Hi daylia. No, I've never been a smoker (although I've had to break my share of self-destructive habits).

My mother was a smoker. She had very healthy eating and exercise habits, but she died of a massive heart attack at the age of 70 (that was two years ago, on Thanksgiving day). The heart attack came as a big surprise to us, and we attribute it to her lifetime of smoking. I was alone with her and holding her during the worst part of the heart attack. I would never wish an experience like that (either her experience or my experience) on anybody.