Are you referring to the "whacky tobacky"?

You guys are funny.

There was a study done recently clearly indicating life is fatal... but I haven't the desire to quit.

ba-dump-bump.

The truth be known, we lose brain cells every day. It's the fat cells that stay forever..

I used to love smoking, every last one and still would rather smoke than eat however...there does seem to be a fair amount of research that indicates smoking isn't good for people with MS.

When I get to the physical state with MS where I feel there isn't any more hope I'll likely start again but in the meantime I'm hedging my bets by remaining smoke free.

Gosh, if we measured intelligence by fat cells............I'd be a genius!!

Sandy, is Jim still smoking Cigs or is he using e-cigs now?

I smoked from the time I was 18 thru age 68 and am now vaping, just low nicotine...no tobacco. My brain's just fine, TYVM.. I do not have the type MS brain lesions that cause brain fog, either.

My brother died of prostate/colon cancer. He smoked all his life and his Doctor joked with him, that someone must have blown smoke up his Azz..

To much of any one thing can probably cause cancer....moderation in all things is the way I have tried to live and still am.

I hate fear mongering. Stop looking down on me because I smoke/Vape!!!

He's has smoked since the age of 16 and yes he still smokes cigs, only four a day though. His lesions, if any, are dim after 22 years and not noticeable nor has his brain shrunk although if he makes me mad I can be persuaded to say otherwise. haha

Everyone in my family that quit smoking died of something unrelated to smoking, just saying. Smoking isn't good for anyone but there are far worse things in my mind that can contribute to making anyone's ms worse like drinking. I am glad they said "some may" and not "all will" in their study.

I quit smoking a while back, but in my dreams I am always smoking or with my smoking friends.

I don't miss it per se, but I think I will always miss what I got out of it, relaxation. So in my colorful, vivid, dreams I am still a smoker. I wonder why that is?

I didn't start smoking until my kids were past being teenagers. My MS was going down hill on a sled. I used it to comfort and reward myself too. My grown kids don't smoke.

Why I quit.
It got a bit too expensive, IMO, in my state. I never smoked that many cigs, a few a day, maybe 10 the most. Then went down to 3 a day for a long time, then patch at the smallest amount patch #3, for a few hours a day.

While visiting my Son and DIL in Ohio, I noticed the cost was less than half our cost, for a pack of cigs. Ridiculous.

Awww, stop picking on newsbot!

I smoked 2+ packs a day for, um, 12 years old to 46 years old. Except during 8 weeks in boot camp when they wouldn't let me smoke but 5 or 6 a day...

I quit when I had the open heart surgery in 2004. That was real easy. But I started back up a couple years later - less than a pack a day.

I quit again 3/16/2008. Had major surgery to repair aneurisyms 3/17/08...

I guess I'm a classic example of why smoking might be bad for you. Forget the MS and all.

Tom

When I quit in my early 20's it was after watching one of the most important people in my life die after a short illness. It was a preventable illness and death, but my sister didn't take care of herself well enough. She left behind four children under the age of 18. Her ex-husband, the father of the three oldest kids, had committed suicide about two weeks before she died.

She and I had tried to quit together numerous times. She had been like my second Mom, 13 1/2 years older than me. I didn't want to leave my kids like that if I could avoid it. I had a nearly one year old son at the time (my oldest.) She was only 37 years old.

I'm certain that I've had MS for many years. I have to wonder now that if I hadn't quit back then if it would have gotten worse than it did and if it wouldn't be as calm as it is right now (knock on genuine wood.)