Why don't you smoke?
name the 2 most important factors that prohibits you from smoking.
This information will be used for a study about smoking cessation techniques.
The information will be confidential and no identities will be revealed.
2007-08-01 07:55:40 · 20 answers · asked by ? 6 in Health ➔ Other - Health
How long do you have? Maybe you ought to call me, it would be faster.
For one, I nursed my 62 yearold mother until her lungs filled with fluid and she had no lung power to cough it up. She drowned. It was a terrible way to die. Stage 4 lung cancer. The surgeon told us it was EVERYWHERE. They even found it in her brain.
My mom could easily have lived another 20 years. She could have seen my daughter graduate Rice University in December. She could have answered the phone any of the 200 times I've stopped myself from calling because she's gone. She would've been a great grandmother in very few years, and would have celebrated her 40th wedding anniversary, too. We lost all that when she died. And that's a damn good reason not to smoke.
If that's not enough, it's smelly, dirty and very expensive. It's polluting the air, and I despise when someone stands nearby and pollutes the air I breath. I think it shows weakness in character to have been stupid enough to start, and I think the people who are truly addicted are facing a life-threatening dilemma. God give them grace.
Debbie
2007-08-01 08:09:20 · answer #1 · answered by TX Mom 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I smoked for 35 years and then quit 4 years ago. I won't start back for several reasons, health concerns and being made to feel like a second class citizen by society in general, plus it was hard to quit and I don't want to go through that again.
2007-08-01 07:59:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
1. I woke up every day for 17 years listening to my mother hack and cough for about an hour.
2. I've seen how smoking effects your ability to recover from surgeries and illnesses
3. I'm entirely too cheap to have a habit that is that disgusting and costs that much.
2007-08-01 08:00:04 · answer #3 · answered by mist_dark 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Have lost family members from lung cancer.
Cigarettes cause lung cancer and other serious health problems.
I quit in 1980 after 30 + years of smoking.
2007-08-01 08:01:00 · answer #4 · answered by Matt D 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
1- I don't want to get sick.
2- Even the smell of smoke makes me dizzy that I throw up.
2007-08-01 08:09:16 · answer #5 · answered by PRSD 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because honestly it looks tacky and also I don't want to spend all that money on a carton each week or two times a week. That is a lot of money lost.
2007-08-01 08:06:40 · answer #6 · answered by Fallen 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
1. Gave in to family pressure to quit
2. Expensive
2007-08-01 07:59:52 · answer #7 · answered by lady25mo2001 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's unhealthy, I listened to the ads that say so.
It's expensive, who needs another vice in the life!
2007-08-01 07:59:29 · answer #8 · answered by simplepleasures 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1. it is hazardous to myself (cancers etc.) AND to others around me including the earth
2. it is a waste of money i could spend in more productive ways
2007-08-01 07:58:55 · answer #9 · answered by freespiritede1986 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
1) Its a bad way 2 spend money on
2) Can cause you to die
2007-08-01 07:59:22 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋