I want to stop smoking, but I have a friend who smokes who is? -

I want to stop smoking, but I have a friend who smokes who is? -

telling me I shouldn-t quit. I told him my reasons for wanting to quit, like it-s too cold to go outside at work to smoke, and at home I quit smoking inside when I got my kitten a couple months ago and I want to save money. He tells me at work, to smoke in the bathroom. If I was caught smoking in the bathroom I would not only be fired, but given a nice fine due to a smoking ban that says no smoking in public buildings. At home, he tells me to smoke inside that he smoked around a cat before and the cat was fine. I don-t feel that my cats life should be at risk due to my bad habit. And as far as the saving money thing, he tells me to roll my own. It is cheaper, but still cost a lot of money, and my health insurance I pay for privatley is much higher due to the fact I smoke.

I-m going to stop regardless of what he says. I tell him he may enjoy smoking, and he may continue to do so, but I need to stop. He doesn-t think I should. It makes it a little discouraging trying to give up something so hard, when you have someone trying to tell you that you-re making a bad decision.

Why in the world would someone not encourage another person to stop smoking? Is there some reason that someone would think someone giving up cigarettes is bad? Even other friends who smoke tell me it-s a good idea to try and quit.

I was young when I started, and regret it everyday. I know it was a very stupid decision so please don-t say anything like well you should have never started.

ThanksSmokers are a dying breed (excuse the pun) and this is probably why your friend is trying to convince you not to stop smoking. Not so long ago smokers where everywhere, it was accepted everywhere you went and non-smokers were look upon like high maintenance type people or party poopers... these days people are starting to come to their senses. People want better lives for themselves, they want to live longer, be more healthy and active and take pleasure in their fresh and vibrant lifestyle... smoking cramps that lifestyle image in a huge way (at the very least).

Your friend I would say just doesn-t want to be alone when he cops the filthy looks people give when they see you smoking, smell your breath, notice the yellow stains on your fingers and more. There is security in numbers and if you stop smoking, to him, it-s like losing one of the troops. Furthermore, I would go so far as to say he knows smoking is crap, he knows he needs to stop but he doesn-t feel he has the willpower to stop so if he gets you to keep smoking, he won-t feel so bad about his own addictions.

Ignore him, or anyone else for that matter and stop smoking because you know that it is right for you. Trust me it will be one of the best decisions you have ever made.I wonder if he is afraid of loosing his smoking buddy. Unfortunatly, when a smoker quits, they often dont hang out with their friends who are smokers as much as they did before. But, if he doesnt respect you wanting to quit, he isnt a real friend anways.They tell you that so that they don-t feel as though they are on the outside, being all alone doing the thing they shouldn-t be doing. Misery loves company, don-t you know.DO NOT LISTEN TO THAT FRIEND! Probably because they feel bad about it, and want to drag you down too.i speak for thousands of people when i say this but yes you are the wiser one ...if he is bumming off of you occasionally maybe that could be a small part of the reason otherwise he knows no better and that is his own mindset . you have made a conscious and intelligent decision to quit.Pat your self on the back.shounds like ur friend has no brain no offence but its true, it will kill her or him and u if u continue, each cigarrete is 5 minutes of ur life GONE u cant get it back, so stop smoking and u will feel better about urself, NIGARRETE NIGARTETTE U CAN BEAT THE CIGARRETE!

I want to stop smoking, but I have a friend who smokes who is? -

Is it good to give up smoking if you have been smoking all your life and over 80? -

Is it good to give up smoking if you have been smoking all your life and over 80? -

i had an argument with a health professional the other day, i said :

its bad for a very old person to stop smoking, as when you stop smoking all sorts happen within your body , and could cause greater infection by the introduction of a small virus which leads to a secondary infection, all old that smoke are from my point of view better interested in keeping on smoking all those over 80 :)My father in law had a stroke in his late seventies and he had smoked since he was 9 years old. His GP told him that he really should give up but by doing so would probably cause more problems than resolve. Bless him he lived a further 10 years.My Late Grandfather used to smoke 100 cigs a day. When he was 21 he went to the doctors with a cough. The doctor told him that smoking will kill you one day.
My grandad lived to be 102, but one day whilst out going to the post office, he was knocked down by a Benson - Hedges wagon.
So you could say smoking got him in the end...They do say it-s never too late to give up lol

Personally, I don-t think your body would take the shock!

What did the HP say in reply?it is actually better to stop smokning, but can be dangerious to do so in someone of that age (depending on there general health)

the safist way to stop is to do so slowly, as stopping in one go will have adverse health affects like huge ammounts of mucus in the lungs, and the withdrawl symptoms.Hi,if you are 80 then carry on smoking - be happy.Do not listen to the preachers - have a very happy life.Good LuckI personally gave up smoking 50 years ago and am thankful for that.
However, if you are 80 and been smoking all your life, there doesn-t seem to be any point in stopping now. It-s not done you much harm!
What would bother me a bit, is the fortune you must have spent on it all. Mind you, it must have given you a lot of pleasure.Have you been looking at my Atavar`??Sir, Respectfully I will share with you that SMOKING will decrease the age of your life, how about having CHRIST for sure it will increase 100 % of your life.My grandmother smoked up until her system just flat quit one morning. She was 96 and lied to the doctors when they asked if she smoked. She was a very sharp minded little old lady, who was going blind and deaf in the last year but otherwise very healthy!

I do not think one of these older persons should quit smoking. Especially if they are otherwise fairly healthy.I agree with you,I find alot of heavy smokers who give up tend to get cancer soon after. Smoke on!well i think that you should stop smoking no matter what age that you are. but from a practical standpoint if you were to stop smoking at age 80 (depending of course on how long you have been smoking) it really is not going to do much as the damage has already been done and stopping is not really going to help very much as whatever damage there is is already to far advancedI would tend to agree with you but I am anti smoking myself. Although I would not condemn someone who does as it is their body and up to them what they put in it.If you-ve hit 80 whilst smoking,why give it up now? I-ll be happy with 80 and I don-t smoke.if you still enjoy smoking when your over 80 then carry on,why go through weeks of withdrawal symptoms at that ageIf you-re over 80 and it hasn-t killed you yet why bother stopping? As my nan always said it was one of her few pleasures, why stop it?

And incidentally i have never smoked in my entire life and don-t plan on starting, i just don-t see what additional harm it could do to someone who is already 80 and it hasn-t affected! Unless they really wanna quit let them carry on!As it takes 10-15 years to reduce all health risks to those of a non-smoker is it really worth it?
I don-t know about infections but the stress of trying to give up would probably be riskier than carrying on.
Both my non-smoking sister and I (20 a day) have the same heart condition and neither of us are even 60! Doctor hasn-t even asked if I-m trying to quit!!!!You-ll never grow big and strong if you don-t give up!

(it sez -ere)no point cos it takes about 10 yrs to get clean out your system,id be happy if i got to 80,heres to your next 10yrsIf you have smoked all your life,and you are now in your eighty,s, I would try and consider cutting down, if at the moment it as affecting you health I would try and stop

Is it good to give up smoking if you have been smoking all your life and over 80? -