# Hey quitters - would you start again if terminally ill?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 22, 2021, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-quitters-would-you-start-again-if-terminally-ill/938440 "2021-03-22T15:39:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-quitters-would-you-start-again-if-terminally-ill/938440/21 "2021-03-25T14:20:41Z")

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> [@MrDibble](#):
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> …I stopped being an idiot.

I hope you don’t mind if I request independent verification! 😉

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-quitters-would-you-start-again-if-terminally-ill/938440/22 "2021-03-25T17:58:40Z")

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I don’t have any of the traditional vices that I’ve quit. But I can think of a couple I’d sure like to adopt if my time was short. Although cigarettes are about number 5,000 on that list. If that high. Never saw the attraction even a little bit.

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