After reading this, I've got to say I'm pretty glad I didn't ever start. Two tries my whole life and those were before I was 12 years old. I think the biggest anti-smoking campaign I ever was subjected to was flying trans-atlantic flights from Paris/London to New York on Saudia Airlines. My dad, being an accountant for the airlines, would get tickets anywhere they flew for a stupidly low price (like 90% off) with the only stipulation being standby. Let me tell you how bad it is to sit on a plane for upwards of 13 hours and every arab on-board is lighting up the pipes, cigarettes, you name it.

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It really truly sucks. We'd buy a pair of clothes to wear on and had another pair of clothes plastic-wrapped so that when we'd land, we'd go change and literally throw the other clothes away. It'd be 3 days later and we're still smelling like @$$...

For those who've quit or are trying to quit, hats off to you. Your body and everyone around you will thank you. I'm definitely glad that Florida has the law of "no smoking" in every public place outside of bonafide bars.