Blowing smoke.

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I'm going on 11yrs. tobacco free. I smoked for over 25 yrs. and stopped cold-turkey. I had a head cold and the cigarettes tasted horrible. After 2 weeks I realized I could quit. My taste buds changed, my sense of smell increased, and a flight of stairs doesn't hit me like 3 glasses of Scotch anymore . Unfortunately , my wife still smokes.... I wish she would quit.

Good luck. Chewing gum helped too

[Danny Lectro]

Good on ya, Kevin. Keep it up!

I never smoked, but my Dad did until the day he died. He didn't believe that second-hand smoke was harmful, so he constantly smoked inside the house. I would get respiratory infections every couple of months, but he refused to believe there was a connection, even when the doctors told him. After he passed, you could still smell the smoke that had been absorbed by the house, even years later. When I moved out on my own, and was no longer exposed to the cigarette smell everyday, my senses of smell and taste eventually opened up, and I was amazed at what I had been missing.

[mickey1938]

I started smoking at the of 14, smoked 4 packs a day until 1992, 1996 I was put on the list for a Lung Transplant, on Friday August the 13th at 8:04 am 1999, I got my call, they had Lungs for me, after 10 days in the Hospital I was home without any breathing equipment at all, and I've been good without any rejections at all in 13th years this coming August 2012.

Your Another Hero of mine, Great job to you all, lets keep smokeless, and make sure that the kids of today learn whats good for them.

A Clean Home is Fantastic, and to be able to Smell your Loved ones is good!

Edited June 25, 2012 by mickey1938

[Harry P.]

So Friday the 13th was actually your lucky day!