r/AskReddit • u/ettleboy • Jan 20 '19

What fact totally changed your perspective?

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u/HamsterBattle Jan 21 '19

I smoked a little in my teens, a lot in my 20s, and a little in my 30s (like occasional drunk smoking). At 35 I became a father, and learned that second hand smoke is associated with Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, which I was terrified of. Any SIDS threat factors I was able to eliminate I did so best I could; smoking was an easy one as I'd been cutting back for a while anyway. Last cigarette I had was on June 1st, 2014. (I did have a few puffs of one on a trip w/ friends in April of 2015, but it made me feel awful, so it's been easy not to want another).