Smoking has been called, “The most preventable cause of death in the United States.” That sounds so heavy, so final. It makes me glad that I quit, and it makes me wonder why others have not.

It’s a bad time. I get that. I’ve been through some bad times, and some are certainly times that are worse than others. But eventually, the time comes (and it’s as good as it’s going to get).

It’s who I am. I think this is another reason that people don’t quit. They simply cannot see themselves without a ciggy resting listlessly between their fingers, or maybe they have a death grip on it, whatever their personality may be would represent the way that the cigarette is held. I’m going on a bit, but you know what I mean. I think that smoking is kind of a dark, sexy quality. Why do you think that people always smoke after sex? It’s because it’s sexy. And dark because you often are thinking when you’re smoking and it should be something sad that you’re thinking about. I don’t think of a “happy” smoker, although I know they exist.

So there it is, while smoking is THE most preventable cause of death, we still think that there is another tomorrow. And hopefully their will be, but you never know, so hence, another reason that I feel awesome about the fact that I have quit and my body is repairing itself from the outside in.

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