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I have never smoked a cigarette in my life. I grew up in Milk Bars (you may remember them?) and one of my jobs was to fill up the fags every night. I can still remember the stench from the "roll your own" tobacco when I opened the doors of the storage cupboard. I have probably handled more cigarettes than any smoker is every likely to smoke (several thousand dozen cartons), but am proud to say I have never had a puff of anything! Drinking is another issue, I never drank...until I met my girlfriend, now wife, (and her teenage daughter), but that is something for another poll.
If you are into astronomy, and I think most of us are, there are two good reasons to give up:
Smoking reduces blood flow to the small capillaries of the body, eg. the eyes, and so you could expect to see a reduction in sensitivity.
Secondly, lighting up a fag will destroy your night adaption as much as turning on a small torch...maybe smoking on a dark site should be banned for this very reason?
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