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by the time you come to miss them quality of life = pretty much a zero on the fun factor anyway
Help! I don't want to get addicted.
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That is exactly how i started, smoked the odd pack fo 10 on a wednesday at the uni bar, then woke up one morning with nothing to do all day so i bought more. I wish i didnt now because 5 years on am am spending £40 a week on stupid white things that give me twitches, headaches and fatigue. Trying to quit now is extremely hard, my advice is to forget about how nice n relaxing it is because after a while you find it just makes you anxious, annoyed and smelly. Stop now whilst its easy!
/Puts out ciggie in overflowing ashtray
/Puts out ciggie in overflowing ashtray
if you start your stupid its one thing ill never do , nan died from it grandad will be dying from emphysema altho we didnt get told how long he has to live and my aunt will be dead withing the next 5 years by what the doctors said
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It is hard to quit, i smoked for 25 years and have quit now since jan this year.Smitho3 said:That is exactly how i started, smoked the odd pack fo 10 on a wednesday at the uni bar, then woke up one morning with nothing to do all day so i bought more. I wish i didnt now because 5 years on am am spending £40 a week on stupid white things that give me twitches, headaches and fatigue. Trying to quit now is extremely hard, my advice is to forget about how nice n relaxing it is because after a while you find it just makes you anxious, annoyed and smelly. Stop now whilst its easy!
/Puts out ciggie in overflowing ashtray
I managed to stop with the aide of NRT but the only problem is im now addicted to the damn 1mg lozenges...lol
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I quit after 16 years, was smoking over 30 a day! I quit by reading Alan Carr's Easy Way to Quit Smoking, that's it and I swear giving up smoking was the easiest thing I've ever done. It was as if he clicked a switch in my head and I felt like I'd never smoked at all, very hard to explain.PowerDemon said:
That was 2.5 years ago
I fail to understand why anyone would want to smoke when they go out, especially now you have to go outside to do it. It's not exactly very social if you ask me. You clearly don't want to stop, otherwise this thread wouldn't exist.
Every cigarette you smoke reduces your life expectancy by 10 minutes. For an average smoker that adds up to between 5-10 years. If you want to slowly kill yourself while stinking like crap in the process then go for it. If not then simply don't have any more (at all) before it becomes hard to give them up.
I'm an ex-smoker by the way. Best thing I've ever done
PS. You don't need any books, wimps! Just do it the proper way, cold turkey!
Every cigarette you smoke reduces your life expectancy by 10 minutes. For an average smoker that adds up to between 5-10 years. If you want to slowly kill yourself while stinking like crap in the process then go for it. If not then simply don't have any more (at all) before it becomes hard to give them up.
I'm an ex-smoker by the way. Best thing I've ever done
PS. You don't need any books, wimps! Just do it the proper way, cold turkey!
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nokinidea said:
In that case I guess you dont understand people who drink alcohol either.
"hey, I know, I'll take this glass of poison, tip it down my neck then go back and get another glass of posion and tip that down my neck and I'll pay someone for the poison too, that would be really cool"
To the OP, bud dont bother with smoking its expensive and it stinks, if you have the chance not to be addictied it a good thing to stop now.
lol, Scuzi, you are kidding yourself mate!!
Tommy B said:
Smoking and intellect don't necessarily have a direct relationship, no. But I still think smoking is a mistake given the cost and health implications. Not the mention the stink
Of course, what surprises me most of all is that people don't take heed of all the thousands who are actively trying to quit. I know so many smokers who wish they could quit, which is a pretty damning insight into the habit. If smoking is so amazingly good then why are so many people hoping to give it up? It's like a double-whammy, because if you take up smoking and then decide to quit, you have to go through withdrawal symptoms and all the rest of it. Best option as far as I can see is not to start in the first place.
In a funny sort of way I actually have more respect for people who smoke, say they enjoy it, are not trying to quit and don't make excuses about being addicted. At least I can understand why they are doing it.
Indeed. It does seem a bit odd when you're with people who keep lighting up whilst telling you how it's "horrible" and they only do it because they're "addicted." I appreciate this is the case with some people, but I've heard those words from people who constantly have a fag hanging out their mouth throughout the course of the evening.
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Scuzi said:
Cigar smoke is absorbed through the mouth. They pose a health risk greater than cigarettes on a "per smoke" basis.
Definitely the belief held by all the doctors I know. Of course everyone who smokes cigars knows better...
so true, my grandad died just before xmas from lung cancer which spread to his heart, his spinal column and into his rib.stickroad said:
suffered immensly and was in and out of hospital for several months continually having radiation treatment which made him sick everyday for the last few months of his life, oh plus he spent the last month of his life in hospital spewing up blood cos his lungs and heart we're failing. but do it, its cool!!
soon as my grandad was diagnosed with lung cancer i stoped immediately, i didnt even want to see another fag laying round the house. when you see someone in the pain just because of one little cigarette you'll think twice
How many people do you know who smoke 40 cigars+ a day? Also, it would appear that no nicotine is absorbed because even after smoking a churchill for an hour, I cannot feel any nicotine 'buzz' whatsoever.markyp23 said:
I'm not denying they aren't bad for you as they do pose risks such as mouth cancer. In my experience they aren't addictive and they don't have any effect on breathing and lungs provided they are smoked in a ventilated area of course. Also, they do not have the thousands of chemical additives which cigarettes have.
Yes they're bad for you but in moderation, the health effects are negligible.