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Hi , I'm confident other members of our community will chime in with their experience if they have a similar one. I hear how frustrating it is that your sons are still smoking even though they see how it has affected you. All you can do is your best to try to get them to understand but also at the end of the day, they have to be ready to quit and that is a hard thing to do. Wishing you a peaceful day. All the best, Sam S. (COPD.net, team member).

Believe me, there are a lot of people just like you! As you know first-hand, smoking is one of the hardest things to quit. Kudos to you for finally doing it. This is one case that the adage, "better late than never" is very true.
I'm sure it's frustrating to see your sons continue to smoke even though they know what it's done to you. But, like Sam said, you can only do so much - the rest is up to them.
Thank you for sharing your story with the community.
Best,
Lyn (COPD.net site moderator)

I tried to quit many times but couldn’t. One of the last times I was in the hospital before I quit I was in ICU intubated for 3 days when they pulled those tubes out of my lungs and I saw and smelled what came with it I was horrified. That coupled with the Doc telling me that one time I would come in and there would just be nothing he could do for me was incentive enough. I have to give all the glory to God tho. He delivered me from that and I have been a non smoker for 2 years now. So praise God.