Thanks Roy. A recovered thirty-year three-pack-a-day addict myself, who fought hard in at least a dozen attempts lasting longer than a day, I've done some permanent damage. Yes, it's true, even before package warnings at the age of 15 (back in 1969) I had a very basic understanding that smoking was unhealthy. What they forgot to teach us was the power of that amazing chemical comprising just 5% of tobacco's dry weight, and how it would quickly deprive us of the ability to simply turn and walk away.
Instead they taught me that smoking was a "nasty little habit." Oh how I wish that were true! Oh, how I wish youth today here in the U.S. were seeing the same warning as teens in Canada. I understand a bill has been pending in the U.S. Congress for years but that the tobacco industry has fought it every step of the way. By the way, Canadian youth use and dependency rates are falling at an amazing rate while here in my home state they continue to rise : (
There's only one rule that guarantees success to all - no nicotine today, Never Take Another Puff!
Breathe, hug hard, live long, John
