He had almost stopped smoking completely – after recently being shown, in the mortuary, the blackened lungs of a man who had been a heavy smoker
I was a very heavy smoker, had smoked since I was 12 or 13yrs old & I stopped for 2 reasons..
My Dad got emphysema
The hospital I worked at was banning smoking on campus, & by that they meant any staff, found more than 3 times to of broken that rule, got fired, & they really did it.
Obviously my Dad getting emphysema was a much bigger catalyst & I didn’t mostly quit, I totally quit, I think I tried one cigarette at old time, & I didn’t like it & put it out. Now I’m at the point I just don’t think about it, until something like this makes me think of it. I don’t see myself ever starting again.
Oh yeah, & emphysema, it’s one nasty bitch.
