@@josephmedina6403 and make sure it's the the real cowboy killers too, Marlboro Reds. Not Marlboro Mediums (now called the Red Label to make things more confusing) and not the Marlboro Lights (now called the Gold Label). I don't want them diet cigarettes.
I'm a veteran, alcohol and cigarettes addiction actually destroyed my life. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Got diagnosed with cptsd. Not until my wife recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. Much respect to mother nature the great magic shrooms.
I love hearing great life changing stories like this. I want to become a mycologist because honestly mushrooms are the best form of medicine (most especially the psychedelic ones) There are so many people today used magic mushrooms to ween off of SSRI medication- its amazing! Years back i wrote an entire essay about psychedelics. they saved you from death buddy, lets be honest here.
Thanks for sharing your story. That's rough I sympathize. Save your health save your mind. Life is better without heroin, cocaine, alcohol and cigarettes. And you have more money in your pocket. God bless everyone who has rejected the devils intentions to be addicted to alcohol and cigarettes etc which can cause so much damage to health. I will pray for you all.
its easy for me. ive quit multiple times for years at a time with no real problems. i do enjoy the shit out of smoking though even after ive quit for 3 years i can start again cause its enjoyable
They don't know the cause of the need to dose nicotine, so they keep removing the RESULT of the problem (nicotene) instead of removing the CAUSE of the problem.
April of 2018 I was diagnosed with emphysema (COPD). I did some tests to determine how much lung capacity I had and found out that I was at 27%. Simple things like showering, carrying in a bag of groceries, or walking the dog can leave me bent over gasping for breath. I smoked cigarettes for about 50 years and was aware of the health risks. I'm not making excuses or looking for sympathy, I have myself to blame. If you smoke please stop, it will save your life. If you don't smoke don't start, spare yourself the agony of struggling to breath.
@WeeStrom CO Guy Think more clearly about what you're conveying here. You want to put down what someone says because of how you judge their name? If you find the comment about "purple syrup" silly (which it seems to be, no argument), then just say that. But why ridicule a name, something we're given at birth? How seriously can a comment like this be taken?
My grandpa was a huge smoker back in the day. He was a 30s man, and a living chimney. But one day out of nowhere, he was about to light another cig but hesitated before crushing it and dropping it to never smoke again. He lived to 83.
That's strange, my grandfather was the same, he smoked heavily for decades, then one day in his 50s, he was at work and lit a cigarette, thought it tasted horrible for some reason, stubbed it out, and never smoked again. Neither my grandma or anyone else in his family could believe it, but he lived to 82.
Those guys could actually quit whenever they wanted, both my grandfathers were the same. Idk wtf they put in cigs now but its definitely different from back then@@thefrenchareharlequins2743
I'm two years sober from nicotine. The hardest thing I ever did was stop. Keep in mind- the more times you try stop, the more likely you will eventually stop.
He lived in Naples at the end of the life and was a client at the wealth management firm I worked at. I never spoke with him but my colleague was assigned his account and it would give her chills when he's call her to say "I need to make a transfer into my checking account" in that distinctive voice of his.
@@jillwinterberg6570 Lol, that voice of his is pure gold. Iirc, they forensic files producers referred to his voice as "the franchise" because lets be honest that show wouldn't have been nearly as good without him.
Hahaha I dunno if you would reaffirm that sentiment if you knew who actually first issued public PSAs about the negative health impact of tobacco. It wasn't Americans in the 60s, it was Germans in the 30s, and Germans in the thirties were, well, yaknow, the bad guys from WWII movies.
Its not the tobacco itself that is the danger, its the added chemicals they adulterate it with. From its growing to its curing and processing, and the bleached paper you smoke it in thats what is cancer causing and responsible for the addiction being a significant problem. The Native Americans were supposedly the first people to cultivate tobacco. If tobacco was cancer causing they would of been the first to know it, yet never considered it dangerous. They in fact considered it a sacred plant and tobacco was ceremoniously used, and even has some properties that help balance certain states. Like grounding for instance, even thought theres a lot of Air element in smoking which is mental in nature, it uses the transformational and clearing element of Fire to catalyze Air with Earth into the body and has a grounding and aligning of the mind/body. It technically involves all elements although moisture levels are minimal. Its only since the commercialization of tobacco its been a problem. Thats actually another issue with commercial tobacco, inhibiting mold. Cause if moisture levels in tobacco are too low the smoke is harsh, loses its flavor, its body and character. So to have a moisture level for a smooth smoke its chemically treated to prevent mold which is really really dangerous to ever inhale.
I started smoking cigarettes since my teenage. Got addicted for over 23 years. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my mom recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 6 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.
Amen God bless people. Save your health save your mind. Life is better without heroin, cocaine,alcohol and cigarettes.And you have more money in your pocket. God bless everyone who has rejected the devils intentions to be addicted to alcohol and cigarettes etc which can cause so much damage to health.
I wish they were readily available in my place. Microdosing was my next plan of care for my husband. He is 59 & has so many mental health issues plus probable CTE & a TBI that left him in a coma 8 days. It's too late now I had to get a TPO as he's 6'6 300+ pound homicidal maniac. He's constantly talking about killing someone. He's violent. Anyone reading this Familiar w/ BPD know if it is common for an obsession with violence.
@Pedro Gunderson I'm on year 5 and 5 days Or day 1,830. I will never smoke again but because I can keep track of when I quit how is it discouraging. I remember being so excited that I went 1 month or 3 months or 1 year.
Many years ago I worked in a grocery store. People came in to buy cigarettes who were in their 70s, so I thought, humm, cigarettes must not be so bad after all. However later I found out those folks who I thought were in their 70s were actually in their 50s.
In Australia I see many people like you described. They are in their 40’s and 50’s but look 20 years older. They started smoking In their teens. Their faces have wrinkles that look like cracks, and dry reddish looking skin. They also look thin in a lot of cases. What can you do.
@@davidaustrian9455 Im Australian and yes your right, to many folks like that here. Drugs too age you really quickly. Meth is the worst. My father is 71, he did the smoking thing 50 years ago like everyone else but stopped after a few years. He barely has a wrinkle on his face and is in much better health inside and out than most people you see on the street. Smoking now goes hand in hand wth lower socio-economic status, so there are more factors than just smoking itself
I started smoking cigarettes since my teenage. Got addicted for over 23 years. Cigarettes addiction actually destroyed my life. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my wife recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.
I wish they were readily available in my place. Microdosing was my next plan of care for my husband. He is 59 & has so many mental health issues plus probable CTE & a TBI that left him in a coma 8 days. It's too late now I had to get a TPO as he's 6'6 300+ pound homicidal maniac. He's constantly talking about killing someone. He's violent. Anyone reading this Familiar w/ BPD know if it is common for an obsession with violence.
Psychedelics/psilocybin made me quit a lot of bad habits and gave me a more positive outlook on life and the appreciation for other people.The day after one trip I came out as a better me, nothing can compare, I owe it to psychedelics, it cannot be described in words.
My dad died of end stage lung cancer from 57 years of heavy cigarette smoking. He was 70 yrs old. He was a kind, fun, honourable, and good guy who's habit caused cancer. He fought hard to hide his illness. One day my family's hearts dropped when he was quickly losing the fight. He was given 1, yes 1 week if he kept on smoking. He quit immediately and was with us no more than 6 weeks. Poor guy died in a hospital bed at home in the living room, on hospice. He was home about 2 and a half days. I think this is good enough reason to not start smoking. I don't smoke. He is my hero. Cancer is an ugly disease.
@durgle435070 isn’t that old in this day and age. Lifespans are averaging at late 80’s to early 90’s once you reach 40. The average lifespan of 81 is due to infant and adolescent mortality. Reasonably healthy people should have no problem making it to 90.
I was a smoker, but one day, the cigarettes started to taste very bad, almost like if my brain rejected completely anything related to cigarettes, just imagine to smell and taste the most disgusting thing you can imagine, that was my case, and till this date I still feel like that everytime I smell cigarette smoke.... miracle, coincidence, I dont know.
Same thing happened to me, I started smoking less and less everyday then some days I wouldn’t smoke at all, then I started hating the smell on my clothes. Now I don’t smoke at all.
I'm 36, I've been a smoker since I was a preteen. it's definitely one of my biggest regrets.... and I'm sure it's a regret that is only destined to grow bigger.
I quit smoking on 6/6/06 dont miss that shit at all . Still have some other habits I need to lose . Best of luck to anyone tryin to quit smoking or any other habit/addiction
o 44 its much easier in my opinion though. You just get depressed because your brain is withdrawing from dopamine. After 2-4 weeks you’re good. I’m still craving a cig almost a year after quitting and battle not to smoke any when I’m drinking
When I was a caregiver I remember a sweet old lady who had an oxygen tank attached to her wheelchair and it went with her everywhere. I asked her one day "What advice would you give me about life" and she said "Don't smoke, it's just so bad for you. Look at me" She was such a nice person and though I did smoke at parties and the casual bullshit smoking phase we all go through I eventually stopped altogether and almost 16 years later I still remember her. Smoking just demolishes you and you pay for it one day.
@livey oone cigars are different from cigarettes. Cigars dont feel great whenever you inhale their smoke while with cigarettes you need to inhale it to feel any sort of effect
@livey oone i know what you mean, although that guy had outstanding genetics. just look at his military picture and compare it to the average joe the same age as him. dude was a beast in his day.
Well, that's good for YOU dude. I smoked them for 32 years and quit 7 years ago and I feel like shit! When people ask me (assume really) if I feel much better I say 'hell no...if anything, I feel WORSE!' This is because I have other health issues and they're getting worse.
I quit smoking in 1999 and just the smell of a cigarette triggers a craving. The satisfaction of a good nail, the flavor and associated sparkly feeling.
It was allowed everywhere except the operating room.. You could smoke on airplanes, television airings, newscasts, even teachers in class while teaching! Then they pulled it one by one..with restaurants and bars being last.. And here we are today👍
@@chrishorv7099 I can't imagine being on an airplane...I remember being picked up by the daycare bus when I was a 3-4 year old man the driver would smoke around us and I felt like I was going to die from the smoke my lil lungs couldn't take it.....
Hang in there Lone Star. Each day the urge, although still strong, does'nt last as long as the day before. When you feel the temptation, take your mind off it with a hobby, excersise, or even reading. Once you occupy yourself with something else the urge will go away. Best of luck.
Around the 3 week mark you're going to wake up and forget to want to smoke, if you managed almost 2 weeks you should not have a problem quitting, just remember, if you smoke only once, its all going to repeat. Also if you get into a situation in which you have a huge need for a cigarette, just tell yourself your're better than the smokers around you and keep doing it, the thirst will pass in a few minutes and you'l be glad you did not smoke. (Cigarette free for 2 and a half years, smoked for 6)
Picked up my first cigarette at 3yrs old. I remember my grandmother had her pack sitting at the end of the table with a pack of matches. I was curious of why they would smoke those things. Also I remember my grandmother would get me the candy cigarettes. I remember I would smoke on and off up in till I was 14yrs of age to get that rush and then at 14 when my mom died it became my personal friend. I've smoked ever since. When ever I don't have a cigarette, it's as if I've lost my best friend. I get irritable. My message is to anyone who is thinking of smoking, DONT! It's not worth what it does to your health. Also nicotine is addictive. It's been proven to be very addictive. Plus I personally know it's addictive. It's not a habbit it's an addiction.
I had a teacher in high school who smoked. He warned all his students telling us what an awful addiction it was. I remember him telling us if you quit now your lungs will recover in about 6 months. I guess he had given up on himself. He later died of full blown aids.
What I find funny is that the same people that shamed everyone for blowing cig smoke everywhere and the "dangers of secondhand smoke" are seemingly fine with the non-stop marijuana smoke you smell everywhere in every city. Feels like you can hardly go anywhere without smelling weed smoke coming out of someone's car, on the street corner, etc., and no one says anything. Isn't it still second-hand smoke, or is this different somehow?
It's not quite as dangerous (neither is second hand tobacco smoke, but that's a different argument). I've supported legalization for decades but am also tired of smelling it everywhere.
You think "anti cigarette" stuff was a democrat thing or something? also, I rarely smell weed in public, and I live in a city with legal weed. You're being a bit silly here. And yea, weed smoke, though still not healthy, is not comparable to tobacco smoke, healthwise.
@miket.220 not all smoke is equal lol. Ask a firefighter if they'd rather inhale smoke from a wildfire or smoke from a car/house. Humans have been sitting around fire for thousands of years. Cigarettes have 500 or more added chemicals that are all terrible in their own ways. Even worse than pure tobacco alone. That applies to second hand smoke as well. None of it is great for you, but it absolutely varies depending on the substance. Also, I'm as far from republican as a person can be.
Cigs are both addictive AND habit forming. The beauty of stopping, is that within a couple weeks, after the chemicals have leeched out of your body, you forget that you ever were a smoker. And if there is a pang, a nostalgic longing that hits you once in a while, it passes very quickly. If you smoke and want to stop, Allan Carr's "The Easy Way to Quit Smoking" is excellent. Good luck!
I smoked for around 40 years. For many years I only smoked 2 to 3 cigarettes a day. My lungs are fine. I quit because my Wife didn't like it, they are expensive and I don't believe they do me any good. I really enjoyed them. I haven't smoked for around 6 years. I believe smoking affects people differently. Some people who smoke live to be over 100. I also believe that if you only smoke 2 to 3 cigarettes a day it hurts you less than a heavy smoker. I would not recommend the habit to anyone. I also feel that if you have to give up everything you enjoy where is the reason for living. I believe it is a persons own business if they choose to smoke. Many habits done to excess are harmful. If a peron is obese that is probably as harmful as smoking.
@@christophersmith4156 Yes, he took his life aged 77, because he suffered from colon cancer for more than a decade. Smoking is a contributing factor to colon cancer.
I don't think that guy is tobacco crazy he would rather hear or see children being aware of the history of tobacco as well as the harm that tobacco can cause from early ages so the youth won't smoke like the generations before them.
I was in the second and third grade in 1988. We focused on the harm from cigarettes. Surely we talked about addiction, but it doesn’t stick in my mind the same as coloring a healthy lung pink and a smoker’s lung gray. I think addiction is important to discuss, that you can’t quit anytime you want. But we were also talking about drug addiction at that age. I did the infamous DARE program in 1991. Obviously, just saying it’s addictive isn’t enough. However, constantly beating fear into kids doesn’t work either. I would love to see if there’s some connection between the Just Say No overreaction of the 1980s and those who chose to start smoking despite what we know. BTW- love the Tobacco Institute guy who scoffs at the info, but does nothing to refute it.
Im now 4 months and 3 days smoke free and two years soda free lol my kids are much happier i feel so much better breathe better smell better skin looks better im no longer coughing im walking daily and i went from 258lbs just a hair over 6ft and im now down to 221lbs its really crazy and my testosterone levels are off the charts no roids either drug free just excersize fairly healthy diet of mostly greens fruits seafood chicken and tuna i feel great if u really want to lose weight and become healthier its definitely a lifestyle change but really worth it imo and i you transition slowly u will notice u feel better by the day oh and another thing i found as a smoker i got sick more often abd since quitting not once no flu shot and ive been around the virus a few times this winter good luck
Since 14 stealing cigs from adults and hanging around the local vfw where they had a cigg vending machine lol so from 14 and im currently 34 next month 35 so oh wow holy shit i smoked for 20 years! Sad very sad and my doctor just had my lungs checked out and amazingly theu are as if i was 21 and never smoked!
I started smoking when I was 14 or 15. I was hooked with only one cigarette. I knew they were harmfum, but I told myself that I would quit if I got sick. Little did I know how addictave they were. I tried to quit for about 3 decades by just about everything known to mankind, but nothing worked. I gave up trying to quit even though I had bronchitus and early copd. On Aug. 5, 2010 I was home and I smoked the last cigarette I had in the house and I told myself "now would be a good time to quit". Right then I received the faith of a mustard seed from The Lord. I bowed my head in prayer and asked Jesus to take away my addiction. He did immediately and I knew it. I had no withdrawals and I also quit alcohol with no withdrawals. I told my wife when she came home from work and she just blew it off as she had heard it so many times. After several months and not smelling smoke on me she proclaimed "you really did quit smoking". I owe it to The Lord.
Got to remember that the harmful effects of cigarettes were mitigated somewhat by their otherwise super healthy diet and lifestyles back in the day. I mean my grands smoked and drank like chimneys but they ate sparingly and spent 15hrs a day on their feet. Compare that to modern high carb, high refined sugar, sedentary lifestyles.. and sure you're going to see a hell of a lot more cancer.
I knew this old guy 20 years ago. He said when he was young his doctor told him that the only negative side effect of smoking was that it would stunt his growth.
My father started smoking at 14, a stereotypical heavy Marlboro man and i mean it. One day as the self sufficient man he is he was trying to get a toolbox from the cabin and fell on his head, had to do an immediate surgery to take a small internal bleeding from his brain, after the surgery he stayed in the hospital for 2 weeks and was prohibited from smoking, he almost lost his mind due to his body kicking thr addiction off. Now, he is 75 going to be 76, man is tough as nails and still does anything i do and i am 22. Malboro men are built differently.
I took one cigarette at the age of 18 while I was in the military & haven’t stopped since. Don’t do it I feel like shit afterwards & people notice your smell immediately.
I remember where I was exactly when Yul Brynner begged me (I took his warning personally!) to never smoke. I was five when that commercial came out, which also announced his death due to smoking. Because of that commercial, I’ve never done it. I wish everyone would quit. So many health issues and premature deaths 💔
Right, because they lived through a time where smoking was very prevalent. I think you would be mistaken if you were to say that their smoking is what caused their long life
@@Clarkticus There's no way to know for sure if they would have lived longer or shorter without smoking but it's interesting to think about. It's possible that it helped increase their lifespan due to the purported neuroprotective effects of nicotine etc and there was a study, for example, that showed pipe smokers lived longer than non-smokers. Maybe they just had good genetics and would have lived to that same age regardless of what they did or maybe if they hadn't smoked they would have lived even longer.
Breathing the air of a city turns out to be far worse for your lungs than smoking cigarettes. Sure, they’re not necessarily good for you, but the danger has been way over blown.
@@smelltheglove2038 I am an RN. I’ve taken care of a multitude of people over the years who’ve lived through torturous week, months, and years before blessedly passing away to be free of their pain - all due to smoking. I’ve seen postmortem what smoking does to organs. I’ve also seen what effect quitting before any emphysema, COPD, etc. sets in, and their lungs sound and look almost as healthy - if not as healthy - as someone who’s never smoked. Don’t try to kid yourself or anyone else that anything else is worse than smoking for your lungs/body. Except maybe being morbidly obese. If you have both, your life expectancy usually drops by 20 years. People who survive until their octogenarian + years by smoking every day are the exception - not the norm.
So grateful to have been able to quit, finally, after trying to get pregnant (having cut down to five cigarettes a day) for many years and suffering multiple losses….. How did I finally quit? I was reading every book, watching every video on reproductive health, and heard one thing that made me stop cold: that “smoking causes the placenta to “clamp down” on the fetus, restrict oxygen and nutrient flow”. Three months after I quit, I was blessed with a successful pregnancy that I carried to term (after suffering 3 miscarriages in previous attempts as a smoker). My son is now a glorious, healthy, nonsmoking/vaping 21 year old man. (Currently in his 3rd year of film school, with a promising future!) Thanks David for your videos- I’ve been enjoying your RUclips for many many years (back when I wondered why your channel only has a few thousand subscribers) I am delighted to see your subscriber count blossoming! One million is on the horizon!
I am thoroughly convinced that smoking is one of those things that affects people on a case by case basis. My paternal grandmother whom is 81 this year has been smoking consistently since she was 12 years old give or a take couple of times she quit for a month or two in an attempt to kick the habit. She's not in the greatest of health with emphysema/COPD, she is on oxygen these days and still smokes like a freight train. Conversely I've known people who started smoking around 20 and died of lung cancer in their 30's. At 35 I eat healthy, exercise daily and stay miles away from cigarette's because of how randomly it seems to affect people among other reasons, I know it's bad for you all together. It's just wild to me how some people can smoke their whole lives and still live to an old age and others can die within a few years of picking up the habit.
Like thousands of other things in life it most certainly affects people on a case by case basis. How many people out there lived pretty harsh lives and still managed to get to a really old age. Good genetics and a bit of luck is involved. Some people never drink or smoke, eat healty, work out and still die young while others live unhealthy and get to 80-90y old.
My mom would take me for checkups when I was about 4 or 5. I remember the pediatrician examining me, listening to my heart, with a lit Chesterfield between his lips. circa 1963
I remember seeing an advertisement in a magazine. It showed the marboro man lighting up in the background shows people in oxygen tents. It just said welcome to marboro country
I smoked almost 3 decades , glad got rid of this addiction. Mind you it took me several attempts to quit. I wish i never started smoking. I feel great also saving $$
I've done a lot of drinking, drugs, all kinds of addictive things. Smoking was the hardest to quit. Even today, about s decade later I have the urge sometimes... but then I take a deep breath and feel the enjoyment I get when my lungs are full of clean air.
I remember reading that when the British Health Minister Iain MacLeod made the same announcement concerning the relationship between tobacco ans cancer while actually smoking.
@@Ken-fh4jc Then I would guess maybe your parents didn't smoke. My addiction started as a kid being exposed 24/7 around adults in the 1960's / 70's. Then I bought my own at age 13. I quit at age 58.
Began smoking at 14 in 1954 and finally quit in 1977 (23years). Surgeon General's Report gave me the will to finally overcome this terrible addiction. Am now 84 (2024) Still breathing.
"Many non-smokers act as though smoking is a matter of choice" Well, it is. And I say that as a 40-a-day-guy. It IS a choice, nobody forced me to do that and I knew before I lit up my first cigarette I'll be addicted in no time.
I think it hit me when I was riding in the car with three other guys. I was smoking but I wasn't addicted yet and still am not, and two of them just started freaking. Asking me to short them over and over again, I wound up shorting one of them but the desperation was shocking like one of them had the jitters even before I pulled out my pack. I'm just gonna stick to weed.
I quit smoking 15 years ago, but we have 5 kids now and I got so stressed out one day I started smoking again damnit and now it seems even harder to quit. My News Years resolution went to hell.
💥 My grandmother smoked till 90 years old. I asked why she stopped at that age. She said that she finally discovered that cigarettes were doing harm to her. 😮😮😮
I've been a habitual smoker for 60 years, and the trouble is that i thoroughly enjoyed it. I have no expectation that i will live for ever, just make sure that a carton of Winston are buried with me.
I began smoking at 18, in 1980. Around a pack a day. Tried to quit one time in 1986, didnt even last a day. Then on July 3, 2008 I was outside having my last smoke before bed, and something told me "this is your last cigarette. You'll never smoke again." I swear to God I never picked up one again. It was hard as hell for 5-6 months, but I knew if I picked up just one, I'd never quit again. In 3 months, I'll be 16 years clean 😊
I tried many times to quit smoking and different methods but finally did quit... The method that got me over the hump was buying the shittiest cheapest nastiest tobbacco and used the patch while smoking.. Naturally smoked less until smoking was no longer enjoyable... Now when I want a cig I put a cough drop in for that throat burn that I miss... Hope this helps someone
Smoking caused my mother's early death at 67 due to COPD. She smoked from age 16 up until the few months prior to her death. My dad was a Lexington smoker for 25 years...in 1983 he had a mild heart attack and literally threw his box of cigarettes and lighter in the bin. He is still alive at age 84.
I was led to the believe lifespan average is three score and 10 so (70 )so on average with your parents your beating that .im sorry your mum didn’t make it over 70 but if we accept 70 as average it’s great if we beat it and enjoy drinking smoking and any vice we might enjoy in life .its better to enjoy life than live old craving for things you deny yourself so you can be older
Interesting to learn about the history of smoking. It certainly did not repel me, but rather intrigue me. I do have to admit that I caught myself with the fact I rolled three cigarettes while watching this short documentary.
Quit smoking after 17 year. I don´t miss that shit either. Norway is $11.00 a pack. i gained weight after i did which is common for quitters, so i started riding bike to work (16 miles to work back) and i also started to eat healthier, quit sugar drastically (im more addicted to sugar than i was to cigarettes). I can´t stand cigarettes and the smell anymore. But will give myself atleast a year before i can consider myself smoke-free. I was mostly mentally addicted to it so it was not that hard for me as my body for some reason does not crave nicotine so badly. I could go for 2-3 days often without a puff so why not just quit for good. So so long Camels and Marlboros. I wont miss you.
@@houseis Holy shit. No one can seriously feed their habit without buying smuggled cigs, right? Black market must be huge which in my mind increases the risk of teens and kids having easier access to nicotine.
I mean, I quit cigarettes years ago, but to this day, sometimes I’ll be walking into a store and see a half smoked cig in the ashtray and my brain will scream at me like Sam Kinison “SMOKE THAT SHIIIIIIT!” I never do, but it happens. Nicotine is a helluvadrug.
Dang right, It's like when I smoke that voice in the back of my head knows it is bad but by god I enjoy smoking a cigarette. To me their is something relaxing about smoking a cigarette
I used too as well when I was in college (actually I was the one who got a lot of my friends into smoking) but there came a point when I simply could not live with the guilt of destroying my lungs like that. I quit soon after and have stayed away for more than a decade. You can do it too!
Edward M. Brecher (1912-1989) ..was an American science writer and book author, best known for his contributions in addiction research, human sexuality, and for his advocacy of rights for people who choose to commit suicide. In a 1979 article in The New York Times Magazine. Brecher, who was diagnosed with colon cancer a year earlier, argued that people with terminal illnesses should have the right to end their lives in the manner, time, and, place of their choosing. The article predicted how he would end his own life, which he did 10 years later, in his West Cornwall, Connecticut home.
i'm a smoker and i always tell people to not smoke, he is right about talking about addiction, this notion doesn't run amongst young groups (guess why) the "numbers" about health harm are bad interpreted and they use your stupidity to scare you, when they say "UP TO 100% MORE LIKEHOOD OF THIS AND THAT..." it mens that if you have 1\20 likehood of dying of X disease, it becomes 2\20 by smoking all the time... that's why i also hate anti-smoking campaigns, i hate the idea if that beeing a stigma while reading of bad effects of "plant integrators" that sound super healthy while they lately discovered that thay cause liver diseases (because you take a super concentrated SHITLOAD of plant chemicals for no reason, compared to normal vegetable intake) the only people that should really make you angry if they smoke are youngs and pregnant women, i've known only one person dead pereamturely bcs of cigarettes, and another bcs of asbestos lung cancer... and he smoked as well (don't shit with that, they are two different kinds of cancer) not smoking in public places? smoking stigma? PASSIVE SMOKING CANCER?? .. BOUGHT HOUSE OF A SMOKER WITH CANCROGENOUS WALLS?????????????... FUCK YOU!!!
@@AnHebrewChild got a very serious lung infection while living in China, physically couldn’t inhale smoke. When I finally could again after 2 weeks, walked outside lit a cig, looked at the pollution all around me, looked back at the cig and stomped it out. Done cold turkey, haven’t smoked in 10+ years
Here's how they sold you cigarettes back then - ruclips.net/video/JSdy4bdpe-E/видео.html
I'll take a pack of them cowboy killers
Proof of all Historic Claims are Required.
How much did you pay George Bush to be the Cowboy at the beginning of the video or is that a friend deal...?
@@josephmedina6403 and make sure it's the the real cowboy killers too, Marlboro Reds. Not Marlboro Mediums (now called the Red Label to make things more confusing) and not the Marlboro Lights (now called the Gold Label). I don't want them diet cigarettes.
"I miss my lung, Bob!"
I'm a veteran, alcohol and cigarettes addiction actually destroyed my life. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Got diagnosed with cptsd. Not until my wife recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. Much respect to mother nature the great magic shrooms.
I love hearing great life changing stories like this. I want to become a mycologist because honestly mushrooms are the best form of medicine (most especially the psychedelic ones) There are so many people today used magic mushrooms to ween off of SSRI medication- its amazing! Years back i wrote an entire essay about psychedelics. they saved you from death buddy, lets be honest here.
Thanks for sharing your story. That's rough I sympathize. Save your health save your mind. Life is better without heroin, cocaine, alcohol and cigarettes. And you have more money in your pocket. God bless everyone who has rejected the devils intentions to be addicted to alcohol and cigarettes etc which can cause so much damage to health. I will pray for you all.
This man was 25 years old at the time of filming.
Tim Lewis haha. Nice. Is he still a character on the Simpsons? I haven’t seen a new episode in years.
It cut him off before he told us what to teach fourth graders.
This guy looks so much older, he graduated with my son in 2002
@@brianglade848 It's because he quit smoking. When you stop, you age really fast.
A B ... LOL!
“Quitting smoking is easy. I’ve done it thousands of times”. - Mark Twain
vaping the best thing ever
@@MickDoolan no
@@MickDoolan vaping may be worse. We know that cigarettes kill you. Vaping is an unknown, but it's definitely not good for you
its easy for me. ive quit multiple times for years at a time with no real problems. i do enjoy the shit out of smoking though even after ive quit for 3 years i can start again cause its enjoyable
They don't know the cause of the need to dose nicotine, so they keep removing the RESULT of the problem (nicotene) instead of removing the CAUSE of the problem.
April of 2018 I was diagnosed with emphysema (COPD). I did some tests to determine how much lung capacity I had and found out that I was at 27%. Simple things like showering, carrying in a bag of groceries, or walking the dog can leave me bent over gasping for breath. I smoked cigarettes for about 50 years and was aware of the health risks. I'm not making excuses or looking for sympathy, I have myself to blame. If you smoke please stop, it will save your life. If you don't smoke don't start, spare yourself the agony of struggling to breath.
Don't they give you that really nice purple syrup though?
@@bobbybabinjr.4388 you're an idiot.
@WeeStrom CO Guy Think more clearly about what you're conveying here. You want to put down what someone says because of how you judge their name? If you find the comment about "purple syrup" silly (which it seems to be, no argument), then just say that. But why ridicule a name, something we're given at birth? How seriously can a comment like this be taken?
Okay
👌
My grandpa was a huge smoker back in the day. He was a 30s man, and a living chimney. But one day out of nowhere, he was about to light another cig but hesitated before crushing it and dropping it to never smoke again.
He lived to 83.
Gosh, I expected that "he was about to light a cig, but a stroke claimed him at 32" Your version is definitely better!
That's strange, my grandfather was the same, he smoked heavily for decades, then one day in his 50s, he was at work and lit a cigarette, thought it tasted horrible for some reason, stubbed it out, and never smoked again. Neither my grandma or anyone else in his family could believe it, but he lived to 82.
Sounds like tough men
Literally could quit whenever he wanted
Those guys could actually quit whenever they wanted, both my grandfathers were the same. Idk wtf they put in cigs now but its definitely different from back then@@thefrenchareharlequins2743
I almost died several times of a heart attack from smoking in my 50’s. As of this writing, I’m 13 years smoke free.
I love a good cigarette with my coffee in the morning. 🚬 ☕️
Your lungs have been healing and appreciating it for the last 13 years
Are you still alive?
@@barneyronnie of course.
@@kokolovitch56are your health good ?
i didn‘t smoke for over 6 years then i startet elementary school
looks like you didn't quite finish lmao
HahHaAHAhaHahaHa this is funny humor
Did you drop out when you sparked your first ciggy
O,g lol 😂
Same here. I started in the 3rd grade. Smoked for 54 yrs.
I'm two years sober from nicotine. The hardest thing I ever did was stop. Keep in mind- the more times you try stop, the more likely you will eventually stop.
Congratulations. i can confirm this. I tried it 10 times cold turkey. This time was the easiest and it will be permanent.
you probably didn't inhale @@strangeballads
It's not that hard bro. You just don't have any real problems in your life.
i quit a 30 cigarette a day 20 year habit cold turkey on a whim.
@@BuffaloNickel9except you can’t walk in to a supermarket (in the U.K.) and buy opioids, but you can buy nicotine products!
My grandmother smoked non filter cigarettes. At age 60 she quit immediately after having her gallbladder out . She lived to 97 . RIP Nana 1902 - 2000.
Do you work at rottin Robbie's?
@@SixOhFive yes
The narrator is Peter Thomas/forensic files. He could read the phone book and make it interesting. R.I.P. Peter Thomas and phone books.
YO I KNEW I HEARD THAT VOCE SOMEWHERE HAHAHHAHAHAH FORENSIC FILES
He looks so cool smoking!
He lived in Naples at the end of the life and was a client at the wealth management firm I worked at. I never spoke with him but my colleague was assigned his account and it would give her chills when he's call her to say "I need to make a transfer into my checking account" in that distinctive voice of his.
@@jillwinterberg6570 Lol, that voice of his is pure gold. Iirc, they forensic files producers referred to his voice as "the franchise" because lets be honest that show wouldn't have been nearly as good without him.
I recognized, from Hardcastle's 19
I quit smoking and started eating live porcupines.
lmao
Same
Very "sharp" idea you have there.
How much has your health improved?
Fip Dibwibbler i’ve been thinking about switching to live porcupines myself
Big props to the people who found out about the health risks and made it public, just as well as the people who educate us about it
Hahaha I dunno if you would reaffirm that sentiment if you knew who actually first issued public PSAs about the negative health impact of tobacco. It wasn't Americans in the 60s, it was Germans in the 30s, and Germans in the thirties were, well, yaknow, the bad guys from WWII movies.
Kinda common sense. I would think. But people are pretty dumb. They don't have a thought unless first told to have one. And also what that thought IS
All you have to do Is smoke a pack yourself. Just 3/day. One week later,
You'll notice.
Its not the tobacco itself that is the danger, its the added chemicals they adulterate it with.
From its growing to its curing and processing, and the bleached paper you smoke it in thats what is cancer causing and responsible for the addiction being a significant problem.
The Native Americans were supposedly the first people to cultivate tobacco.
If tobacco was cancer causing they would of been the first to know it, yet never considered it dangerous. They in fact considered it a sacred plant and tobacco was ceremoniously used, and even has some properties that help balance certain states. Like grounding for instance, even thought theres a lot of Air element in smoking which is mental in nature, it uses the transformational and clearing element of Fire to catalyze Air with Earth into the body and has a grounding and aligning of the mind/body.
It technically involves all elements although moisture levels are minimal.
Its only since the commercialization of tobacco its been a problem.
Thats actually another issue with commercial tobacco, inhibiting mold.
Cause if moisture levels in tobacco are too low the smoke is harsh, loses its flavor, its body and character. So to have a moisture level for a smooth smoke its chemically treated to prevent mold which is really really dangerous to ever inhale.
He's trying to restore his deadeye
Stop comparing everything thing to games its pathetic and makes gamers look stupid my mom would say you play to many games
@@killergreek55 stop bitching... it makes you look pathetic!
it's actually gavin
@@timothywhite3734 it's the truth start acting like a man its pathetic
@@j_h_o have you seen him?
Here for the smokes. Stayed for the cancer.
a Hahahaha your an idiot it’s terrible for you. You should stop honestly.
Fuck cancer and fuck you
@@jamalsalads you don't know about irony do you
Tactical Bacon people really don’t understand jokes anymore
@@frankthetank8216 racist
I started smoking cigarettes since my teenage. Got addicted for over 23 years. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my mom recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 6 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.
Amen God bless people. Save your health save your mind. Life is better without heroin, cocaine,alcohol and cigarettes.And you have more money in your pocket. God bless everyone who has rejected the devils intentions to be addicted to alcohol and cigarettes etc which can cause so much damage to health.
I wish they were readily available in my place. Microdosing was my next plan of care for my husband. He is 59 & has so many mental health issues plus probable CTE & a TBI that left him in a coma 8 days. It's too late now I had to get a TPO as he's 6'6 300+ pound homicidal maniac. He's constantly talking about killing someone. He's violent. Anyone reading this Familiar w/ BPD know if it is common for an obsession with violence.
Yes im sure getting hight af on a psychoactive drug healed you of your addiction lmao gtfoh
@@DebanckKim-rd6to divorce?
bot
Very interesting. I'm on day 90 cigarette free today.
Freak show
@Pedro Gunderson ''Keeping track of days'' all he has to know is the day he started. 90 days is 3 months.
@Pedro Gunderson I'm on year 5 and 5 days
Or day 1,830. I will never smoke again but because I can keep track of when I quit how is it discouraging. I remember being so excited that I went 1 month or 3 months or 1 year.
Kevin Cortez day 60 here and I'm doing good
@@nikigrow7347 ya i use quit tracker its awesome :)
Indians gave us tabaco and we gave them Smallpox.
fair trade
Yea trade back then was strange
The indians dont play around 100milion deatgs due to tobacco in the 20th century and 1bilion in the 21st century.
@livey oone every body get syphilis no matter the race.
@@x2gloki ancient creeks took cannabis saunas but people in europe started smoking only in the 1500's and 1600's so how does that work?
Many years ago I worked in a grocery store. People came in to buy cigarettes who were in their 70s, so I thought, humm, cigarettes must not be so bad after all. However later I found out those folks who I thought were in their 70s were actually in their 50s.
😀😀
You you only see/hear from the folks who are still alive
😂😂😂😂 i shouldn't be laughing
In Australia I see many people like you described. They are in their 40’s and 50’s but look 20 years older. They started smoking
In their teens. Their faces have wrinkles that look like cracks, and dry reddish looking skin. They also look thin in a lot of cases.
What can you do.
@@davidaustrian9455 Im Australian and yes your right, to many folks like that here. Drugs too age you really quickly. Meth is the worst. My father is 71, he did the smoking thing 50 years ago like everyone else but stopped after a few years. He barely has a wrinkle on his face and is in much better health inside and out than most people you see on the street. Smoking now goes hand in hand wth lower socio-economic status, so there are more factors than just smoking itself
I started smoking cigarettes since my teenage. Got addicted for over 23 years. Cigarettes addiction actually destroyed my life. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my wife recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.
I wish they were readily available in my place. Microdosing was my next plan of care for my husband. He is 59 & has so many mental health issues plus probable CTE & a TBI that left him in a coma 8 days. It's too late now I had to get a TPO as he's 6'6 300+ pound homicidal maniac. He's constantly talking about killing someone. He's violent. Anyone reading this Familiar w/ BPD know if it is common for an obsession with violence.
Psychedelics/psilocybin made me quit a lot of bad habits and gave me a more positive outlook on life and the appreciation for other people.The day after one trip I came out as a better me, nothing can compare, I owe it to psychedelics, it cannot be described in words.
why would cigarettes make you depressed and mentally ill??
You just went from cigarettes to mushroom addiction.
why do i keep seeing this comment on videos
People think cigarettes are toxic. But when I go out in public I see so many more toxic things walking around.
Right. I can't believe the obesity these days. 🤯
@@ericfranchi1354 uhhhh no, not allowed to say that, it's apparently healthy to be huge now
@@Jleon1983 🤣🤣🤣
My great Grandma was born in 1873 and died in 1974. She smoked over a 100 a day from the age of 18 onwards, apparently.
My dad died of end stage lung cancer from 57 years of heavy cigarette smoking. He was 70 yrs old. He was a kind, fun, honourable, and good guy who's habit caused cancer. He fought hard to hide his illness. One day my family's hearts dropped when he was quickly losing the fight. He was given 1, yes 1 week if he kept on smoking. He quit immediately and was with us no more than 6 weeks. Poor guy died in a hospital bed at home in the living room, on hospice. He was home about 2 and a half days. I think this is good enough reason to not start smoking. I don't smoke. He is my hero. Cancer is an ugly disease.
I gave up smoking when I was 13 years old after my second cigarette and don't think I will get anywhere near 70 years
@durgle435070 isn’t that old in this day and age. Lifespans are averaging at late 80’s to early 90’s once you reach 40. The average lifespan of 81 is due to infant and adolescent mortality. Reasonably healthy people should have no problem making it to 90.
@durgle4350 "I think he died because he was 70 years old. That’s pretty crazy for a man."
70 isn't very old though.
@durgle4350 False.
@durgle4350 I don't know why you're insistent on being dishonest but go ahead and keep doing so if you want to 🤷
I was a smoker, but one day, the cigarettes started to taste very bad, almost like if my brain rejected completely anything related to cigarettes, just imagine to smell and taste the most disgusting thing you can imagine, that was my case, and till this date I still feel like that everytime I smell cigarette smoke.... miracle, coincidence, I dont know.
That the best time to quit
Same thing happened to me, I started smoking less and less everyday then some days I wouldn’t smoke at all, then I started hating the smell on my clothes. Now I don’t smoke at all.
Heroin is so much better
@@AdrianTheGit nah Crack
Imagine not smoking crack 😂
I'm 36, I've been a smoker since I was a preteen. it's definitely one of my biggest regrets.... and I'm sure it's a regret that is only destined to grow bigger.
How do you feel considering you’ve smoked for how long? How many do you smoke a day roughly?
Not if you don't want it to. If you want to, you can just quit.
@@meab12 Dude is dead by now. Smoked a bogey in his final moments.
I'm 36, started smoking when I was 13. At the time of writing this I am 32 days smoke free. No going back now. Lungs are beginning to clear out.
Stop Now 🙏🏻
I quit smoking on 6/6/06 dont miss that shit at all . Still have some other habits I need to lose . Best of luck to anyone tryin to quit smoking or any other habit/addiction
Jason B what a date to chose to quit lol
Wish quitting weed was as easy as tobacco
@OBEYTHEWALRUS G59 fuck you too!
o 44 its much easier in my opinion though. You just get depressed because your brain is withdrawing from dopamine. After 2-4 weeks you’re good. I’m still craving a cig almost a year after quitting and battle not to smoke any when I’m drinking
o 44 bro I quit weed with ease and never touch it anymore. With tobacco you’ll crave that shit for the rest of your life.
The older guy is telling nothing but the absolute truth..
Except calling the natives Americans Indians... just sayin
@@kemolowlow
Because Asia is only China and India?
335714051 we’re all African bro. You’re my beautiful brother or sister
@@charlesramsden1022 Would you kindly stop being that one guy
So help him god?
When I was a caregiver I remember a sweet old lady who had an oxygen tank attached to her wheelchair and it went with her everywhere. I asked her one day "What advice would you give me about life" and she said "Don't smoke, it's just so bad for you. Look at me" She was such a nice person and though I did smoke at parties and the casual bullshit smoking phase we all go through I eventually stopped altogether and almost 16 years later I still remember her. Smoking just demolishes you and you pay for it one day.
Inhaling burnt plant matter with added chemicals is bad for you? Since when
Unless it is marijuana which gives you super powers. “Apparently”
@livey oone that guy literally just died
@livey oone cigars are different from cigarettes. Cigars dont feel great whenever you inhale their smoke while with cigarettes you need to inhale it to feel any sort of effect
@livey oone i know what you mean, although that guy had outstanding genetics. just look at his military picture and compare it to the average joe the same age as him. dude was a beast in his day.
@livey oone Doesn't really prove anything. There are people who survive getting shot in the head.
Quiting the smoking is the best decision i took in my life !! Was a smoker for over 45 years !! I feel much much much much better now!!
Just quit my self. You still going strong ?
Well, that's good for YOU dude. I smoked them for 32 years and quit 7 years ago and I feel like shit! When people ask me (assume really) if I feel much better I say 'hell no...if anything, I feel WORSE!' This is because I have other health issues and they're getting worse.
@@retroguy9494how can You know if your health wouldnt be much worse if you continued smoking?
@@kolarz2128 Oh my......i can't take anymore.
@@shanghunter7697 ?
I quit smoking in 1999 and just the smell of a cigarette triggers a craving. The satisfaction of a good nail, the flavor and associated sparkly feeling.
When I was a young kid I remember smoking in hospitals
Yeah a doctor I work with remembers people smoking in the ICU when he was a kid. What?! Times have changed.
It was allowed everywhere except the operating room.. You could smoke on airplanes, television airings, newscasts, even teachers in class while teaching! Then they pulled it one by one..with restaurants and bars being last.. And here we are today👍
@@chrishorv7099 I can't imagine being on an airplane...I remember being picked up by the daycare bus when I was a 3-4 year old man the driver would smoke around us and I felt like I was going to die from the smoke my lil lungs couldn't take it.....
As a young kid you smoked in hospitals?
My great grandfather lost a lung to mustard gas in ww1. Smoked three packs a day of lucky strike non filtered and passed away at 93
He was a champ
Jesus Christ
Old black lung Jim
“Cigarettes are like vitamins to me” - Frank Zappa, a few years before he died.
Yet he died from prostate cancer.
@ElSantoLuchador
so did my dad....it spread all over him....
but it was from smoking and drinking the oncologist told him....
His hypocrisy was he was such a Karen for any drug use from other musicians, yet he drank and smoked
Bernstein was also a heavy smoker
Day 12 for me and have to to make it stick this time. It's very hard to quit.
It is, but if I managed it anyone can. There's an excellent book by allenn Carr, it actually helped me tremendously
Hang in there Lone Star. Each day the urge, although still strong, does'nt last as long as the day before. When you feel the temptation, take your mind off it with a hobby, excersise, or even reading. Once you occupy yourself with something else the urge will go away. Best of luck.
Around the 3 week mark you're going to wake up and forget to want to smoke, if you managed almost 2 weeks you should not have a problem quitting, just remember, if you smoke only once, its all going to repeat. Also if you get into a situation in which you have a huge need for a cigarette, just tell yourself your're better than the smokers around you and keep doing it, the thirst will pass in a few minutes and you'l be glad you did not smoke.
(Cigarette free for 2 and a half years, smoked for 6)
Lol i quit easily
Good luck
Picked up my first cigarette at 3yrs old. I remember my grandmother had her pack sitting at the end of the table with a pack of matches. I was curious of why they would smoke those things. Also I remember my grandmother would get me the candy cigarettes. I remember I would smoke on and off up in till I was 14yrs of age to get that rush and then at 14 when my mom died it became my personal friend. I've smoked ever since. When ever I don't have a cigarette, it's as if I've lost my best friend. I get irritable. My message is to anyone who is thinking of smoking, DONT! It's not worth what it does to your health. Also nicotine is addictive. It's been proven to be very addictive. Plus I personally know it's addictive. It's not a habbit it's an addiction.
I had a teacher in high school who smoked. He warned all his students telling us what an awful addiction it was. I remember him telling us if you quit now your lungs will recover in about 6 months. I guess he had given up on himself. He later died of full blown aids.
LOL!
😭😭
sucking on fags will do that to you
I really don't see the correlation between contracting aids and giving up and what that has to do with smoking. But maybe I misunderstood.
@@Obake4777he was smoking aids cigarettes
What's left of the Marlboro cowboy?
His boots
@Hello His boots, How are you doing?
@@lydiaanderson2870 I'm good
@@sagarjash8270 Nice dear, I'm Lydia Anderson from detroit can you suggest a way we can stay off here and know each other with time and patience dear.
@Sagar j ash hello
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What I find funny is that the same people that shamed everyone for blowing cig smoke everywhere and the "dangers of secondhand smoke" are seemingly fine with the non-stop marijuana smoke you smell everywhere in every city. Feels like you can hardly go anywhere without smelling weed smoke coming out of someone's car, on the street corner, etc., and no one says anything. Isn't it still second-hand smoke, or is this different somehow?
It's basically the same it happens a combustion that produces Co2, it was all about to prevail on others nothing less
It's not quite as dangerous (neither is second hand tobacco smoke, but that's a different argument). I've supported legalization for decades but am also tired of smelling it everywhere.
You think "anti cigarette" stuff was a democrat thing or something?
also, I rarely smell weed in public, and I live in a city with legal weed. You're being a bit silly here.
And yea, weed smoke, though still not healthy, is not comparable to tobacco smoke, healthwise.
@@PanthraxIV Second hand smoke is second hand smoke. And I don't really see Republicans fighting for weed legalization, do you?
@miket.220 not all smoke is equal lol. Ask a firefighter if they'd rather inhale smoke from a wildfire or smoke from a car/house. Humans have been sitting around fire for thousands of years. Cigarettes have 500 or more added chemicals that are all terrible in their own ways. Even worse than pure tobacco alone. That applies to second hand smoke as well.
None of it is great for you, but it absolutely varies depending on the substance. Also, I'm as far from republican as a person can be.
Cigs are both addictive AND habit forming. The beauty of stopping, is that within a couple weeks, after the chemicals have leeched out of your body, you forget that you ever were a smoker. And if there is a pang, a nostalgic longing that hits you once in a while, it passes very quickly. If you smoke and want to stop, Allan Carr's "The Easy Way to Quit Smoking" is excellent. Good luck!
My dad, born in 1922, smoked from the age of about 13 until the age of 52 in 1974.
He lived to the ripe old age of 91.
I smoked for around 40 years. For many years I only smoked 2 to 3 cigarettes a day. My lungs are fine. I quit because my Wife didn't like it, they are expensive and I don't believe they do me any good. I really enjoyed them. I haven't smoked for around 6 years. I believe smoking affects people differently. Some people who smoke live to be over 100. I also believe that if you only smoke 2 to 3 cigarettes a day it hurts you less than a heavy smoker. I would not recommend the habit to anyone. I also feel that if you have to give up everything you enjoy where is the reason for living. I believe it is a persons own business if they choose to smoke. Many habits done to excess are harmful. If a peron is obese that is probably as harmful as smoking.
RIP Ed Brecher, He passed in Pennsylvania in 2011 at the age of 91 so he did live quite a long life in spite of his smoking.
THATS UN TRUE HE DIED 1989 AGE 77 HE TOOK.HIS OWN LIFE
@@christophersmith4156 Yes, he took his life aged 77, because he suffered from colon cancer for more than a decade. Smoking is a contributing factor to colon cancer.
And lung cancer @@prostre7005
I quit cigarettes exactly 1 month and 4 days ago, after smoking since I was 12 !
I8thumper still not smoking 👍🏼
How did you access cigarettes at age 12?
Michael Oladepo I was in Russia at that time so it wasnt hard
Why Am I Watching This how old are you?
Adrian Garcia I’m 28
I still smoke because I was taught never to quit on things you love most.
The undeniable charm of late 80s/early 90s documentaries is unmatched.
I don't think that guy is tobacco crazy he would rather hear or see children being aware of the history of tobacco as well as the harm that tobacco can cause from early ages so the youth won't smoke like the generations before them.
Smoke weed everyday
@@dimebagdarrel7190 that's terrible advice. You have problems if you smoke every day.
dimebag darrel occasionally is fine
@@evansaltz1162 everything in moderation.
Fucking quitter
I’m going to start smoking at 77, I’m 40 now, can’t wait!!!
I may start 1 year b4 I die. 😂
A non-smoker here since nine years. Words can not describe the freedom and happiness I feel...🤩
I was in the second and third grade in 1988. We focused on the harm from cigarettes. Surely we talked about addiction, but it doesn’t stick in my mind the same as coloring a healthy lung pink and a smoker’s lung gray.
I think addiction is important to discuss, that you can’t quit anytime you want.
But we were also talking about drug addiction at that age. I did the infamous DARE program in 1991.
Obviously, just saying it’s addictive isn’t enough. However, constantly beating fear into kids doesn’t work either.
I would love to see if there’s some connection between the Just Say No overreaction of the 1980s and those who chose to start smoking despite what we know.
BTW- love the Tobacco Institute guy who scoffs at the info, but does nothing to refute it.
Im now 4 months and 3 days smoke free and two years soda free lol my kids are much happier i feel so much better breathe better smell better skin looks better im no longer coughing im walking daily and i went from 258lbs just a hair over 6ft and im now down to 221lbs its really crazy and my testosterone levels are off the charts no roids either drug free just excersize fairly healthy diet of mostly greens fruits seafood chicken and tuna i feel great if u really want to lose weight and become healthier its definitely a lifestyle change but really worth it imo and i you transition slowly u will notice u feel better by the day oh and another thing i found as a smoker i got sick more often abd since quitting not once no flu shot and ive been around the virus a few times this winter good luck
How long did you smoke?
Awesome man!
Since 14 stealing cigs from adults and hanging around the local vfw where they had a cigg vending machine lol so from 14 and im currently 34 next month 35 so oh wow holy shit i smoked for 20 years! Sad very sad and my doctor just had my lungs checked out and amazingly theu are as if i was 21 and never smoked!
joseph lesko we are the same age I drank since the age of 15 and the doc says I’m good to go . But it is great that you stopped.
I started smoking when I was 14 or 15. I was hooked with only one cigarette. I knew they were harmfum, but I told myself that I would quit if I got sick. Little did I know how addictave they were. I tried to quit for about 3 decades by just about everything known to mankind, but nothing worked. I gave up trying to quit even though I had bronchitus and early copd. On Aug. 5, 2010 I was home and I smoked the last cigarette I had in the house and I told myself "now would be a good time to quit". Right then I received the faith of a mustard seed from The Lord. I bowed my head in prayer and asked Jesus to take away my addiction. He did immediately and I knew it. I had no withdrawals and I also quit alcohol with no withdrawals. I told my wife when she came home from work and she just blew it off as she had heard it so many times. After several months and not smelling smoke on me she proclaimed "you really did quit smoking". I owe it to The Lord.
Got to remember that the harmful effects of cigarettes were mitigated somewhat by their otherwise super healthy diet and lifestyles back in the day. I mean my grands smoked and drank like chimneys but they ate sparingly and spent 15hrs a day on their feet. Compare that to modern high carb, high refined sugar, sedentary lifestyles.. and sure you're going to see a hell of a lot more cancer.
This is so scary! Gonna have to light a cigarette to calm me down
You still with us?
@yamac488 I think that nigga s dead
Update us or we will assume you got reincarnated
I knew this old guy 20 years ago. He said when he was young his doctor told him that the only negative side effect of smoking was that it would stunt his growth.
Winston was the approved smoke for Apollo 7
And those crazy Flintstones ads!
Never ever have a craving for a cigarette when I’m sober but as soon as I have a sip of an ice cold pint of beer; they’re all I want
The narrator is the best there ever was. They stopped doing Forensic Files when he died because he couldn't be replaced.
I quit smoking 7 years ago. I met my wife the next month and she said she wouldn't have stayed with me if i smoked so it worked out
Turned out your wife is your mom
Now you know how to get rid of her if needed...
I suppose life’s been good for you since you quit smoking
Shit, I need a smoke... Boy, I love dem Cowboy Killers!
@Hello mussman717word, How are you doing?
My father started smoking at 14, a stereotypical heavy Marlboro man and i mean it. One day as the self sufficient man he is he was trying to get a toolbox from the cabin and fell on his head, had to do an immediate surgery to take a small internal bleeding from his brain, after the surgery he stayed in the hospital for 2 weeks and was prohibited from smoking, he almost lost his mind due to his body kicking thr addiction off. Now, he is 75 going to be 76, man is tough as nails and still does anything i do and i am 22. Malboro men are built differently.
I think smoking kills, but stress kills faster.
Btw i dont encourage anyone to smoke and my dads life prevented me from making his mistakes. Hope i can be the man he is.
I took one cigarette at the age of 18 while I was in the military & haven’t stopped since. Don’t do it I feel like shit afterwards & people notice your smell immediately.
try gum
The smell comes from your pores..its in Every part of your body..not just your mouth@@living4adrenaline
@@living4adrenalineworks like magic
I moved to zyns after smoking for over 10 years best decision ever
I remember where I was exactly when Yul Brynner begged me (I took his warning personally!) to never smoke. I was five when that commercial came out, which also announced his death due to smoking. Because of that commercial, I’ve never done it. I wish everyone would quit. So many health issues and premature deaths 💔
But most supercentenarians (aged 110 years or more) are/were smokers.
Right, because they lived through a time where smoking was very prevalent. I think you would be mistaken if you were to say that their smoking is what caused their long life
@@Clarkticus There's no way to know for sure if they would have lived longer or shorter without smoking but it's interesting to think about. It's possible that it helped increase their lifespan due to the purported neuroprotective effects of nicotine etc and there was a study, for example, that showed pipe smokers lived longer than non-smokers. Maybe they just had good genetics and would have lived to that same age regardless of what they did or maybe if they hadn't smoked they would have lived even longer.
Breathing the air of a city turns out to be far worse for your lungs than smoking cigarettes. Sure, they’re not necessarily good for you, but the danger has been way over blown.
@@smelltheglove2038 I am an RN. I’ve taken care of a multitude of people over the years who’ve lived through torturous week, months, and years before blessedly passing away to be free of their pain - all due to smoking. I’ve seen postmortem what smoking does to organs. I’ve also seen what effect quitting before any emphysema, COPD, etc. sets in, and their lungs sound and look almost as healthy - if not as healthy - as someone who’s never smoked. Don’t try to kid yourself or anyone else that anything else is worse than smoking for your lungs/body. Except maybe being morbidly obese. If you have both, your life expectancy usually drops by 20 years. People who survive until their octogenarian + years by smoking every day are the exception - not the norm.
So grateful to have been able to quit, finally, after trying to get pregnant (having cut down to five cigarettes a day) for many years and suffering multiple losses…..
How did I finally quit? I was reading every book, watching every video on reproductive health, and heard one thing that made me stop cold: that “smoking causes the placenta to “clamp down” on the fetus, restrict oxygen and nutrient flow”. Three months after I quit, I was blessed with a successful pregnancy that I carried to term (after suffering 3 miscarriages in previous attempts as a smoker). My son is now a glorious, healthy, nonsmoking/vaping 21 year old man. (Currently in his 3rd year of film school, with a promising future!)
Thanks David for your videos- I’ve been enjoying your RUclips for many many years (back when I wondered why your channel only has a few thousand subscribers) I am delighted to see your subscriber count blossoming! One million is on the horizon!
My wife and I were lucky, we manage to quit smoking in an instant. We just decided to stop smoking one day and never look back. That was 6 years ago.
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I am thoroughly convinced that smoking is one of those things that affects people on a case by case basis. My paternal grandmother whom is 81 this year has been smoking consistently since she was 12 years old give or a take couple of times she quit for a month or two in an attempt to kick the habit. She's not in the greatest of health with emphysema/COPD, she is on oxygen these days and still smokes like a freight train. Conversely I've known people who started smoking around 20 and died of lung cancer in their 30's. At 35 I eat healthy, exercise daily and stay miles away from cigarette's because of how randomly it seems to affect people among other reasons, I know it's bad for you all together. It's just wild to me how some people can smoke their whole lives and still live to an old age and others can die within a few years of picking up the habit.
Like thousands of other things in life it most certainly affects people on a case by case basis. How many people out there lived pretty harsh lives and still managed to get to a really old age. Good genetics and a bit of luck is involved. Some people never drink or smoke, eat healty, work out and still die young while others live unhealthy and get to 80-90y old.
My mom would take me for checkups when I was about 4 or 5. I remember the pediatrician examining me, listening to my heart, with a lit Chesterfield between his lips. circa 1963
I remember seeing an advertisement in a magazine. It showed the marboro man lighting up in the background shows people in oxygen tents. It just said welcome to marboro country
One guy I knew said it's easier to quit cocaine than cigarettes, I totally agree with him.
but not oxycodon, unfortunately
I smoked almost 3 decades , glad got rid of this addiction.
Mind you it took me several attempts to quit.
I wish i never started smoking.
I feel great also saving $$
I've done a lot of drinking, drugs, all kinds of addictive things. Smoking was the hardest to quit. Even today, about s decade later I have the urge sometimes... but then I take a deep breath and feel the enjoyment I get when my lungs are full of clean air.
I remember reading that when the British Health Minister Iain MacLeod made the same announcement concerning the relationship between tobacco ans cancer while actually smoking.
I can go weeks without smoking, but when I have a good beer and whiskey , I love a smoke or cigar and chew.
10 Years later. I still want a cigarette.
Same.
I will have a cigarette for you tonight mate.
@@davidaustrian9455 No thanks mate. I'm happy not having that monkey on my back anymore. Here in Canada they charge $18 for a pack of 20 butts.
Really? I quit like 5 years ago and don’t even like being around 2nd hand smoke. It’s gross.
@@Ken-fh4jc Then I would guess maybe your parents didn't smoke. My addiction started as a kid being exposed 24/7 around adults in the 1960's / 70's.
Then I bought my own at age 13.
I quit at age 58.
Began smoking at 14 in 1954 and finally quit in 1977 (23years). Surgeon General's Report gave me the will to finally overcome this terrible addiction. Am now 84 (2024) Still breathing.
"Many non-smokers act as though smoking is a matter of choice"
Well, it is. And I say that as a 40-a-day-guy. It IS a choice, nobody forced me to do that and I knew before I lit up my first cigarette I'll be addicted in no time.
I quitted smoking 1 day ago, i started by burning a whole pack of Cigarettes one ciggarete a time
Lmao
I think it hit me when I was riding in the car with three other guys. I was smoking but I wasn't addicted yet and still am not, and two of them just started freaking. Asking me to short them over and over again, I wound up shorting one of them but the desperation was shocking like one of them had the jitters even before I pulled out my pack. I'm just gonna stick to weed.
Lloyd Nix lmfao soy boy vibes
“Short them”? What does shorting mean?
shorts is when u give the end of the cig to some fiend. Crackhead shorts is when the filter is almost burning and u give it.
Ed Brecher was only 76 in 1988, but decades of smoking made him look closer to 96.
THIS MAN IS CIGERETTE CRAZY! smokes 1 during the whole video
I mean, if you can't give an interview without one...
And lived until 91
@@HeyDoNotSubscribe Damn, he was a beast! And here i am catching heart attacks at 23 after only smoking for 4 months lmao
I quit smoking 15 years ago, but we have 5 kids now and I got so stressed out one day I started smoking again damnit and now it seems even harder to quit. My News Years resolution went to hell.
How you doing now mate?
💥 My grandmother smoked till 90 years old. I asked why she stopped at that age. She said that she finally discovered that cigarettes were doing harm to her. 😮😮😮
I've been a habitual smoker for 60 years, and the trouble is that i thoroughly enjoyed it. I have no expectation that i will live for ever, just make sure that a carton of Winston are buried with me.
Amen
60 years, you're a beast!
I wonder what the non smokers will be doing hundreds of years into the future? They will get to see so much now that they have immortality.
I began smoking at 18, in 1980. Around a pack a day. Tried to quit one time in 1986, didnt even last a day. Then on July 3, 2008 I was outside having my last smoke before bed, and something told me "this is your last cigarette. You'll never smoke again." I swear to God I never picked up one again. It was hard as hell for 5-6 months, but I knew if I picked up just one, I'd never quit again. In 3 months, I'll be 16 years clean 😊
Doug! Doug! Doug! Doug! 👏
I tried many times to quit smoking and different methods but finally did quit... The method that got me over the hump was buying the shittiest cheapest nastiest tobbacco and used the patch while smoking.. Naturally smoked less until smoking was no longer enjoyable... Now when I want a cig I put a cough drop in for that throat burn that I miss... Hope this helps someone
Todd Fryman dude that’s a pretty fucking brilliant idea man! NOTHING WORSE THEN A CHEAP ASS SHIT BRAND TASTING CIGARETTE!
I did the same it works but you still have to really want it
Smoking caused my mother's early death at 67 due to COPD. She smoked from age 16 up until the few months prior to her death. My dad was a Lexington smoker for 25 years...in 1983 he had a mild heart attack and literally threw his box of cigarettes and lighter in the bin. He is still alive at age 84.
I was led to the believe lifespan average is three score and 10 so (70 )so on average with your parents your beating that .im sorry your mum didn’t make it over 70 but if we accept 70 as average it’s great if we beat it and enjoy drinking smoking and any vice we might enjoy in life .its better to enjoy life than live old craving for things you deny yourself so you can be older
I smoked a Hookah just once. It was so relaxing. Aside from that, I never smoked. It’s a shame we can’t enjoy these vices.
Interesting to learn about the history of smoking. It certainly did not repel me, but rather intrigue me. I do have to admit that I caught myself with the fact I rolled three cigarettes while watching this short documentary.
This bloke is a marvelous story teller
The most British sentence you could possibly make
my grandpa smoked a lot every day all day since his youth till his death, he died 99 years old with a sharp mind
Quit smoking after 17 year. I don´t miss that shit either. Norway is $11.00 a pack. i gained weight after i did which is common for quitters, so i started riding bike to work (16 miles to work back) and i also started to eat healthier, quit sugar drastically (im more addicted to sugar than i was to cigarettes). I can´t stand cigarettes and the smell anymore. But will give myself atleast a year before i can consider myself smoke-free. I was mostly mentally addicted to it so it was not that hard for me as my body for some reason does not crave nicotine so badly. I could go for 2-3 days often without a puff so why not just quit for good. So so long Camels and Marlboros. I wont miss you.
Bravo. I quit 3 months ago myself. I don't miss it at all either, nor do I miss the smell of it.
when i quit smoking i became really depressed and i kept missing meals. i ended up losing a lot of weight
Bra for deg
$40 a pack in NZ now (which is equivalent to 27 USD)
@@houseis Holy shit. No one can seriously feed their habit without buying smuggled cigs, right? Black market must be huge which in my mind increases the risk of teens and kids having easier access to nicotine.
Watching this makes me want a cigarette. I'm not even a smoker.
I never smoke, sometimes though I want one, to sit like a 1920s cad. Romantic ideal, but only once in a blue moon
Keith Richards is a living cigarette
He finally quit yesterday. 🤣
I mean, I quit cigarettes years ago, but to this day, sometimes I’ll be walking into a store and see a half smoked cig in the ashtray and my brain will scream at me like Sam Kinison “SMOKE THAT SHIIIIIIT!”
I never do, but it happens.
Nicotine is a helluvadrug.
That hardest thing about quitting cigarettes is WANTING TO QUIT...
Good point
Dang right, It's like when I smoke that voice in the back of my head knows it is bad but by god I enjoy smoking a cigarette. To me their is something relaxing about smoking a cigarette
@@BassPlayer9000 It is relaxing because the nicotine has created an urge you did not have before.
I smoke mainly because of peer pressure and becaise it really makes me cool.
well at least ur honest
daisyroots you really are not that cool
I used too as well when I was in college (actually I was the one who got a lot of my friends into smoking) but there came a point when I simply could not live with the guilt of destroying my lungs like that. I quit soon after and have stayed away for more than a decade. You can do it too!
Cool, as in corpse.
Edward M. Brecher (1912-1989) ..was an American science writer and book author, best known for his contributions in addiction research, human sexuality, and for his advocacy of rights for people who choose to commit suicide. In a 1979 article in The New York Times Magazine. Brecher, who was diagnosed with colon cancer a year earlier, argued that people with terminal illnesses should have the right to end their lives in the manner, time, and, place of their choosing. The article predicted how he would end his own life, which he did 10 years later, in his West Cornwall, Connecticut home.
Cigarettes are good for you! My grandad smoked every day from 1917 til he died in 2006 when he was 101!
Neat! My nephew’s girlfriend’s great-grandfather smoked four packs a day and lived to be 128. Smoking is the best!
i'm a smoker and i always tell people to not smoke, he is right about talking about addiction, this notion doesn't run amongst young groups (guess why)
the "numbers" about health harm are bad interpreted and they use your stupidity to scare you, when they say "UP TO 100% MORE LIKEHOOD OF THIS AND THAT..." it mens that if you have 1\20 likehood of dying of X disease, it becomes 2\20 by smoking all the time... that's why i also hate anti-smoking campaigns, i hate the idea if that beeing a stigma while reading of bad effects of "plant integrators" that sound super healthy while they lately discovered that thay cause liver diseases (because you take a super concentrated SHITLOAD of plant chemicals for no reason, compared to normal vegetable intake)
the only people that should really make you angry if they smoke are youngs and pregnant women, i've known only one person dead pereamturely bcs of cigarettes, and another bcs of asbestos lung cancer... and he smoked as well (don't shit with that, they are two different kinds of cancer)
not smoking in public places? smoking stigma? PASSIVE SMOKING CANCER?? .. BOUGHT HOUSE OF A SMOKER WITH CANCROGENOUS WALLS?????????????... FUCK YOU!!!
Quitting smoking was the best thing I’ve ever done
How did you manage it? How long have you been cig free?
@@AnHebrewChild got a very serious lung infection while living in China, physically couldn’t inhale smoke. When I finally could again after 2 weeks, walked outside lit a cig, looked at the pollution all around me, looked back at the cig and stomped it out. Done cold turkey, haven’t smoked in 10+ years
@@therealwildfolk whoa. That's great! I just had one a few mins ago :|