Cigarettes . . .

[vicrock]

Quit in about 1973 - now being in a room with smokers is a real pain. Fortunately, now, in WA state it is illegal to smoke indoors in any public place.

[N-OS X-tasy!]

Manlove wrote:
I had to stop 2 weeks ago for an oral surgery, and I have not smoked since. I really want one but have been using a patch which blunts the craving. Must...keep...going!

Keep at it. Good luck!

[cbelt3]

My lovely wife smokes... keeps trying to quit. Smokes are $5 a pack in Ohio. Insane. Her habit costs more than anything else we buy on a monthly basis.

She's tried dam near everything to quit. She has quit five times- once for each pregnancy.

And I'm an asthmatic. So she smokes outside or in a room with an exhaust fan.

[davester]

Lee3 wrote:
[quote=volcs0]
We are at a wedding in California this weekend. I'm amazed at how many young people are smoking. These are urban professionals...supposedly they should know better. Actually, they all admit to knowing better, but they do it anyway. What gives?

They are rebelling against "the man" aka you or anyone else that tells them what they should do
When in fact they are nothing more than patsies for "the man" who is selling them their coffin nails.

[N-OS X-tasy!]

cbelt3 wrote:
She has quit five times- once for each pregnancy.

Seems to me the answer to this particular problem is staring you right in the face.

[OWC Jamie]

Used to smoke camels or marlboro reds
could quit until stress would get me reaching for one.
Quit what one might call cold turkey quite a while ago.
Smell doesn't bother me but someone who smokes a lot and has the nicotine oozing out of their pores is gagging.

mestatic lung cancer has done in several friends who never smoked even pot once in their lives.

Had no desire to smoke as a teen or young adult and didn't.
Started about 25 with cigars ...

[motopsyco]

America hates quitters.:villagers:

Cheers!

[freeradical]

The poll results are quite interesting.

I quit smoking in 1983; I started in high school even though I knew better. Lung cancer, heart disease or emphysema could never happen to me!

When I was in basic training in 1978, people who smoked were given breaks to have a cigarette. If you didn't smoke, you had to remain in formation while the smokers got a break. This probably encouraged a few people to become smokers.

"Smoke em if you've got em"

[Mac1337]

I haven't smoked in 30 years and when I did it was irregular. I do have a genuine Marlboro sweatshirt, logo and all, and I still wear it.

[3d]

Smoked from roughly 20yo to 30yo. About a third of my life. Quit cold turkey about 2 and a half years ago on New Years day. I still get cravings sometimes, which is pretty scary