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Yesterday The photo above describes exactly how I feel as a smoker.  I, along with many other smokers, just want you to mind your own business.  We are well aware of what smoking does to our health and we are just too addicted to care.  Plus, shaming and nagging a smoker WILL make them want to smoke more.  Ask any smoker you know!

Yesterday was my first full day of not smoking.  It was also my deceased mother’s birthday, she would’ve been 47.  As you can imagine, this is not the greatest time to quit.  I almost bought a pack last night, but denied myself and I am very glad that I did.

So, let’s face it.  When you are young and beautiful, smoking looks cool.  It just does.  You are invincible and you don’t have to worry about smoking related illnesses for quite some time.  You don’t think about it.

I’m not sure who this is (above), but the cigarette and guitar are undeniably HOT.

Model (above) smoking cigar in her bra.  It looks pretty cool in the pic, but imagine how bad it would stink up a bedroom.  Stank-cig-smell equals NOT sexy.

James Dean

An old school Lucky Strike ad.  Makes smoking look really fun, right?

Now here’s a shocker.  It’s a kid, probably about 7 years old, smoking a cigarette.  Who took this pic?  Did some sick-fuck think that this was cute?! Notice the temporary tattoo on his arm.  I bet he really looks up to someone and is trying to emulate him/her.  Stick with the tats and drop the cigs kid!

Smoking Makes You Ugly:

BAD TEETH

Below are the teeth of an “occasional smoker” before having them chemically whitened.  Sadly, after 15 years of smoking, mine are very similar to her before picture. ;(

Thank goddess that my teeth do not look like the lady below!!!!!!  Gross!!!!

PREMATURE AGING

It’s no surprise that smoking makes you age faster.  Smoking causes wrinkles (think of those pucker lines on elderly smokers), makes skin leathery, causes “fur tongue” and may discolor skin.

Smoking Makes You Sick & Kills You:

MOUTH CANCER

LUNG CANCER

EMPHASEMA

Smoking is bad for babies, even unborn ones:

I found the following pics and decided to include them for the WTF factor:

Anti-smoking ad geared toward youth:

So this is not as shocking a post as originally intended, but my method is clear.  I’m on day 2 of not smoking and boy I would kill for a cigarette….but instead I am abstaining and trying to keep my mind off of the cravings. 

Day 2

1.  smelling and tasting more

2. lungs feel great!

3. salivating at the thought of a cigarette

Soooo….I managed to kick the drinking habit.  It’s been almost 9 months, but I can’t seem to lick the smoking habit.  I am not a pack-a-day smoker, nor I’m a social smoker.  I’m more of an impulsive smoker.  I just get the urge and I go with it.  I am currently salivating as I write this.  I am currently thinking about buying a pack on the way home from work.  I have quit smoking cold-turkey before, but it wasn’t totally quitting because I continued to smoke on the rare occasion. 

So, here’s my plan:  My next blog will totally gross you out.  I’m going to find the most disgusting smoking related pictures that I can and post them.  Pictures of emphysema patients, black lungs, stained fingers…you name it.  I intend to shock myself into not smoking.

I’m interested to hear your smoking histories and methods of quitting.  I have one friend that says he would get sunflower seeds with the shell and chew on them until the urge went away.  What do you do?  Stay tuned for the grossest blog of life…