"To cease smoking is the easiest thing I ever did. I ought to know because I've done it a thousand times." Mark Twain
She says she'd love to have just one cigarette. Even after nearly ten years of having not smoked, her eyes lit up as she recalled with euphoria an after dinner smoke. The reality is that, after only a few cigarettes the addictive cycle would be reactivated and the vicious cycle of nicotine withdrawal would run her life once again. Given her present quality of life, with advanced emphysema and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, who am I to judge her for wanting to enjoy something, even if only briefly?
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