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Subject: Re: Quitting Smoking
Date sent: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 09:49:48 CST
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Hi, Andrew. I'm not a smoker myself, but I do know a bit about what you're
saying. My mother smokes pretty much constantly(which is another issue in
itself)and when I'm at home I'm forced to breathe in the second-hand smoke
unless I want to spend every day outside. I have bad reflux when I'm not
around cigarettes but I've noticed that when I first start breathing the
smoke in, it almost feels like it's doing something good to my vocal cords.
They don't seem as gunky, but after an hour or so, I develop either a runny
nose or a coughing fit or both. You're instincts are right; even though it
seems to work for your benefit, you're only complicating your vocal
problems. I promise that after enough time away from cigarettes(and maybe
some allergy medicine)your vocal problems will start to go away. Don't give
up on yourself or your voice. Go forth and conquer!:)

Lisa Hart
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