It's not long now for the old year's exit.

[hollydolly]

Sad news yesterday Holly, there was a great friend of mine in our young, free and single days. He answered to the name of Screw, which perplexed many until he revealed his surname, that being Driver. To me he was just Colin. We lost touch a few years ago, my sister called me to say that Colin had passed away just before Christmas, most probably due to his tobacco addiction. Back in the 60's smoking didn't kill you. I remember the derision when medical science first linked smoking to cancer.
How lucky was I to quit young? I started smoking at college, just like all the other students and at two bob a packet of twenty it was easy affordable. (Translation two bob. In Brit-speak a shilling was often referred to as a bob. Nowadays we have no shillings just pounds and pennies, so the term bob has died out.)
And a Happy New Year to you Holly, don't you get those who smoke those awful vape things?

Sorry to hear of your friends' death

My ex husband was a heavy smoker, and had a terrible cough... he'd bee outside every mornig coughing terribly.. it was horrible for me to listen to, I feltt sure he might have a heart attack... he switched to vaping many years ago, and it was like magic it took the cough away... but he became more addited to the Vape than cigarettes because at that time, you could vape indoors at work or in the pub ( that's been stopped now I believe)...but it meant that he was inhaling at times when he wouldn't normally have smoked.. even in the bathroom..

..even tho' indoor vaping has been stopped off he still carrie the vape around wherever he goes.. so even in bed he'll vape in the middle of the night...he' so addicted

Despite the fact it's better for you than tobacco smoke ..I can't see it being better overall.. and I think he had done the damage over 40 years of smoking cigarettes anyway