1st July, 2009 - Stop It! I Mean It! Now!

Here is my plea to all you smokers. Stop. Today. Just do it. If even one of you heeds me today I will be pleased beyond measure. Here is why.


I am just back from a visit to my old man in the heart/lung support unit at Aberdeen Royal, and every other bed in the place was occupied by smokers. Heart attacks; by-passes; stents. That is what awaits you, and it is frightening. I spent an hour and a half listening to the guy in the bed next to my dad coughing in agony – fluid in his lungs from the fags irritating him. Breathless and desperate.

We’ve all got to go some time, but not so early, and not necessarily so horribly.

Sorry to hector you, but you know I’m only doing it because I can’t afford to lose readers. By the way, your skin looks much clearer already now that you’ve stopped smoking. Well done. Keep up the good work.