On Jan 6, 9:58*am, "Eisboch" wrote:
"hk" wrote in message

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Some years ago, I was at a breakfast meeting in Chicago *with some of the
officers of an international union. The exec veep lit up, and I said,
"Jesus, Tommy, would you put out the f*cking cigarette or I'll puke in
your eggs, and stop smoking before it kills you."

That must have been quite a few years ago. *Smoking at meetings, dinners, in
public places went out by the 1990's either by law or by social pressure.

I used to smoke like a chimney, but have cut back significantly in an
attempt to stay healthy as long as I can. *Hopefully this is the year I give
it up entirely.

I still smoke occasionally, but only in designated places even at my own
house. *If I have an itch for a butt on the boat, I go out in the cockpit
area. *If people are visiting that I know don't smoke, I don't smoke. * We
don't allow smoking in our house, but we don't forbid anyone from smoking
anywhere outside.

I think it should be a personal choice, not legislated. *Long term smoking
is a tough habit to kick and I admire people who have successfully done so
completely. *Success is gained by encouragement, not by condemnation or
punishment.

Eisboch

I quit quite a few years ago. Funny thing is, still, even after what
I'll bet is 7 or so, every once in awhile I still get the urge. I also
have a friend who's wife smokes one cigarette daily, every evening
when she gets home from work. I told her that if I only smoked one
cigarette a day, I'd quit, and she said that believe it or not, she's
just as addicted to that one cigarette as she was when she smoked a
pack a day.