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Martian · 09-09-2005, 01:15 AM

denim - Not everyone who smokes is a lifelong smoker. I've smoked for three years now and will until my first child is born. That's my deadline; I'll need to quit for the nine months prior anyway, because there's no way I'm smoking around a pregnant wife. Hell, I once had a pregnant roomate and cut back severely just for that (I refused to even smoke on the balcony, because she was an ex-smoker and I didn't want to tempt her). Could it kill me by my late 20's? It could. So could owning a car or going out in the sun every day or any number of other things. I view it in terms of risk management and the risk of smoking having any real long term effects is minimized if I quit while I'm still young.

I think that's sort of what bad jane is getting at. There coes a point when the some factor in your life causes you to want to give them up. Sometimes it's something like a child or a signifigant other, sometimes it's just being sick of having to miss part of the baseball game. Until that something comes along you're not going to quit successfully and it's pointless to attempt to do so because other people say it's bad for you. Like bad jane, I don't want to quit yet, so I'm not going to attempt to stay off it. When the time comes that I do want to quit, I will and at that point it'll probably be as simple as never smoking another cigarette. It's all about motivation and at this point in my life I don't have any.

EDIT - also I'd like to point out that I frequently have non-smokers in my apartment and my car. Since I smoke on my balcony there's no reason for my apartment to smell bad and when I smoke in the car I roll down all the windows. The leather upholstery has a stronger smell than the smoke does. So yeah, I can say with confidence that neither smells bad.

09-09-2005, 01:15 AM	#60 (permalink)
Martian Young Crumudgeon Location: Canada	denim - Not everyone who smokes is a lifelong smoker. I've smoked for three years now and will until my first child is born. That's my deadline; I'll need to quit for the nine months prior anyway, because there's no way I'm smoking around a pregnant wife. Hell, I once had a pregnant roomate and cut back severely just for that (I refused to even smoke on the balcony, because she was an ex-smoker and I didn't want to tempt her). Could it kill me by my late 20's? It could. So could owning a car or going out in the sun every day or any number of other things. I view it in terms of risk management and the risk of smoking having any real long term effects is minimized if I quit while I'm still young. I think that's sort of what bad jane is getting at. There coes a point when the some factor in your life causes you to want to give them up. Sometimes it's something like a child or a signifigant other, sometimes it's just being sick of having to miss part of the baseball game. Until that something comes along you're not going to quit successfully and it's pointless to attempt to do so because other people say it's bad for you. Like bad jane, I don't want to quit yet, so I'm not going to attempt to stay off it. When the time comes that I do want to quit, I will and at that point it'll probably be as simple as never smoking another cigarette. It's all about motivation and at this point in my life I don't have any. EDIT - also I'd like to point out that I frequently have non-smokers in my apartment and my car. Since I smoke on my balcony there's no reason for my apartment to smell bad and when I smoke in the car I roll down all the windows. The leather upholstery has a stronger smell than the smoke does. So yeah, I can say with confidence that neither smells bad. __________________ I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said - Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame