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Bravo Zulu to you

you can do it

my mom quit a few months ago..

she kept telling herself she's not going to smoke TODAY that was it didn't seem like such a huge life altering thing.

she was moody and snapped at me a lot but i understood that it was just withdrawls and it passed and now I'm really proud of her..


now if i could just follow in her footsteps...

I've ofter wished to quit smoking but that would expose me to secondhand smoke and that shit is reputedly more toxic than paladium.

I've ofter wished to quit smoking but that would expose me to secondhand smoke and that shit is reputedly more toxic than paladium.

I finally followed mommy's footsteps.. I've been quit for 11 days!!

not that long i know but you got to start somewhere

Cool Newfette! Keep the spirit up, and the lighter down

I finally put away the ashtray yesterday. lol.. it had just been sitting on my counter mocking me.. lol

So how's everybody else doing with their struggle?

I fell off the wagon in October and reckon I'd better try to quit again sometime this month.

I see all these articles which talk about ways to quit smoking . I think they are all bogus but at least there is a growing supply of methods to choose from , including the insane price of tobacco . I probably chose the most complicated way to stop , but here I am 12 days later and still smoke free I hope it lasts because I do have temptations ...supposedly you should begin tasting food again and regaining your sense of smell within a few days after quitting ...the truth is neither of these things have occurred and infact I don't feel any better but don't feel any worse either . Don't get me wrong I am glad that I am smoke free and My wallet is very happy but When is this Utopia of health supposed to kick in or does it ?

I almost successfully quit a few years back. One of those computer thingies when for a week you push the button when you smoke and then the next week it directs you when to smoke.

I recall the damn thing beeping when I was in court---the judge knew what it was and directed me to obey the gadget. At the end of the month, it beep no mare and I was not smoking for a 3 month period.

However old deeply engrained pyschological habits and an X....precipitated a relapse and I was lost.

Hypnosis doesn't work because I am not suggestable----an impossible subject for hypnosis.

However I do make an attempt to moderate.

From experience the " tasting food" is just another myth.

Way to go newfette! Keep it up!

I did quit, about four years ago...I live a fair way out of town. Friday night i forgot to buy smokes on the way home, so Saturday morning I had to drive to town..about 30 kilometers. I walked into the shoppers drug-mart to buy a carton of smokes. They just so happened to have a display of the patch right at the counter...on sale no less. I looked at it for a second..grabbed the box and put it on the counter. The sales lady looked at me and asked, "you just quit didn't you?"...YEP...never smoked since.

I haven't had time to read through all the posts yet ( I intend to) but I notice the first post quotes the percentage of smokers at 19%. I think that is pretty low. There are an awful lot of closet smokers out there who don't dare admit they smoke for fear of losing friends, jobs, or just being ridicules and harassed.
Re the profits made by cigarette companies, do they really care about cigarette sales? They own plenty of other businesses, most of which the public does not even know they own. So why would they care about tobacco sales?
I persoonally believe the anti-amoking movement is politically driven, and that the lobby groups will stop at nothing to retain their power. They certainly are putting out a lot of questionable 'facts' about the harmful effects of smoking! And browbeating anyone who dares to question their 'facts' and their outrageous demands.
I think the harm done by the anti-smoking movement, both economically and socially is far greater than the harm done to health by smoking.
As the black market cigarette sales soar, revenue from tobacco taxes drops. Charities have lost revenues to the point that Ontario violated its own smoke-free law, and built comfortable smoking areas at their casinos. Bingo halls that used to fund important community programs have nearly all closed due to no-smoking. The programs can't all be discontinued, so the taxpayers are expected to take up the slack. This is not to mention the number of bankrupcies and lost jobs in the Hotel, restaurant and bars businesses, and the loss of tourism.
Years ago the cigarette companies used to fund all kinds of sports events and arts and entertainment. Since that funding came to an end the taxpayers once again were expected to bear the cost of funding.
Its getting to be a bigger mess all the time with broken friendships, custody battles, increased poverty among low income smokers and those smokers on social assistance.
I think the anti-amokers are painting themselves into a corner, and will soon be hitting on fat people big time to keep their power and keep their grants coming in.

I want to quit but damn it's hard. I don't know if no-smoking laws are really having that big of an effect on tourism though. My plan is simple thats what they built the bathroom in my hotel for, they have to catch me first, if I get kicked out there's another hotel down the street, I hardly think I'm the only one . Ontario still has smoking rooms in hotels I think Quebec is the only place that doesn't

I used to smoke in my teens.. quit when my first baby was on the way.. wife and I quit together..never had another.. but it took five years for the craving to go ...

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