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To: janet who wrote (15610)	1/18/1998 5:10:00 PM
From: Lady Lurksalot	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

Janet, You etch an all-too-possible scenario, and I would be the first to defer to your knowledge and experience. I am curious as to how many lung cancer patients you see who have never smoked or been exposed to smoke in any measurable amount. I am also fascinated by the cancer pockets we see in certain parts of our country and even in certain buildings. Yes, I would like to quit smoking, because I don't like being addicted to anything. Cigarettes run me, and not the other way around. I am aware also that I smoke way too much, especially when I am at my computer and posting or lurking at SI and other intriguing Internet sites! I couldn't even begin to guess at my pack-year smoking history. I welcome all encouragement in my feeble (to date) attempts at quitting. But try this on for size: I quickly realized how addicting tobacco is and never got into anything else with a potential for addiction, except caffeine <vbg>. In other words, my experience with tobacco kept me from trying other addictive substances--even and all throughout the 1960s and 1970s when such use was so fashionable. Holly