For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for December 29, 2022

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    Templo S.U.D.  almost 2 years ago

    ahhhh… fresh nicotine, eh, Jim?

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    baraktorvan  almost 2 years ago

    Not getting “fresh air” there, just shortening your life by a day.

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    Enter.Name.Here  almost 2 years ago

    My grandfather died of lung cancer the year before I was born. I never got to know or even meet him.

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    He owned a smoke shop. ’Nuf sed.

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    Macushlalondra  almost 2 years ago

    It’s never too late to quit! My dad died of emphysema at 75, he was a life-long smoker. So many people begged him to quit but he couldn’t.

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    howtheduck  almost 2 years ago

    Lynn Johnston’s real-life father died from lung cancer about 3 years before this comic strip was published. I suspect she was working through some personal issues when she wrote this particular comic strip and the ones following about the grandfather character smoking.

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    MichaelAxelFleming  almost 2 years ago

    and then somebody spoke and I went into a dream

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    dcdete.  almost 2 years ago

    Panel 4, grandma, that is the most listless, lackadaisical fit that I have ever seen anybody ever have!

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    'IndyMan'  almost 2 years ago

    You would think by now, he would know that she knows ALL of his bad habits and just tolerates them to keep a ‘happy home’ ! ! ! !

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    rebroxanna  almost 2 years ago

    I’m sorry, that’s just disgusting. And she’ll know, Jim. all she has to do is get a whiff of your clothes or your breath.

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    Johnnyrico  almost 2 years ago

    You’ll come home smelling like cigarette smoke… or hadn’t you thought of that?

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    mckeonfuneralhomebx  almost 2 years ago

    Guys….you can NEVER pull anything over your women.

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    Redd Panda  almost 2 years ago

    Smokers think they’re getting away with something.

    With all the crap in the world today, the West has seen a dramatic reduction in tobacco abuse. A few poor souls, still have that monkey on their back.

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    mourdac Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    As a former smoker, I can’t remember the number of times I ruined being out in fresg air with a smoke.

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    Mumblix Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    Lynn’s Comments:

    My dad smoked until the day he died—of lung cancer. To keep us from knowing he was smoking, he’d go for a walk. This was funny…we could see him light up before he got past the kitchen window.

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    dv1093  almost 2 years ago

    I laughed at this, and it makes me think – I can’t believe ANYone will go outside from a home or job for a smoke break these days. But I do see it at the stores.

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    Daltongang Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    Grandmas, they alway know.

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    GeorgeJohnson  almost 2 years ago

    Yeah, not like its possible to hide that smelly habit. Kinda funny, people that smoke cant smell (or taste) it, so they think they can easily hide it.

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    pheets  almost 2 years ago

    Mrs-es and moms always know.

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    rshive  almost 2 years ago

    You’ve been found out, Grandpa. One of these days you’ll figure it out.

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    vaughnrl2003 Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    Well, at least grandpa has the decency to be discreet with his indiscretion.

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    delennwen  almost 2 years ago

    For people of Grandpa Jim’s generation, I can understand. Cigs were touted as healthy and were given to soldiers during WWII which Jim fought in.

    For anyone born after about 1950, I have zero sympathy. There is no excuse whatsoever to be stupid enough to start that habit. It’s hard to stop? Then you shouldn’t have been idiotic enough to kill yourself slowly in the first place. Why would anyone with an ounce of intelligence these days smoke?

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    198.23.5.11  almost 2 years ago

    Grandpa paid for it near the end of the strip with a lifetime of health problems.I think Lynn sat up nights thinking of new ailments she could give him.

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    Lynnjav  almost 2 years ago

    I can relate. My dad “secretly” smoked for years and it killed him early.

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    Camiyami Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    My husband’s two brothers both smoke and have since they were in their teens. They are now in their late 40s-50s respectively. They each have a few daughters and they BEG them to quit. I think they have tried a few times, but the younger brother says, “I don’t like how angry I get when I am quitting. I don’t want to be mean to my family, so it’s not worth it.” I thought, that’s just an excuse. That will eventually go away. They would rather have a grumpy dad for a while than no dad at all.

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    Tantor  almost 2 years ago

    It smells

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    Angrboda Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    My grandfather had a short period of taking up smoking again, which lasted for just a couple of years and then it petered out again. He tried to do it secretly as well, and my grandmother almost certainly knew about it but let him believe that she didn’t, because then she didn’t have to deal with it in the house. Probably he gave it up because it was less enjoyable when first having to come up with reasons to ‘go for a walk’.

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    Rose Madder Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    Plus the lingering ‘stink’ of the tobacco on your clothes – gives it away.

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    The_Great_Black President  almost 2 years ago

    What’s the problem? There is OHIP!

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    kathleenhicks62  almost 2 years ago

    Grandpa lives a fantasy life. . . .

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    g04922  almost 2 years ago

    Wives, Moms, and Grandmothers always know…. :-)

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    Dr_Fogg  almost 2 years ago

    You can’t hide tobacco breath.

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    gcarlson  almost 2 years ago

    The plant substance that got our dogs extra walks by my mother-in-law when they visited one June was the lilac blooms in the park across from the end of our block.

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    Moonkey Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    We have treatments for alcoholic recovery, gambling recovery, drug recovery. Nicotine is a drug. Why can’t people go to recovery places and be covered by insurance? It affects more than the person who won’t quit or thinks they can’t because it takes time to get past withdrawal. It’s expensive these days, too. There is no benefit to smoking other than to tobacco companies.

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    JanLC  almost 2 years ago

    My niece and her husband both smoked. They had a rule that they would never smoke inside the house and kept to it for many years while their daughters were growing up. The two of them still reeked of tobacco smoke every time we saw them.

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    grayjacobs  almost 2 years ago

    I think my husband still thinks I don’t know he smokes.

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    Moonkey Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    For anyone who thinks it’s OK to let kids smell smoke on them or to directly smoke in front of them – ask yourself first if you would hand the child a cigarette. I raised my child at home to know better, to know the risks, etc. I was adamant, but polite, about the risks, dangers, and costs. My child did start smoking in high school and I eventually asked her why. She said, “grandma smoked, so I figured it was OK.” She lied to me for a while, then I asked her to let me smell her hands. Evenually, she went into the medical field, and I reminded her that she wouldn’t be able to get a job in medicine if she didn’t quit. It was a good motivator and she did quit. Knowing now what she does as to what it does to a body, I am sure she wishes she never started.

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    kab2rb  almost 2 years ago

    That made my mom so mad, convinced him to stop smoking they he go back.

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    Redd Panda  almost 2 years ago

    I lost my uncles Ralph, Louis and Bob, My dad and my younger brother to cigarettes.

    Does seem like, most people of my age have lost someone to the filthy things.

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    Scoutmaster77  almost 2 years ago

    She’ll smell it on him…

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    cranefriend  almost 2 years ago

    She knows EVERYTHING, Jim. And sheesh, I know it was “the norm” to smoke in Jim’s generation (even with the reboot, I think?) but it’s so dangerous and I’ve lost relatives to it (and so have a lot of you, scrolling the comments). The modern world isn’t perfect, but banning smoking in a lot of places makes it more pleasant.

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    MT Wallet   almost 2 years ago

    My neighbors have two cats and a cat-sized dog. As bad as last week’s weather was, I heard barking outside. You gotta go when you gotta go.

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    eced52  almost 2 years ago

    Don’t think fresh air and smoking computes. More like an oxymoron

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    EnlilEnkiEa  almost 2 years ago

    They always know.

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    calliarcale  almost 2 years ago

    It’s amazing how many smokers think nobody knows. But there’s no way to hide that smell.

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