(October 22, 2017 at 1:24 am)Cecelia Wrote: Good luck with never returning to cigarettes. The longer you smoke, the harder it is to quit. I was fortunate to have only smoked for about a year, before deciding to quit when I heard on the radio that smoking reduces your lifespan by 11 minutes per cigarette. I didn't have it too hard--because I was more of a social smoker, and hadn't been at it too long.
I'd estimate I only smoked about... 400 cigarettes before quitting. That's 3 days off my life for one year of smoking, and I was a light smoker. You can lose years of your life. And then end up getting congestive heart failure, have trouble breathing...
I quit about 14 years ago. Hopefully in 14 years you'll be able to say you've done the same.
I smoked for 36 years. The only times I didn't smoke was when I was pregnant. I smoked approximately one pack per day. I'm glad I quit, but you're right - all those years of smoking came at a cost. I have to do upwards of 6 breathing treatments a day and if I have to walk a far distance, I have to use my inhaler. Oh the costs of having a habit.
Glad I quit though. I better for it and so is the family.
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