Now that I know that you're someone I know and love.......STOP NOW.
That's it, stop now.....you'll feel better in three weeks and it keeps getting better. Your clothes won't stink, you'll be able to breathe and taste food.....for me, my voice changed immensely, and I sleep much better.
I agree, and this photo certainly makes it look thoroughly filthy and disgusting! Perhaps if you are still procrastinating over giving up, you should tape prints of this at strategic places in your house and workplace!
As Mark Twain said, quitting smoking is the easiest thing to do in the world, I've done it hundreds of times. (Don't know the veracity of that quote, but I have always liked it.)
Here's what I love about this photo...I't's obvious this person is a heavy smoker and the ashtray is very dirty, probably not cleaned in weeks/months? even the photographer says its a "filthy" habit. And then they have carefully set it on a paper towel so as not to soil anything. Tee hee, that is so funny. Such a "contradictio in adjecto"!
uh...it's not a habit...it's an ADDICTION! Go and get the patch or gum or whatever you have to...but quit!
Do you want your grandkids telling their friends "My grandma (dad, mom, sister, brother, uncle, aunt) died because she smoked all her life!"?? You can do it, I did! (I'll give you 10 if you quit!)