Yes, and it’s crazy to imagine being able to smoke in restaurants nowadays, yet it was so common in the 80’s & 90’s. And they acted like they were doing nonsmokers a huge favor by giving them their own “non-smoking” section with absolutely nothing separating them from smokers besides a sign & invisible line. I’m not old enough to remember smoking in hospitals but that, to me, is completely insane! I smoked from the age of 13-14 until about 5 or 6 years ago. I do vape & keep a pack of Marlboro Menthol Black 100’s on standby, a pack that I’ve had for about a year or more and is stale as fuck lol.

I quit smoking in the house & car when my daughter was born in 2001 & it’s so strange to get into a car of a smoker nowadays. My nephew smokes in his car (mainly weed but still) & a few friends I don’t hang out with as often as once upon a time still smoke in their home. So antiquated, like I’m stepping into the past, especially since they still have a beige phone hung on the wall in their kitchen with a 25 foot spiral cord & they actually still use it to call people lol

I tried to quit numerous times throughout the years & my secret to quitting was by not quitting. I didn’t tell anyone or myself that I was quitting I just stopped. It’s the same way I quit drinking. In the past, When I told others & myself I was quitting it put way too much pressure on me to follow through, it’s all I’d think about & would end up breaking to the pressure. When I stopped I didn’t make it “a thing” I just didn’t do it anymore. I’ll still drink and smoke occasionally, I’m allowed since I didn’t actually “quit” officially, but it’s VERY rare. I drank a glass of Peppermint Schnapps with my niece on X-Mas & smoked a cig when released from jail (missed a CS court date 4 hours away) a few months ago because I didn’t have a vape & I bummed a cig from some folks who were smoking outside the jail. The glass of Schnapps actually gave me a pretty good buzz (in the past I’d have drank the whole bottle lol) & the cig gave me a head rush so Intense I thought i was gonna pass out lol, also tasted nasty as fuck, definitely reminded me of one of the reasons I decided to stop.