10-22-2010, 12:00 AM
Lea, thanks for explaining...so you stopped the consistent habit, ok, that's a way of looking at habits, breaking them down into little steps. Cool.
I quit smoking years ago. It wasn't for health reasons, I just began to associate cigarettes with unpleasantness and once the association grew to a certain point, I actually wanted to not do it. None of it was intentional. So I think definitely habits become so becasue they are pleasant to us, once that stops the habit will too. I did smoke periodically years later for a bit, but it never lasted beyond a week each time and finally I gave it up completely but can't remember when that was. I am glad I quit though.
The other thing I wanted to tell you is my grandpa began smoking at age 14 and smoked heavily his whole life and still smokes about a pack a day. He is turning 90 this year. So genetics must have something to do with the health consequences. I think if your DNA is from a culture that has smoked for centuries, the body has the capacity built up to handle it where as if you come from a culture that didn't smoke until recent. I haven't actually researched this though.
I quit smoking years ago. It wasn't for health reasons, I just began to associate cigarettes with unpleasantness and once the association grew to a certain point, I actually wanted to not do it. None of it was intentional. So I think definitely habits become so becasue they are pleasant to us, once that stops the habit will too. I did smoke periodically years later for a bit, but it never lasted beyond a week each time and finally I gave it up completely but can't remember when that was. I am glad I quit though.
The other thing I wanted to tell you is my grandpa began smoking at age 14 and smoked heavily his whole life and still smokes about a pack a day. He is turning 90 this year. So genetics must have something to do with the health consequences. I think if your DNA is from a culture that has smoked for centuries, the body has the capacity built up to handle it where as if you come from a culture that didn't smoke until recent. I haven't actually researched this though.