This just occurred to me.
I was reading another thread and a very bright lady (hi Lainey!) had posted that her husband quit smoking 32 years ago. She said he was tolerant but that he really did not understand what she was going through.
I realized that this was not the first time I'd read that sentence, or one like it...
[i]My husband/wife/brother/sister/uncle/aunt/friend quit smoking 15/20/25/30 years ago, and just walked away from it cold turkey and never looked back, and he/she really doesn't understand why I've had such a hard time quitting.[/i]
Suddenly it occurred to me... OF COURSE!!
Much has been written lately about how the cigarette manufacturers have, over the years, perfected the addictive quality of their product, utilizing a multitude of additives to ensure that each smoker stays a smoker.
TWENTY OR THIRTY YEARS AGO IT WAS EASIER TO QUIT. The manufacturing process was not nearly as complex, nor were the cigarettes tainted with so many additives. Goodness, I don't know why this never occurred to me before.
NO WONDER the smokers of years ago are perplexed by the level of quit difficulty for today's smokers!
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B]1/1/2007
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 165
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 4,950
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $495.00
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 17 [B]Hrs:[/B] 1 [B]Mins:[/B] 37 [B]Seconds:[/B] 6
