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...I only smoke during intercourse....HHheeHA

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a science place which had a display of real human lungs, non-smokers next to smoker....

my elem. school was shown similar lung pics to scare the hell out of us!

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Rockman
...I only smoke during intercourse....HHheeHA

So when did you stop smoking?

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tomcasagranda
I quite 8 years ago, and I still miss them. I was foolish enough to smoke on top of a vile flu, and the cough tore the lining of my lungs. I was off work for three weeks, and can remember the night I finally threw the packet of Marlboro Lights away, as Day of The Jackal (Edward Fox version) was on BBC1. I sat up all night, fearing I'd given myself lung cancer, and had an emergency appointment with the doctors the next day. My doctor was over the moon as I had "frightened" myself into not smoking. I still chew the tops of biros, and bite my fingers, missing the smokes.

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I quite 8 years ago, and I still miss them. I was foolish enough to smoke on top of a vile flu, and the cough tore the lining of my lungs. I was off work for three weeks, and can remember the night I finally threw the packet of Marlboro Lights away, as Day of The Jackal (Edward Fox version) was on BBC1. I sat up all night, fearing I'd given myself lung cancer, and had an emergency appointment with the doctors the next day. My doctor was over the moon as I had "frightened" myself into not smoking. I still chew the tops of biros, and bite my fingers, missing the smokes.

Thanks for the nice post. I have a friend at work who switched to vaporize or electric Cigs. He smoked them for two weeks. A few weeks later he announced that he had quit smoking. Unfortunately, I saw him smoking a regular cig just the other day. It's his business and I said nothing. He is a freind just the same.


Give him time, don't judge him, and he'll give up. Most people give up, not from nagging, due to a fright, or a shock. I never criticise people who smoke, and I never preach at them either. Shifting the weight after quitting is another matter entirely.

Here is my point - Nicotine is a very powerful drug, which can sneak up on any previous smoker at any given time. It's no big deal; as I said previously, do everything in moderation.

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Marhsall
Interesting post!

Coincidently, this is my 14TH day NOT smoking!! 2 full weeks!
After seeing the above I'm glad I did quit!

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I stopped smoking for just a day - that was about 4 years ago and haven't smoked since. That doesn't mean I won't smoke again if I feel like it.

Hate the the types who say - I only go down the pub twice a year because the bar is full of smoke. What they really mean is - I only go down the pub twice a year because I don't drink.

A lot of the pubs have closed due to lack of trade since the smoking ban - where are all those deprived drinkers who never smoked - who should be filling the pubs?? Probably now busy trying to stop people drinking.

I wonder how many Politically Correct non smokers would be first in line to spend some time with Keith Richards...

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They did this in Vancouver, banning smoking in pubs/restaurants/clubs several years ago. Lots of initial backlash but it's all back to normal now.

I think it's kind of like taking a transatlantic flight. You smoke 3 cigarettes moments before you board, drink heavy on the plane, and the moment you get your baggage on the other side, you head for the outside to light up another 3.

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Does weed count?

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Des
And on the hypnotherapy angle. I trained as a hypnotherapist back in the early eighties. This works very well with smoking however you have to be in a mindset you want to quit. This is a tool to help you with your own desires, not to hex you to act like a chicken whom of course do not smoke The biggest hurdle is what others put on you, you brain works quite literaly. So if you say to yourself I'm quitting smoking your brain says I'm still a smoker then. But declare out loud you are suddenly a non smoker and your friends think you are crazy and you are pressured.

Ive done some nasty stuff like making the cigs taste like burning rubber, very funny to watch that first light up after that suggestion. The other great one is asking the smoker to remember their first smoke, the dizzyness, the nausia. Then you suggest that nothing has changed with the cig so you should get sick, they do the next few times they try.......just a sick hypnotists sence of humour. Just remember they can not make you do anything you would not normaly do, so they can not make you like Rain Fall Down.

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Most of you probably already know about Champix the magical quit smoking pill thats been available for a while now. Great invention and because of it's help I managed to quit a 31yr habit no problem.
You just take as prescribed while still smoking as much as you like. Then one day after the cig's have already tasted like crap for a week or two you just decide I don't need this any more and you quit. No more cravings or anything and it still seem's unreal how easy it was to quit. I'm not the only one either as both my brother his gf and others around me have stopped and not one of us has any plans of starting again.

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Most of you probably already know about Champix the magical quit smoking pill thats been available for a while now. Great invention and because of it's help I managed to quit a 31yr habit no problem.
You just take as prescribed while still smoking as much as you like. Then one day after the cig's have already tasted like crap for a week or two you just decide I don't need this any more and you quit. No more cravings or anything and it still seem's unreal how easy it was to quit. I'm not the only one either as both my brother his gf and others around me have stopped and not one of us has any plans of starting again.

Congrats, that's wonderful. I know a woman who smoked even longer than you and was able to quit with no problem because of this medications. For me, it only made me want to kill myself. Weird how chemistry works.

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Does weed count?

I had a nasty cough a while back and coughed up some blood, so off to a lung tech for a capasity test. After he asked if I smoked cigs and I replied no but have smoked pot for 45 years,he mentioned some very interesting facts. He was praising the use of vapourizers because he specificaly targeted the smoke as the problem not the many chemicals in either habit. He said the largest target groups for lung cancer are women in third world countries who cook with fire and sedintary folks who smoke. Turns out my lung capasity exceeded what was normal for my age and weight which suprized the tech. He then asked if I was physicaly active, which I am, and he suggested that was what had kept me out of trouble. Suggested a good oxygen turnaround fixes many an ailment.

I have noticed a huge difference now that I use the vaporizer in my general health.

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Used them for a long while now...use Rok Legend for nicotine and Magic Flight for herbs. Magic flight is a brilliant piece of kit...real piece of workmanship and pretty effective for a portable device. Looking to invest in a larger table based system in the very near future....vaping is the future, healthier, more economical and a better hit. Just make sure you get powerful batteries with protable devices.

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Used them for a long while now...use Rok Legend for nicotine and Magic Flight for herbs. Magic flight is a brilliant piece of kit...real piece of workmanship and pretty effective for a portable device. Looking to invest in a larger table based system in the very near future....vaping is the future, healthier, more economical and a better hit. Just make sure you get powerful batteries with protable devices.

Been at the Magic Flight? protable devices.