Smoking

gave up that nasty habit years ago, trying to get my youngest son and daughter to quit now

Hard NO!  Tobacco smoke aggravates my allergies.  I avoid being around it as much as possible.

I have never smoked but my parents were chain smokers until they discovered how unhealthy it is, then gave it up cold turkey, but years later it was still a factor in their deaths. The damage is permanent and subtracts 8 years on average from a person's life.

When about age 4 my father had me make a record, reciting The Night Before Christmas.. when I got to the part "and the smoke encircled his head like a wreath" I started coughing because my father was smoking in my face and I pleaded with him to stop. I had bad asthma, which was aggravated by smoke.

Some vices are more damaging than others.. Smoking bad! Dressing good!

I never even tried one. My parents smoked and it made me sick. I remember long car rides and they would smoke and I would feel like vomiting. I have kids that smoke and I wish they would stop.

Hi Carolyn,

No, I never smoked.

Alice

I never had the desire to smoke. I had a friend in high school that constantly tried to get me to smoke. I was well aware of it not being healthy for you and also didn’t have the money to waste on it either. But crossdressing, that I have know problem spending money on.

My mom smoked, and I had my first asthma attack at age 7. At the time they didn't even have albuterol, I was just put into an oxygen tent in the hospital. As an adult, my lung capacity is decreased, and I'm sure second hand smoke is a factor. My mom eventually gave it up, but the damage was done.

At my Bar Mitzvah (age 13), it was customary to pose for a gag photo. I was laying with my head in my sister's lap with a napkin over my forehead, a half empty bottle of liquor near me, an unlit cigarette in my mouth. My brothers had put matches in the toe of the shoe and looked like they were going to light it. I hated having the cigarette in my mouth (even unlit it was disgusting). There is a sign near me that says "Today I am a man."  I really didn't want to take the photo, but almost forced to, being told that someday I'd look back and enjoy it. Guess what? 50+ years later, I still hate the photo.

I never smoked, never had any desire to smoke, and don't have the desire in the future to smoke.

My Father died of lung cancer, he was a two pack or more a day guy, I learned from his mistake.

Oh yes, the car rides, there was always a cloud of smoke as both my parents would light up. I can remember being yelled at for opening a window.

Peer pressure, I gave in a few times, when I was young. I maybe smoked a pack or two, but that was it. I remember once I had lipstick on, seeing the mark on the cigarette was different.

I too know I have lung damage from breathing all the second hand smoke as a kid. I was tested when I was in my thirties when I joined a running team. The doctor asked me how long I had been smoking, I told him I didn’t. Yes, a smoking family hurts all in the family.

Hi Alice, good for you!!!!

Like you, I hate breathing in others smoke, some can be so careless about others.

I do smoke very little, but actually more in femme mode. Wonder, if this is another means to distinguish between femme and regular male mode?