Given that the governemt could actually stop us doing anything they felt like stopping us doing, why do they cntinue to allow sale and consumption of a dangerous and addictive drug?

[Coldtits]

Is it because allowing smoking is cheaper than paying for pensions?

I stopped five years ago.

Don't miss it at all.

If I'm spared, though, I have every intention of taking it up again at the age of 60 or so.

Cos I really don't fancy a long long twilight life with dementia in some ghastly home.

SpaceTrain - That is a cool job

Studies like this have shown how nicotine changes the brain.

I would be interested to read your DH's studies, if you can post some. My DH needs some convincing that quitting shouldn't be that hard.

SS - having had a great uncle who gave up smoking, to start again when he was well into his 60's - he had a long slow agonising death from lung cancer, it really was nasty the way the body and mind is taken with this disease.

My partner and I have been questioning the addictiveness factors, having both given up without a problem on New years day, following the same tact as my mum who gave up last year, we simply decided to stop and stopped buying them, none of us have lapsed or had a problem. We wonder how much of it is due to being 'told' it's hard to give up.......