I used to smoke about 15 years ago. I smoked for 5 years, but glad I quit. Do you smoke?
No I do not smoke. Have you noticed the health benefits since you stopped? Such as it helping you breathe better?
I haven't noticed anything in recent years, but soon after I initially quit, I could breath much better. Also, I didn't get sick much anymore.
That's interesting. Fun fact: smoking was used in various cultures as a ritual--some believed it could lead to some spiritual enhancement.
Yes, I think I've heard about that. Was it just the native americans, or other cultures as well?
into the bloodstream and reach bodily tissue. In the case of cigarette smoking these substances are contained in a mixture of aerosol particles and gasses and include the pharmacologically active alkaloid nicotine; the vaporization creates heated aerosol and gas into a form that allows inhalation and deep penetration into the lungs where absorption into the bloodstream of the active substances occurs. In some cultures, smoking is also carried out as a part of various rituals, where participants use it to help induce trance-like states that, they believe, can lead them to
I was." It was even worse for his brother Pete, who was 22 when he was hired to coach the ends. Bump recalled: "After practice one night some players noticed Pete light up a cigaret. One of his ends drew Pete aside and said in a fatherly voice, 'You shouldn't smoke, coach; I didn't do it when I was your age." Oregon State had an overall record of 14–15 in Elliott's three years as an assistant coach.
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