Is your New Year resolution going to go up in smoke?

Oh, I don't doubt there are very few people who stopped smoking as a New Year's resolution. More possible is a living a more healthy lifestyle, be it in diet or exercise habits, but by not much. Maybe if one is really young, I can see, but most of us adults, the chances are very slim. It is too much of a life style change, and us adults are wimps compared to children when it comes to life style changes. It took daily coughing fits lasting almost half an hour each to get me to quit smoking. That is one powerful motivator right there. No, it wasn't as a New Years resolution. It was made on the spot, with the proper conviction and motivation in April (1997). My mother tells me she stopped when she developed preliminary emphysema, and the doctor told here that she would spend the rest of her life flat on her back if she doesn't stop. She says if she was told she would die, she wouldn't have quit, but the prospect of being totally dependent on others pushed her over the edge. Now all I need is to get out of breath after walking a short distance. Then I would take action to get rid of all this access weight. But I can walk at a moderate pace for several miles with no problem. So it's no problem yet. When it is, most likely that's when I'll act.