I’m 41 and my mom didn’t quit but the doctor talked her into cutting down to a couple a day…
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JaymesRS@literature.cafe 5 months ago
It’s a joke, but I’m 43 and my mom knew others who were pregnant around the same time and told to smoke by actual doctors so they’d have a smaller baby and easier birth.
Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 5 months ago
sockenklaus@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Doctors still do this, at least in Germany. When you’re a smoker and getting pregnant, your doctor will most likely not try to bully you into quitting, instead they inform you about the risks and recommend you to cut down the smoking to a minimum but they will also acknowledge that you will most likely not overcome your addiction while your body is already under a lot of stress.
mrvictory1@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Happy cake day!
aidan@lemmy.world 5 months ago
That sounds like a joke from the doctor that the patient missed
nomous@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I doubt it, shit was different in 1980, doctors smoked in their offices until the 90s.
Never forget just how evil tobacco companies are that they knew how addictive and damaging it was but suppressed it up for decades.
bitchkat@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I remember the big arguments about enacting a no smoking rule in meetings at work. Just the meeting rooms. It was of course presumed that people could smoke in their office.
frunch@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Damn, I’m def gonna start recommending smoking to any pregnant ladies i see–that’s quite a life pro tip! Go figure the AI was actually right about that lol
SonicDeathTaco@lemm.ee 5 months ago
My grandmother started smoking after her doctor suggested that she take it up in order to help her lose weight after pregnancy. She smoked the rest of her life.
JaymesRS@literature.cafe 5 months ago
on a related note, I also wonder I wonder how many older people self-treated ADHD/ADD with nicotine without realizing what was going on.
SonicDeathTaco@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Shit. I didn’t realize that I was doing this to myself until I got diagnosed as an adult about 10 years after I quit smoking.
drathvedro@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Still do. ADHD is still not recognized in lots of places and I certainly do, in form of vape. Tried lowering concentration only to find myself smoking at higher power and more often. Also, energy drinks, I don’t know what they put in them but withdrawal from them feels exactly like quitting smoking.
STRIKINGdebate2@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Did she live to be a 110 years old
SonicDeathTaco@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Nope.
STRIKINGdebate2@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Do you think she would have lived longer if she smoked more?