Is Smoking Cigarettes Cool?

[Dale Cooper]

Originally Posted by montanamom

I guess if it was just kept to this, it wouldn't be so deadly, right? I mean, eating a candy bar or drinking a glass of wine on occasion is not going to have devastating consequences. But having to take a "break" every 30 minutes or so to eat a candy bar or drink a glass of wine is probably going to cause you problems, right?.

I was a smoker for 18 years, I get it. It is relaxing to smoke, it is even fun to smoke. It goes great with a cup of coffee or a beer, something people who have never smoked don't understand. And, it's not easy to quit, but no way is it impossible.

I quit when I saw what a slow, painful, horrible death my 38 year old cousin endured from lung cancer because he refused to even try to give them up. I saw the pain it cause his two young sons. It was one of those sons that found him dead. I realized then it was the same as playing Russian Roulette - you've got to have a death wish to continue. I don't mind dying, but I decided I didn't want to go out of here gasping for breath, coughing up bits of my own tissue, and knowing all along I did it to myself.

I still carry the extra 20 pounds I gained after I quit, but never any regrets.

But is that extra poundage as unhealthy as smoking?

I don't know. Just asking.

[Roadking2003]

Originally Posted by AONE

Look at an image of someone with lung cancer. Still cool?

Using your logic you wouldn't drive a car. Looking at mangled bodies from a car wreck is not cool.

[Katarina Witt]

Originally Posted by Dale Cooper

But is that extra poundage as unhealthy as smoking?

I don't know. Just asking.

No, not 20 lbs.