Addiction
I have a friend who's wife has chronic CPD and relies on oxygen. She cannot walk and used a mobility scooter. During her waking hours she cannot last half hour without a cigarette and because of the smoke filled House he has had to leave her. Up to recently he bought her cigarettes for her but now she has them delivered. He is really saddened but didn't want to die from her nicotine himself.
Lesson. Quit now while you can. I am now 741 days without a cigarette and at 69 years of age consider myself extremely lucky.
Thanks Robn. It is all the more sad that she was our son's tutor and a highly intelligent woman. She was a superb tutor and our son's favourite.
Dobbin, a few years back when i was a smoker i too had a friend who had a lady friend that suffered from emphysema. At that time what i saw that she had to endure ridiculously did not sway me from continuing to smoke. This lady would be puffed out from just a walk into her backyard and back into the house. She depended on oxygen also and to watch her puffing like she had run a marathon was heartbreaking.However, she continued to smoke right up to the end. I NOW ask myself how can one continue to smoke in that state of health? The addiction is so STRONG and when urges creep up we have to remember that smoking will get the better of us even if you still young. Some of us on this site were also young once. Cheers.
I had a cousin in Newfoundland Canada and he had to use oxygen with his emphysema and he was about my age. He died recently although he did quit smoking.
I think we all agree that it is an insane habit but a real difficult journey to quit. I waited 53 years before I finally had the sense to give it up.