Posted by cormerant on January 11, 2001 at 17:17:18:
In Reply to: smoking and diving posted by Eric on January 11, 2001 at 16:23:10:
I quit after finding myself in a hospital emergency room in the middle of the night with a curtain drawn around me. Couldn't see a thing but I could hear a guy in the room gasping and wheezing and trying to talk to his doctor. He could barely get a word out because he was so short of breath. I surmised he had emphesema and that I could end up like him if I didn't quit. It worked. I think that the more fit you are the safer you are when diving. Good luck to you.