I had an seriously hard time trying to quit smoking… It seemed that everything I tried to eat or do reminded me of smoking. I got up in the middle of the night plus wanted to smoke a cigarette. I could not believe of anything that would be harder than when the two of us tried to light the old fireplace, however trying to quit smoking in the fireplace was harder. I wanted to get the fireplace burning to help supplement the fuel bill; After the last time I had the oil tank filled, I swore I had to do something for heating, other than use the oil oil furnace. The two of us had a fireplace, however it hadn’t been cleaned in quite some time. I thought that putting a fire in the hearth would wash the dirt from the chimney, although I was wrong… Not only was there a lot of smoke going out the chimney, however it was coming into the house. The fireplace was smoking so badly that I could not see… My wife was coughing plus opening all the windows plus doors… Our ceiling fans were on high, however the two of us needed something else. I could not let the smoke stop me from using the fireplace. I was so intent on using the fireplace that I had given no thought to how our family was reacting to the smoke. After over an hour, I knew I had to do something else. I could not just turn the fireplace out, although I put a screen in front of the fire. My wife thought I should pour water on the fire, however that would create more smoke. It took another hour for the flames to die down, plus that was when I realized I hadn’t opened the flue.