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Kawanku/YudhaJAKARTA: We sometimes learn from the experience of others, they say
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JAKARTA: We sometimes learn from the experience of others, they say. For Club 80s drummer Deddy “Desta” Mahendra, it was from his late father that he chose to learn.
“When my father was diagnosed with a cardiac problem, I immediately quit smoking,” Desta said as quoted by news portal inilah.com.
“His doctor reminded me that his illness was entirely due to his smoking habit. The doctor called me and asked if I also smoked.”
Desta then recalled a conversation he had after taking his father to a cardiologist.
“Well, look at your father, that’s where smoking will get you,” he said to me.
His father’s demise last month cemented in him the decision to quit the habit he began since his high school years, the 32-year-old said.
“I started smoking when I was in high school, but I wasn’t really addicted. It was sort of like social smoking,” Desta said.
“It continued until recently, because in several movies I had to smoke in some scenes.
“Now, I’m clean.” — JP
