Did smoking get cool again when I wasn’t looking?
September 7, 2008
When I stumbled across this picture on the sharinghope.tv ”quitting smoking” channel , I was hoping to see a quit-smoking success story. I can never resist a person who smiles with his whole face. Sadly, this man died as a result of lung cancer. His son, known on sharinghope.tv as melhale2002, posted the picture in remembrance of his father and to remind others of the devastating effects of smoking.
I’m still on an anti-smoking kick from last week for two reasons. One, the Great American Smoke Out is only two months away and it would be awesome to see some homemade stop-smoking videos on Sharinghope.tv.
And Two? I just came back from a wedding where I watched a high percentage of twenty-something college grads duck out of the ballroom every 20 minutes or so to grab a cigarette. UGH!
Is smoking on the rise again? Are we not doing enough to convince our youth that smoking can KILL?
I lost two grandfathers because of smoking and they were only in their 50s. My sister and I used to call grandad Darth Vader because his emphasyema caused his breathing to sound just like the Star Wars villian. What I remember most of my other grandfather was the smell of his pipe. Lung cancer whittled away at his 6’2″ frame, killing him when I was just five.
I know smoking is one of the toughest habits to break, but why are so many still starting?
Entry Filed under: Quit Smoking. Tags: lung cancer, quitting smoking, sharinghope.tv.
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1. Joe Camel | September 8, 2008 at 8:06 am
The reason !.2 billion people worldwide are smokers is because it’s the best antidepressant.known to man. It also works as a tranquilizer and stimulant at the same time.And it smells and tastes good. Nuff said?
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3. kara | September 8, 2008 at 10:59 am
Welcome, Joe Camel, and thanks for your comment. As someone who has battled depression since my teens, I do appreciate the need to stave off a dark mood. Still, I can’t say I see the evidence that smoking helps depression. I posted a longer response today.