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Slash Quit Smoking After Pneumonia

23 April 2010

SLASH refused to quit smoking while his mother was dying of lung cancer - he only kicked the habit after falling ill with pneumonia.

The former Guns N' Roses guitarist, 44, has been a heavy smoker for most of his adult life and admits his addiction to cigarettes spiralled after his mum, Ola, was admitted to hospital last year (09).

He says, "I smoked through the whole thing. I'd be sitting with her at the hospital and go out to smoke. Her illness was so sudden, the suffering went on for seven months and I was there through it all. Every five minutes I needed a cigarette - I had such a habit."

And it wasn't until the rocker suffered his own health scare, that he decided to quit.

He adds, "I became ill with a severe case of pneumonia. I couldn't smoke for two weeks, so I gave quitting a shot, but I am finding it hard."

http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/slash-quit-smoking-after-pneumonia_1140115

Good glad he is quiting. My uncle is a smoker and has lung cancer but he is real fucked up. That and my older bro is a smoker I wish he would quit.
Good luck with no more smokes Slash!!!

Joe

That's the way it always is -- you have to suffer some scare before you'll stop.  Knowing you shouldn't smoke isn't enough.  Even with quitting now, it'll take a decade for Slash's lungs to clean out, so he's still very much susceptible to any form of cancer or disease.

Vary true slash will be recovering for a long ass time from all those smokes.




Joe

isn't it normally 7 years before a smokers lungs clear out after quitting?

Let me get this right. Slash is at his mother's bedside watching her die from lung cancer and he's going out every five minutes to smoke?! Don't get me wrong, I'm more than happy that he quit. However, isn't that a little rude to his mother? You know it had to be heartbreaking laying there dying from lung cancer and watching your son step out continually to smoke.

You gotta live your own life though.  maybe he made excuses like "mom, im going to the vending machine" or "mom im going to the toilet".
besides, Ola worked with lots of musicians, im sure she knew enough about addictions not to preach. and im sure she was happy that her son was clean.

The operative word is "normally".  Slash has been smoking for around 30 years.  And this applies IF he manages to stay on the wagon.

Plus Slash smoked "A couple of boxes" a day lol!  The average smoker probably goes through just the one box. and them Gitanes he smokes, they are strong.  really awful cigarattes!

No shit, Slash has always been a chain-smoker.  He said himself once, "I guess I smoke a lot.  I smoke in bed, on the toilet, and in the shower."  It's gonna take a decade or so to clean himself out once and for all, and again, that is IF he manages to refrain from lighting up again.  In the meantime, he's still vulnerable to disease while his lungs clear out.

I've been thinking the same thing since I read this, especially since most of those carcinogens he's breathing in end up leeching themselves to his clothing, and then he goes back in to sit with his dying mother. Real nice.

Oh please!!!  Thats nothing more than Slash hate right there. 
If someone has a cigarette outside, then goes back inside, they are not affecting anyone.  (but themselves of course). 

Typical that people can turn something so simple as Slash going outdoors to have a smoke into a Slash contributed to his mothers death thread.

There are ways to avoid passive smoke, one way is to leave the room when others light up a smoking device. Only enter buildings that clearly state they are smoke free. Surround yourself in a smoke free environment as well as those you associate with. If you have to be around passive smoke, try to limit your exposure and seek fresh clean air as soon as possible. Taking a shower and washing all clothes and other exposed items is also the best way to avoid inhaling excess carcinogens that may be attached to clothing.

http://www.ehow.com/about_4578407_passive-smoke-dangers.html (http://www.ehow.com/about_4578407_passive-smoke-dangers.html)

Could your post be anymore daytime TV? :confused:

i hope for your sake, you never use deodorant or drive a car.  that pollutes the environment and contributes to peoples deaths.
Or i hope you never made anybody a fry for breakfast. its bad for you and can also contribute to your death.



Slash left the building.



Hospitals are smoke free  : ok: 



Again... the smoker goes outside.



Ola didn't have to be around it in a hospital bed.



Bit extreme wouldn't you think?  But people are supposed to wash frequently anyways.

I wasn't hating on Slash. I'm one of his biggest fans. I certainly never implied that he contributed to his mother's death in any way.

I know, it was the person below you that implied it.  sorry for the confusion :)

It's all right!

It's certainly true that some of the poison does indeed cling to your clothing, but that doesn't make the intent of your post any less of a "hate Slash" post, o' AXLsmainman.

LOL, whatever you say Ms. Cleo :hihi:

Who?

Good use of the LOL and a  :hihi: in the same sentence though.  You must've received a few awards for nerd bashing in your time.

Thank god for HTGTH, without threads like this I could never have expected to know just how evil Slash truly is, and to which hellacious depths he will not stoop.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3ABE3wvxzA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3ABE3wvxzA)

I dont think he did it in front of her.
Probobly did it when he was stuck somewhere else.




Joe

From the NY Times today:

But age, marriage, two sons (ages 5 and 7) and time in rehab have left him feeling more mature and sober, he said. He even stopped smoking a few weeks back, a decision he was regretting in the moments before clambering onstage. Not helping was his wife, Perla Hudson, who was tearing through a pack of cigarettes and blowing the exhaust in his direction.

I think I fucked her once.

:hihi: We all been there man!



Joe

You know, quitting smoking is much harder than people think. I've tried about five times but every time there's a really stressful situation in my life I tend to start lighting 'em up again and it takes weeks or even months to stop again. Guess I'm an addict too...

Kosken I know its hell to give up at first as long as you try not to think about it you should be fine.



Joe