I Was Bad A Long Time Ago lol

[Attalus]

Moni, your temperature and blood pressure sound quite in line for the slender woman that you are. I wasn't aiming that anti-smoking stuff at you, in fact I was questioning the "second hand smoke syndrome" that I am very suspicious of. But, for the record, please try again. I am an ex-smoker, and if I can do it, you can do it.

Originally posted by Attalus: Moni, your temperature and blood pressure sound quite in line for the slender woman that you are. I wasn't aiming that anti-smoking stuff at you, in fact I was questioning the "second hand smoke syndrome" that I am very suspicious of. But, for the record, please try again. I am an ex-smoker, and if I can do it, you can do it.

Well thank you for that reassurance! I have always been considered to be somewhat freakish for registering "dead" when it comes to my BP lol.
I know you weren't aiming your anti-smoking stuff at me, you know I am old enough to know the risks AND to know better. I have been giving it serious thought this past week...easily winded and waking up with bronchitis; obvious signs it could be too late already and not to make it worse. I have been making a habit of blowing out half the smoke I would have otherwise inhaled just two weeks ago. Its a move in the right direction at least and I don't smoke near now what I did when I quit the first time, able to keep it at or under a pack a day. I know if I could do it once, I could do it again, esp after not trying in close to 20 years. Not today though...maybe when I wean myself off of them a little more.

I believe that second hand smoke is a serious threat to people who would otherwise be more succeptable to the dangers of smoking to begin with (Asthmatic nephew above was exposed to second hand smoke by his dad). I also have a younger brother who had half a lung removed at the age of 7 due to lung cancer. He was only ever exposed to second hand smoke unless there was a carcinogen we were unaware of in his elementary school...he did attend a different one than the rest of us but nothing was ever looked into, my mom just up and moved him (and herself) to AZ one weekend when no one (myself, my other siblings) was in town to try and talk her out of it.