"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 12/18/2016 2:27 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> On Sun, 18 Dec 2016 11:27:17 -0500, jmcquown >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 12/17/2016 1:02 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>>>> On 12/16/2016 11:03 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>>>> On 12/16/2016 7:41 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> I often see people flicking their butts on the way into stores,
>>>>>> malls
>>>>>> and restaurants, and I usually fine myself telling them "Don't worry.
>>>>>> Someone else will pick that up for you".
>>>>>>
>>>>> I'm so sorry you have to see that. I *never* do.
>>>>
>>>> The unfortunate thing is that there are Many smokers out
>>>> there making you all look bad. They had to ban smoking
>>>> on the beaches because smokers thought of them as big giant
>>>> ashtrays.
>>>>
>>>> Presumably these are people who love the beach. Go figure.
>>>>
>>>> Then you have the ones who flick it out the car window, or they
>>>> empty their ashtray onto the pavement.
>>>>
>>>> I don't picture you doing that, ever. That is what people see,
>>>> though.
>>>>
>>>> nancy
>>>>
>>> I certainly don't do that! I don't let the car ashtray get so full that
>>> I feel I need to dump it when I'm driving. When we were driving down
>>> here in my car I kept a bag in the car and would empty the ashtray into
>>> it and toss the bag in a garbage can at rest stops.
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> Why are you still smoking?
>>
> Because it's a difficult habit to break. Nicotene is an addictive
> substance. I don't smoke all that much. FWIW, there is not an ash tray
> in the bedroom. I have *never* smoked while in bed. There isn't an ash
> tray in the kitchen, either. I mostly smoke when I'm in front of the
> computer answering questions like this. Or watching television. Half a
> pack a day at most. I know it's bad for me. I don't need a lecture.
>
> Jill

It took me several tries before it took. I used nicotine tablets for awhile
afterward, easy to get hooked on those too, but you'll quit when you're
ready, or not. This is my meter now.

Seven years, two weeks, six days, 21 hours, 16 minutes and 2 seconds.

Cheri