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In reply to the discussion: Do you smoke cigarettes? [View all]Clearly fogged in
(1,896 posts)20 per pack X 1-1/2 packs per day (30 each day)
210 each week = 10,920 a year
for 40 years = 436,800 cigarettes
Multiply that by the number of drags (puffs) on each cigarette, let's low-ball it and call it 20 - that is 8 million and 750 thousand times. Almost 9 million times that for the sake of campaign contributions and corporate profits people like myself are permitted to poison ourselves and everyone around us. Nine million times reinforcing an addiction or a habit, ingraining that action so firmly that the smell of tobacco manifests itself when someone smokes on TV or in a movie. Odd that the intentions of Jack Kovorkian were found to be criminal, yes?
As a quitter it's been almost 2 years without a cigarette, although once I had quit for 6 years before a single cigarette brought back the nasty addiction.
:rant off