I used to smoke. I gave it up four years ago.
Were you how many roughly did you smoke?
I used to smoke, what 20 a day I suppose.
Ok.
Yeah.
Do you drink alcohol?
No I don’t drink.
Ok.
No. I used to have the odd drink when we used to go on holiday but of course now since I’ve had my heart attack I don’t drink. I drink juices. I don’t drink any alcohol at all.
Any particular reason why you gave up smoking?
Yeah because of my heart attack.
Because of your heart?
Yeah.
Ok.
They advised me, you know, not to smoke again. They said it was through smoking what caused my heart attack. So this is why I gave it up. Well I gave it up straight away. I didn’t think about it. I just gave it up like that.
I didn’t take any medication or patches, tablets or anything. I just gave it up.
That must be. Fear was the best therapy in your case?
Yeah [laugh].
That’s a good one.
Yes. Yeah because you know some people you talk to they find it so difficult to give up you know. And I think to myself its mind over matter really because I said to myself when I was in hospital, I’m not going to touch another cigarette. You know that nearly killed me and I’m not going to touch another one. And the thought, the smell of one now it, it makes me feel sick. And I don’t, I’ve never touched one since. No never.
