I've smoked for probably 25 years. Up until 10 years ago, I was at least a pack a day. Then I quit for 2 years. Then I started and quit repeatedly over the years. In the past 10 years when I was smoking I'd say I was a light smoker, having less than 10 a day. I quit 2 months ago now, pretty much cold turkey. I don't know why, but something seems different this time. I still have the urge, but I don't have the desire. I think I have just got paranoid, and every time I had a sore throat or something, I'd think I had throat cancer, or lung cancer. We'll see. My number one rule is not to have cigars while golfing. This always seems to lead to, more cigars and eventually cigarettes.
For those talking about smelling smokers, one of the things that really bugs me now, is, my kid has a friend and as soon as I walk into my house I can tell if her friend is there, as I can smell smoke on her clothes. She has the type of parents who smoke in the house and in their truck with the kid in it. The kid is only 10, and I'd say the chances of her smoking when she is 15 is moreso than kids whose parents don't smoke around them.
That's another thing I should say, while I did smoke over the years, I never did it in front of my kid.
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