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Maki
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I was a young girl when my dad spent multiple times in hospital . Junior high and high school . He was mostly in for Pneumonia and pleurisy . The reason he got those illnesses was never mentioned to me .

Doctors perhaps mentioned to him to quit smoking but this would have been roughly 45 years ago . Heck doctors too smoked and a lot OF them . Of course Big T used doctors for advertising . What a convenient set up for the rest of us .

Many times I didn't know if my dad would make it home . He was so sick . Many times things looked really grim when it came to his health . 

I didn't think he would be at my grad on grad night because he was in the hospital but my dad made it and we had the first dance . ( My guess is doctor didn't let him go ) he would not stay in hospital .. a feisty man he was . 
My dad was a two pack a day smoker .

Nicest man one could ever know .

He wasn't a movie star or musician or high profile man . He was just a regular guy , with regular education , a hard worker , and a heart of gold .


All the things he was in the hospital for could have possibly and more than likely been avoided had he not smoked . Him dying at 67 may never have happened had cigarettes been not deemed as safe and on the shelves . Today big T is paying for support efforts helping people quit smoking to look good ... because they were told to . Ordered to , if you look at court documents . Do they care .. no . Vaping safe ? Really ? 

Smoking is hard on the immune system lets not forget that . We need our immune system in order to fight disease . In order to fight the disease smoking causes and diseases smoking doesn't cause . 


I was never told that smoking may have been the reason my dad was in hospital . He had pneumonia , he had pleurisy , he had a heart attack  but smoking as the cause was never talked about .  Never ! 


Cause of death on an obituary  ? Smoking ?

 It's too late to speak then . Before they died was the time to speak , but that was a different era and most in histime and before didn't know what we know now. I am not even sure doctors spoke much about smoking back then .
Many doctors actually smoked themselves thanks to Big T paying them off . 

It is important IMPORTANT we as Exes speak up and speak out to the younger generation before they start smoking . 

It's important we as Exes speak out to the middle aged and the elderly who are still smoking . Don't start . Quit and Keep the quit . Teach them about Big T tactics and lies . Stop Big T and those who buy into them for profit . Children are still crying over their parents ,  grandparents, aunts, uncles and siblings graves who've died from smoking . 


We are fortunate we know more now about smoking than our parents and grandparents had the chance to .  We are fortunate we have Drs that are more knowledgable about smoking now than in the past . We are fortunate we have internet they never had and we are fortunate we have addiction centres and have support and so .....we don't have to be silent .  Quit , but also speak . Tell your truth . 


Today is my dads birthday . Smoker yes, but he is my dad and my hero . So I'm going to celebrate his life today ! 

Yes,  my dad passed of smoking related diseases . Twenty five years ago he passed away but the disease started long before . It started when he started smoking . Thank you Big T .

Yes I'm being sarcastic and I am angry with you 

               But it's true Big T

                        You took a dad , you took his money , and his health . You left me today alone celebrating a birthday with memories ...l you left me alone barely an adult while my dad fought for his life in hospital and while many still have their parents alive today I do not . You took my mom away from me early too , but they are resting in peace free from your clutches . My kids don't have two wonderful grandparents Big T .  In my eyes I think of smoking as murder really and I'll be darned you take ME from MY kids and my grandkids without a fight and hopefully everyone on this site sees smoking for what it is and you for what your worth . 

Folks stop buying into this gang and pack of lies . Go out and do the opposite of Big T .. go out and save lives , 

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Smoker of 28 years . COPD recipient . My biggest help to quit was reading other successful quitters testimony as well as other quitters who would not give up and kept coming back determined to win . Also , some really hard work and helping others . I’ll have a thirteen years quit June 30 , 2024 . Biggest lesson learned : I learned that the “Just one” lesson is the key to everyone’s quit . Having “ none” not one puff , is the easy way to quit smoking . Post for help if it gets hard and before you have to own up to giving your quit away because if you do your quit can be saved . After the fact starts day one all over .I can’t tell you enough how worth it that is . Quit tools : Made use of my strengths and improved upon my weaknesses . Quit benefits , more time with my family , better quality of life , better self image . How I kept the quit : one day at a time , one step at a time . I told myself like a broken record : “ Don’t smoke ; Do something different “ then literally went and did something different other than smoking “ . Quitting is not complicated .It is really simply one word ( not one puff ever ) or nope , however , it will be the process of self discovery in this journey as you figure out things for yourself that can complicate things . How long will that be ? Well we are all different and we come from different backgrounds and smoked for different reasons so no one can really tell you when it will get easier for you only that it will . Be patient with yourself . Who cares how long it takes anyway because we all came to quit forever . This quit is for life , your life , so embrace it , welcome it , it’s the best thing you will ever do for yourself . The money you save get a bucket list of little rewards and big ones and do them . Change the things you can . Life is worth living . This gets easier , oh my gosh , so much much easier . Give it a season , give it two and you’ll never want to let go of your quit I promise you that . It’s wonderful , absolutely wonderful to be free . Quitting btw was the hardest thing I’ve ever done just like everyone here . I shed buckets of tears for weeks , yelled into a pillow , stuck my head into a cold bucket of water and paced aimlessly in head fog . Was it worth it , every bit of it ! Biggest improvement : , my health , the relationship with my family ( all non smokers thank goodness ) and finances . When I started 2011. I was walking three blocks with the use of inhalers for copd . Latest accomplishment : still on the inhalers no further advancement of copd . June 1 2023. Did my first 10 k . Next goal is my second 10k by the end of 2024 . I’m 68 years years young and I’m an Ex smoker . I was able to take three trips ( out of country ) with my family because I quit smoking . Time I never would have had had I not quit . Money from quitting paid for them . I want to say you are in control , take your power back from cigarettes from vaping or any addiction you might have . Life awaits you , don’t let it pass you by . Make the decision to stop and one day that light will shine upon you and make you a whole new you . Thank you to Quitnet members and Ex members for the support and encouragement to quit and stay quit . That along with my desire never to smoke again has given me a life long successful quit . No turning back , ever .