This past January I celebrated my second year of no smoking. I had smoked for over 40 years and figured that was enough. I never smoked a whole pack of cigs in one day but I still felt short of breath. I hated the taste, hated the smell, but I loved lighting them. I am glad I got that difficult task behind me. Do I feel better? I don't think I really do. I have always been hyper, I gained about 30 pounds that I am now trying to loose, my blood pressure went up after I stopped and I developed an irregular heart beat which may require a pace maker to control.I have heard that if you have smoked for a long time it is better to not stop. But I will never start again. My mother -in-law has smoked for over 70 years she is 87 and still going strong. She smells bad :0) Terry Liane Fossland <lfossland@xxxxxxx> wrote: Been there, done that. I used to smoke a pack a day. All three of my children had to inhale the smoke from both of their parents. I also quit around 30 years ago, but had to chew a lot of gum and hard candy. None = of my kids smoke. I guess I did something right. I've seen people on the show grounds holding their burning cigarettes low enough for the dogs to burn their noses. Lee -----Original Message----- From: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf = Of Stormy435@xxxxxxx Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 9:13 PM To: ELG440@xxxxxxx; showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: A Little Overview... Did! Over 30 years ago. A 3 a day smoker, unless at a party. Met Jim, threw=20 the cigarettes in the trash and haven't smoked a day since. And = haven't=20 missed them a minute Dog related... my dogs hate the smell of cigarettes. And NOTHING wrong with that! Stormy In a message dated 2/16/07 8:03:30 PM, ELG440@xxxxxxx writes: >=20 > Not to make it personal, quit smoking, and do it now. >=20 "You may never know what results come from your action. 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