Ex-smokers are the worst.

My sister is a secret smoker.  No one else in my immediate family or even in my extended family smokes.  My grandmother quit smoking when I was a very young child.  And the non-smoking message was preached to us about as heavily as the 'Jesus Saves' one (we were Southern Baptists).

In my class last night, we took a 10 minute break about 2 hours in.  When we all returned to our seats, the woman sitting next to me apologized for "the smell."  She had gone out for a smoke and was concerned that we would be bothered by her cigarette smell.  Things are different in California, I guess.

Rice, I can understand you need to evagelize the "truth" that you've "found" about smoking and quitting and not starting.  It's the same feeling most of us have after we've completed our first triathlon and then want to get all our friends and family involved too.

Good luck with staying a smoker.  Supposedly, for every year you're not smoking, your lungs clean out a year of smoking.

I just found another benefit of quitting smoking. It's been over 2 years for me so I called my life insurer yesterday to inquire about lower premiums. My annual premium will decrease by almost 70%.

Hmm, that's enough for an iPod nano, some fall cycling clothing and a few concert dvds to watch during the winter when I'm on the trainer.

I AM a pain in the ass when it comes to smoking and damn proud of it.

I'm an "ex-smoker" of 13 years, and hell no will I ever consider myself "always a smoker". I no longer can stand the smell of that sh!t - whether it is in the air, on another person, on my clothes and I can't stand when someone else's cigarette smoke stinks up my hair!

People look stupid smoking, are even stupider if  they don't think it's harmful to their health and the health of those around them who have to inhale their smoke as well.

Now drinking on the other hand....     (oh, I can be pretty stupid if I drink a lot too!)