Reply #12: My coworker has a mother who is 80 years old and smokes

[LynneSin]

I told her at this point just let her enjoy her smoking.

You're one of the lucky ones, my dad would have been 72 years old next year had lung cancer not got him 30 years ago. But he started when he was young (his 2 older brothers got him hooked) and it was an age where smoking was never really considered 'unhealthy'.

As for you, if you are still serious about quitting, have you thought about trying e-cigarettes? At least you can get your nicotine without all those other nasty chemicals. And some folks have used those to help decrease their nicotine over time.