When I read this. To think of the ways that i have lied to myself and how deceiving it all is to think that cigarettes have been a source of comfort to me. "Plotting to kill me since day 1", what an abusive dependant relationship. Then of course, I think of my 73 yr. old father with Emphysema. He has been quit for atleast two years now, but his shortness of breath persisits and still carries an oxygen tank. What a wonderful friend, he/she is trying to kill my family too!image Ally: Nicotine free for 10days, 14 hrs, and 23 minutes.