It's not too late (probably)

Quit before 40, and you can probably stave off an early death


http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/quitting-smoking-by-age-40-erases-most-of-the-risk-of-an-early-death/2013/01/23/6446668e-6585-11e2-9e1b-07db1d2ccd5b_story.html?hpid=z2

1/23/2013 8:20:55 PM

smoking = instant turnoff

1/23/2013 8:25:08 PM

So if I want to deter qntmfred, I need to start smoking?

1/23/2013 8:27:24 PM

I'm the guy on the right, but I hate the rep. Its very possible to toke and be a productive member of society.

1/23/2013 8:28:54 PM

I have smoked a pipe for years and have smoked cigarettes off and on. I used to smoke them pretty regularly, but now I get a pack every once in a long while.

1/23/2013 9:03:59 PM

Word.

1/23/2013 9:05:22 PM

my dad died this past christmas eve due to lung cancer. he started smoking when he was 16. he died at 53.

enjoy your cigarettes.

1/23/2013 9:12:41 PM

I'm sorry to hear about your father, NRR

1/23/2013 9:13:34 PM

I smoked off and on since I was 17. I feel like I finally quit last October, I'm now 32. Considering how difficult it was to quit, I don't plan on ever smoking another one.

[Edited on January 23, 2013 at 9:45 PM. Reason : /]

1/23/2013 9:45:07 PM

Did you use my smoking cessation aides?

1/23/2013 9:52:16 PM

I smoke a pipe or cigar maybe two or three times a month. I feel like I'm pretty safe.

1/23/2013 9:54:50 PM

Quote :

"my dad died this past christmas eve due to lung cancer. he started smoking when he was 16. he died at 53. "

I quit several years ago, glad I did.

1/23/2013 9:56:33 PM

1/23/2013 9:59:12 PM

I quit three weeks ago. I'm now steady rocking the patch, gum, and lozenges. This is the most resolve I've ever had, and I'm definitely feeling more sympathy for folks with other addictions.

I tried without the replacement stuff at first, but the withdrawal/cravings (and my inability to suppress them) made me feel really pathetic/bad about myself. I've been much better with the patch and whatnot, and I'm also having some awesome nicotine dreams. Last night, I went to work to discover that my job was to take care of Jerry O'Connell because he was really, really drunk--no clue why it would be Jerry O'Connell in my dream. Another night, my mother took my motorcycle away, and I was super pissed at her because I had very important, top secret plans to ride it while applying my eyeliner. But the coolest one so far had zombies, dogs (not humans) that turned into werewolves somehow, and crooked cops that kept undermining my attempts to escape the zombies and werewolf-dogs. The patch is awesome.

1/23/2013 10:22:31 PM

My grandmother smoked her whole life and died at 87 after intestinal surgery. My mom has smoked since she was 11. She's now 74 and still smoking. I started when I was 15 and quit at 39. Chantix ftw!

I'm 43 now. Off the 3 month supply I got, 3 people quit.

[Edited on January 24, 2013 at 1:16 AM. Reason : addendum....]

1/24/2013 1:13:18 AM

1/24/2013 1:16:56 AM

never been high in my life.

1/24/2013 2:55:52 AM