[at-l] Quiting smooking -- [Was: Re: Holiday Greetings & a New Year's res...

[Jim Bullard]

Actually cigarettes were 20 cents a pack. I was in the Army and they could
be bought in the PX for $2/carton, but I was smoking cigars (rum crooks) at
$1 per 5 pack, not cigarettes.

Hiking is healthy. Smoking isn't. I've seen several people die from smoking
including a former employee. She fought for he "right to smoke" when they
banned smoking in the workplace. The last year of her life she spent tied to
an oxygen tank and died only 2 years after retiring  early at age 55. And,
as in the case of Peter Jennings, it can sneak up on you. He had stopped
smoking several years before he was diagnosed. The sooner you quit the
better, but late is better than never.

It can be argued that hiking is only healthy if you do it or some
appropriate conditioning exercise regularly (i.e. 3-5 days/week), otherwise
you are a "weekend warrior" and putting a strain on your heart and
respiratory system that they aren't accustomed to.

On Dec 27, 2007 8:01 PM, <cvano at tmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:25 pm, Jim Bullard wrote:
> > I quit in 1966. I was getting married and decided it was an expensive
> > habit that I didn't need.
>
> Good Gawd.  They were 30 cents a pack then!  In machines!  I was gonna
> quit when they hit 4 bits.  There over 5 bucks a pack now.  I'm 55 and
> been smoking 2 pks a day for 44 years.  But I still hike!  That's
> healthy, isint it?
>

-- 
Jim Bullard
http://jims-ramblings.blogspot.com/
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