Gary, the article sent chills up my spine.

When I realized I had oral cancer, and I didn't really need the docs to tell me, I collected all the cigarett packs, lighters, etc and threw them in the trash, and never looked back. Quit cold turkey right then and there. 8 o'clock on a Sunday morning, had been surfing the net about the symptoms, and pretty much came to the conclusion. Hardest part was telling my then fiancee what was going on.

Fast forward a year and a half later, and I still can't figure out my co-workers who still smoke. Karen, you must experience this to some extent, but Hong Kong is a little better, at least you can't smoke in shopping malls and elevators, but living in China, seems that everyone male smokes, and "NO SMOKING" is not in the vocabulary.

The in-laws came over recently, of course the father lights up, even though there's not an ashtray within miles. I ask my wife to tell him to smoke out on the balcony if he has to smoke, and well, apparently it's not acceptable here to ask a visitor not to smoke. So, if I didn't like the smoking, I had to leave my own apartment. One of those time when it's a good thing I'm not fluent in Chinese.

At the end of the day though, people are only going to quit if they really want to. I've had friends laugh at the anti-smoking commercials, one friend has cigarette packs from Canada that show the affects of smoking. A source of amusement. (By the way, his father also has oral cancer)

Some folks will never learn.
Bob