People telling you what you need to do.

0patience

I get so tired of going to dentists or doctors and having nurses or dental assistance telling me that I NEED to stop using tobacco. I'm old enough to know what I should or shouldn't be doing.

I don't know why, but they get all offended when I tell them what I need to do is not listen to stupid people telling me what I should or shouldn't be doing.

One told me they've seen what tobacco does to the body and the dangers of it.
I told them, "Until you've seen the things I've seen in my lifetime, you should shut the hell up. I've seen things in my life that you can't even imagine and if a little tobacco once in a while makes me happy and not think of those things, it's far more healthy for me."

They left the room. LOL!

arch72

I whole heartily agree with you @0patience I have been to the doctor and they tell me the same BS and they all want me to take these drugs for high blood pressure and they all give me really bad side effects to the point that now I have really sensitive skin to soaps 

Rolanddeschain

Feck em.........

dirtdude

Makes me want to smoke a cigar

silvermouse

neither my doctor nor my dentist bother me about smoking. 

jlmarta

The surgeon who removed my esophagus and a bit of my stomach admits to an occasional cigar on the golf course. He finally bit on my wearing a Cohiba ball cap to every appointment. The cap says Cohiba Behike on it and he said he didn't see what was so special about the Behike. 

Didya ever notice that when a doctor or nurse asks if you use tobacco and (in my case) you answer "I gave up cigarettes in 1994" they never ask about pipes or cigars. This tells me that they're only concerned about whether you smoke cigarettes. 

NOGILLS2

I find it interesting that I quit smoking cigarettes in 1972, and I am still listed as a smoker on my medical records. I don't even admit to smoking cigars to the doctors.

peter4jc

I can uderstand your frustration, if they keep harping time after time.  But if it's just once or twice, you have realize that's their job.  The medical profession generally frowns on tobacco, and they feel they'd be in the wrong to not bring it up.  Kind of like somebody never changing their oil or tranny fluid, but wanting ou to fix it when their truck breaks down.

At the same time, I agree with what's been said.  I read a good story a while back about somebody smoking a stick in public and getting grief for it.  The guy's reply was something to the effect, "My grandpa lived to be 90 and smoked a cigar every day.  You know what his secret was?  He minded his own f*cking business!"

dirtdude

When the subject of smoking came up with a doctor a few years ago he asked me "if I came by your house and you were sitting on the couch drinking a beer and smoking, do you know what I would say?". I answered "quit smoking", he said "no, get off the couch and get some exercise, there are more dangers from a sedentary lifestyle than from tobacco". Kind of surprised me as I sit on the couch writing this. Time to go for a walk.

Yakster

I've heard that, I've been trying to smoke a cigar while walking the dogs, but have to limit it to one dog at at time... too hard to navigate three dogs and a cigar at the same time.

YankeeMan

My doctor knows I smoke cigars.  He's not overly thrilled about it, but I told him that I have survived 30 years of police work and prostate cancer, I am not going to worry about cigars.

Besides, I'm like Slick Willie, I don't inhale!

First_Warrior

When someone tells me I shouldn't smoke my standard reply is "I'm seventy years old and by now I've earned the right to do what I want went I want"