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Originally Posted by Katti's Cat
Until then, I defend my right to kill myself any which way I wish.
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As a lifelong non-smoker, I agree but with one proviso - and that is if your smoking is causing some-one else actual harm (*). By which I mean smoking in front of some-one who has respiratory problems f'r example (but only, obviously, if you are aware of such); not mental distress to those who don't like you smoking.
The whole smoking/alcohol/other drugs thing is an area that can get me quite riled up. The whole thing as it sits within the law (certainly in the UK) is a large, hypocritical mess. It seems that drugs are categorised depending on what public opinion is more than what scientific evidence says.
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Originally Posted by desertgrandma
My mother smoked all her life. Even at the end, dying of emphysema, hooked up to an oxygen tank 24/7, she kept looking for her 'smokes.'
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How on earth did you deal with that? (I'm asking partly for selfish reasons, as I strongly suspect that's what awaits both my parents. Both have smoked all their lives, both have tried countless times and using countless methods to give up, & both have COPD (one has both chronic bronchitis & emphysema, the other chronic bronchitis and poss. emphysema))