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Re: mixed blessing perhaps...

Posted by Estella on May 17, 2006, at 7:26:31

In reply to bloody aussies..., posted by Estella on May 15, 2006, at 3:04:50

i'm not sure how i feel about them...

i don't know that i'm going to stop in virtue of them...

part of me has been seriously thinking about giving up for a while now. mostly because of the health issues. i didn't take those seriously for a long time because i was in self destruct mode, but it is harder to ignore when they start impacting on your daily life (as coughing up nasty stuff does).

the pictures make it harder still to ignore... they make the possibility (or probability) or if the packets are to be believed causation a lot more in your face than it was in the absence of the pictures.

on the other hand...

scare tactics tend to make one go 'f*ck you i'll continue to spite you'. heh heh.

<blush>

on the other hand again...

i started smoking when i was 13. i used to be able to buy single cigarettes for 20c at the dairy (7/11). i used to be able to buy a pack of 10 for around three dollars. 15 grams of tobacco for around three dollars.

now there are restrictions on minimum amounts. you can't buy less then 20 cigarettes or 30 grams of tobacco. prices have been forced up by taxation. penalties for selling cigarettes to people under age make doing so prohibitive. the legal age has gone from 16 to 18 to 20.

if those measures were in place when i was 13...
if the pictures were in place when i was 13...

i'm fairly sure i would have never started.

i wish i'd never started.

but now that i'm started... i don't know whether i'll ever give up.

my grandfather (on my fathers side) died of lung cancer.
my father had a quadruple bypass before he was 50.
they said he would be dead within 3 months if he didn't stop.
he didn't stop. but he cut back a lot.
he is still going and he is very close to 65 (retirement) now.
but yeah i guess it will get him in the end.
my step mother said she would leave him...
because she was a widow before meeting my father.
her first husband died of lung cancer.
but she hasn't left him.
and he has made a concentrated effort...
but it is hard.

i guess i wanted to smoke to be like my dad.
and now i'm not particularly keen on being like my dad...
but i'm still smoking.
ironic eh.


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