that the world would be a better place without tobacco. I feel that it's shameful the way cigarettes are sold to children in other countries. They smoke a lot more in NC than they did in OR, but that kind of goes to figure - Winston, Raleigh, Salem, need I say more? I'm glad they banned it in restaurants, and I suppose that if there were places for people like Janet that want to smoke in a restaurant and only allowed adults that would be ok with me. The genie's out of the bottle on that one. But if no one ever started smoking again it would be a good thing. And E-Cigs are <em>not</em> the answer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="witzend, post: 634149, member: 99"] I'm an ex-smoker for 22 years now. I quit after smoking a pack and a half a day steadily for 18 years. I can honestly say that taking up smoking was the open door to every vice I ever had, legal or illegal, and was absolutely the wedge between my father and I. I would do most anything for a smoke. Well, not [I]that[/I], but most anything else. ;) Not to excuse my dad calling me a sl-t and slapping me around at aged 12 when he caught me smoking, but if I had not been so addicted I would have made other choices with my life that I think in hindsight would have been better for me and for [I]my[/I] family. If it hadn't been so forbidden I probably would [I]never[/I] have tried it. I can be driving down the road and if the person in the car in front of me is smoking I can smell it. In truth, to this day I [I]love[/I] the smell of fresh cigarette smoke. For a moment. But the lingering stale smell is awful and it always comes to that. It doesn't bother me that they are now saying that they want to limit smoking outside. I used to have a nice home around the corner from some apartments and every day all day long you'd see people standing outside on the sidewalk smoking. It was [I]so[/I] white trashy looking! I couldn't see the sense in it. Hopefully they're going to paint and clean carpets when people leave, so why not let them smoke in their homes? I don't want to see a bunch of tattooed teenagers smoking on the sidewalk! I really don't care if people smoke in their cars, either, so long as they use their [I]ashtray[/I] for an ashtray, and empty it at home. I think that the world would be a better place without tobacco. I feel that it's shameful the way cigarettes are sold to children in other countries. They smoke a lot more in NC than they did in OR, but that kind of goes to figure - Winston, Raleigh, Salem, need I say more? I'm glad they banned it in restaurants, and I suppose that if there were places for people like Janet that want to smoke in a restaurant and only allowed adults that would be ok with me. The genie's out of the bottle on that one. But if no one ever started smoking again it would be a good thing. And E-Cigs are [I]not[/I] the answer. [/QUOTE]
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