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Janet

In article >,
says...
>
> On 7/23/2013 7:49 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> > On 23/07/2013 1:55 AM, Cheri wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Good for you, I've been off cigarettes for:
> >>
> >> Three years, seven months, three weeks, four days, 6 hours, 52 minutes
> >> and 14 seconds. 39998 cigarettes not smoked, saving $10,999.27. Life
> >> saved: 19 weeks, 5 days, 21 hours, 10 minutes.
> >
> > Three years and 23 days for me since I gave them up....having smoked on
> > and off. I had previously given them up for 17 years and thought it was
> > safe to tray smoking occasionally.
> >
> >>
> >> But I got hooked on the nicotine lozenges for quite a while after
> >> stopping cigarettes. That was a hard habit to break too, but I am
> >> nicotine free and happy about it. Stay off of them!
> >
> > That it the problem with substitutes. You change one habit for another
> > and then when you think you liked the old habit better you go back to
> > it. It is better to sniff dirty ash trays or to hang out by the
> > doorways where the smokers are coming back in after their power smokes
> > and you get the chance to see ho bad you would smell if you joined them.
> >
> A neighbor came over the other day to look at an item I had for sale. I
> met her at the door and warned her this is a smoking household. She
> stepped in and took a deeeeeeeep breath! She said, "I quit smoking five
> years ago, I'm living vicariously!" LOL Yet other non-smokers have
> commented the house doesn't smell at all smokey. Go figure.

I'd figure they were telling you a little white lie :-) Trust me, to
non-smokers there is no such thing as a smoker OR a smoking home that
doesn't smell of it.

Janet UK