Thanks, Anthony, but I must say, it wasn't all that difficult for me to quit, honestly.  I was a v. light smoker, less than a half a pack a day, and by the time I decided to quit, I was smoking extremely low-tar cigarettes.  I've never found it difficult to stop taking meds or abstain from alcohol.

My baby sister, however, smokes 2 or more packs a day and is quite obese. She's got a smoker's cough and arthritis and cannot walk even a half-mile without getting out of breath, and she's only 38!

Kat


"St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Congratulations to everybody who has been successful in quitting smoking
because it's one of the most difficult challenges, I have heard over and
over again.  I myself fortunately haven't ever smoked and find it to be very
difficult being around people who do, however I don't usually tell somebody
that.

Thanks,
Anthony

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  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Kathleen Salkin
  To: [log in to unmask]
  Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 10:36 AM
  Subject: Re: Comedy Central's


  I wish I could say I quit after my dad got throat cancer, but it took a
bet to make me quit. A co-worker bet me I couldn't and I quit to prove her
wrong.  Best bet I ever won.

  My dad was treated successfully for the throat cancer but died 12 years
later of prostate cancer.

  Kat

  "St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List"
 wrote:
  > In a message dated 2/20/02 7:41:16 AM, [log in to unmask] writes:

  >Oh, and I did finally quit smoking, in 1979!
  >
  >Kat
  I quit in 1983 after open-heart surgery!

  Bobby