When I met my wife 37 years ago I smoked three packs of cigarettes per day. (That's a cigarette every 20 minutes.) She never smoked. Five years later, she married me anyway. The way she saw it, I was unlikely to quit because someone pressured me. read more
” Pretty much just like being a person married to a person. And marriages seemed to last somewhat longer on average. read more
As the only non-smoker and because of the age difference, I feel more like a kid than a peer. Generally speaking, and this is just my opinion based on my personal experience, I think women who smoke are more dominant and and aggressive than non-smoking women. read more
Non-smokers married to smokers have a greatly increased chance of having strokes, according to a U.S. study published on Tuesday, showing yet another hazard from secondhand smoke. Being married to a smoker raised the stroke risk by 42 percent in people who have never smoked compared to those married to someone who never smoked, the researchers said. read more