Dear Queenie,
My wife quit smoking a few years ago, but I still smoke. If she’s around when I light a cigarette she gives me a big argument – one time she even threatened to divorce me if I didn’t stop smoking too.
Queenie, what’s her problem?—Ex-smoker’s husband
Dear Husband,
Surely you know that smoking is bad for your health? That is one reason your wife quit, and why she would like for you to do so as well.
Also, someone who has quit smoking can find the smell of second-hand smoke offensive, or it may make it difficult for them to resist the temptation to start smoking again.
For your wife’s sake as well as your own, you might want to consider stopping smoking too, or at least not smoking when she is around (although she will know you have been smoking because the smell of the smoke will cling to your clothes and hair).
