Reciprocity

So happy for you Sslip! 6 Months is a really big milestone to reach in your quit. If you have made it this far, you know you're good to go in reaching that Lido Deck And the fact that you are so active here in helping others achieve their goals is something we all appreciate and something you should be very proud of. Hope you celebrate this special occasion in style

So ........ who's fault is this coach?

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The moment you know you will never be able to go back to Boston again!

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But, but ..... Beiber's Canadian ....... your kid doesn't like Canadians?

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Yeah well; we're only 1/2 way there now. Lots can and probably will happen. Stay tuned

Is that YOU back in the day D?

Brewers are notorious for running out of gas and fading later on in the season, well, at least not making the playoffs anyway. Regardless of playing staff, these tendencies are sometimes hard to shake. Look at the Cubs (sorry Johnny) and even Boston years ago. They both could not win no matter what the player talent!

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-7 Mr. Titwank uses one of those too Wee but .... not on his garden ?

^^^ This is a big part of it too Doreen. The motions of smoking. They say it takes 3 days to flush nicotine from your body so why is it that they recommend you stick around a support group like this for longer than that? It's the psychological part of it that takes the biggest effort for the longest time to overcome. Breaking mental triggers that might be different season to season, adjusting to better use of your time because you are not puffing away on something. This is the biggest challenge to most smokers I believe

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^^^ Just think ..... 6 months ago if you were digging through that same stuff, you wouldn't even smell the smoke on it because your sense of smell was diminished

Yes they do rake in the tax revenue but in countries who fund or partially fund health care, there is some incentive there to reduce the number of smokers.

I'm not sure the legal age change will do much on it's own. Look at all the stories around this site about when people started smoking and I think you'll find a lot of people were under age when they started. But I do think the combination of all the restrictions you listed above helps to tighten the noose around the neck of this industry of death so yeah ..... bring it on I say! Cost of the product and feeling like a social outcast will do more to curb new smokers that anything else I think.

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I think the Canadian Swim Teams did pretty well last summer Olympics as well so yes, up and coming I expect. The soccer scene here has been increasing a lot in the past 4 or 5 years too. Passionate fans and the fan base is growing all the time. Not surprising given the immigration to Canada over past decades. Footie is hugely popular everywhere other than Canada and USA and now, that seems to be changing. Perhaps that's why they awarded the games to North America recently? Grow the base by putting on the "big show" right in front of the market that is ripe for massive growth?