|
Aug 10, 2010, 12:56 PM
|
|
|
|
Member Since: Jun 2007
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Posts: 5,518
|
|
Well, HELLO fellow scumbag!   I was once told I'm the lowest form of human being because of my "nasty smoking habit." 
I feel the same as you. I'm always courteous around non-smokers too. I'll admit I'm a little tempted to blow smoke in their face if they really get in mine about smoking though. Sometimes I'll get a long-drawn out lecture about the personal health hazards, but it makes me chuckle. I'm already permanently, totally, and terminally disabled from a debilitating incurable disease - already on my way out. I've lived a good life - why should I prolong my suffering? I have no intention to ask "taxpayers" to dip into their wallets and perform any heroics to keep me alive.
When I was a little girl and my beloved sister a teenager, she used to smoke heavily in the car and it made me sick. She quit years ago - now the smell of smoke makes her sick.
My sister is very concerned about my illness and health status - I'm all she has left. She took me on an autumn vacation several years ago to a place called Washington Island - off the tip of Wisconsin. It was just us, and we stayed in a cabin. It was pretty cold outside, but I knew better than to smoke in the cabin.
Trouble was, she wouldn't even let me smoke on the porch because of the lingering smell. After she fell asleep, I stepped out one night into the darkness, cold and rain to have a smoke before going to bed. I sat down on a nearby chair that had gathered a puddle and smoked my cigarette. Cold and drenched, I laughed at the irony - knowing my sister was so concerned about my health and welfare. 
I've never tried them and I'm not sure if they are allowed, but would those E-cigarettes be helpful to you on your cruise?
|