Heaven beside you, Hell within!

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Ja, smoking is a no-no.
My ex-gf is a smoker and she was starting to get those wrinkles around her mouth, like a cat's anus. It's no good. Your clothes stink, the house stinks, your fingers are yellow and kissing a smoker is like kissing an ashtray.
But the worst thing  is what you can't see: atheromatous plaques. Ja, I have seen those first hand. A vascular surgeon pulled those out of a guy's leg in theatre in front of me. When he handed it to me it looked like a long bleached booger and it was of a rubbery texture. That is what was coating his arteries. Get that build up in your coronary arteries and one day it could be unexpectedly 'Game Over'

So all the best wishes in quitting. You'll be much better off and you'll be able to climb a staircase without wheezing at the age of 65.

If I could nuke all cigarettes I would do it. Sometimes I think Dennis Farina's quote in 'Snatch' is the best. He was in a restaurant and someone at the next table was smoking. He got up and said to the guy "If you agree not to smoke I'll agree not to come over to your table and fart while you are eating"

Sums it up nicely.

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The other thing that may be a problem (and I have experienced this twice), is that when you are a non-smoker and you go out with somebody who smokes, then there are actually three parties to that relationship: its you, the girl and her smokes.
If there is an argument, then the girl and her newly-lit cigarette will scowl at you from amidst the smoke and that will be her barrier. That cigarette is her buddy, its what she confides in.

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@ Dr Righteous

If you smoke again, I will mail you a piece of cancerous lung with some stringy atheromatous toppings and some brown tooth scrapings as a garnish.  :-P

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"...but take it from me you can even tell a lass is a smoker when "heading south of the border"..."
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That's an interesting thing. I have had two girlfriends that smoke, and they had a different taste (when comparing one to the other). In fact I would say all those sausage wallets have a different taste, maybe some research is needed into that.

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 :lol:

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@ Agafaster

"...the act mentioned by our friend in Colchester I like to describe as "sipping from the furry chalice". ..."
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My mate, it is never that elegant.
Sure, it starts like a butterfly sitting on a petal, but it finishes like a bulldog eating porridge.