Good luck guys... my dad smoked for 30 years... he tried everything from cold turkey to the gum and the patch and nothing worked... finally, he had to go into the hospitol for three days for unrelated surgery... that and morphine on demand broke his addiction... now he spends his ciggie money on going hang-gliding... And I must say, Hang-Gliding is much better for his health than cigs... and fun too... if you've never gone, it's grand fun
I started when I was 12, and I'm 46 now. Stil around 2 packs a day, plus the wife smokes around 2 packs a day. Even though smokes are a lot cheaper here than other places ($23/carton for Marlboro), that's still a bundle we could save.
I quit for my first time a year ago April 6th, and I didn't smoke for 6 months. I started sneaking a cig here and there and now I smoke as much or more than I did before I quit.
Cheryl........."She was not quite what you would call refined. She was not quite what you would call unrefined. She was the kind of person that keeps a parrot." - Mark Twain
I am on the very verge of quitting myself - and hubby too. I have prescription for something - forget the name .............. any tips would be appreciated.
My Dad was a Pall Mall red smoker, and died from it on Memorial Day '02. My Mom is now on oxygen - she smoked the same thing. I started stealing them when I was in early teens - strong stuff - no filter.
They were both in intensive care - hospital - on the iron lung - at same time - she made it ..... he didn't. What a waste.
It's not worth it! I want to quit, but just can't ........... it's killing me, too - I know it!
They make your clothes smell, they make you smell, they make your house smell, they make your car smell, they waste your hard earned money. They weaken your immune system and pollute your body with bad chemicals. Then they kill you with with a painful early death. For this "priviledge" you pay though the nose. Thousands of dollars per year.
I quit cold turkey as a two-pack a day smoker. You will have withdrawl. It is tough to quit, but you can suck it up and be a man and do it if you want to!
BTW--I didn't use or need any patch, gum, etc... Just a futher waste of money that prolongs the process.
There are some really, really, awful cancers directly caused by smoking. Trust me...... you don't want to be a science experiment down at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.
I've seen the effects of smoking. Someone in my family died slowly and surely from emphysema after smoking for 60 years. He would be rasping for breath even if he had his oxygen tank on full stream.
Anyone who smokes, please, for your own sake, I urge you to stop so you don't have to suffer until the day you die like he did.
<< <i>I am a Registered Nurse and would like all you smokers to come spend a week watching my patients struggle to breath after a lifetime of cigarettes! Or struggle with the pain of cancer! >>
I have a family of patients and the husband/wife are both on full-time Oxygen by nasal cannula, and can't walk 6 ft. without huffing and puffing. The thing that amazes me is their daughter, who brings them, is a heavy smoker too. You'd think she'd see the writing on the wall...
On another note, you guys don't realize how your coins wreak. Russ, you wonder why your Proofs have a film on them - I don't think it's PVC.
Sounds like a great idea because you will not only get more coins. You will also probably live longer.
Smoking stinks. It killed my aunt. I'm glad I never started.
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the big test will come tomorrow when I head out to work,
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I don't know how many times I've tried to quit.
Good luck!
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My Dad was a Pall Mall red smoker, and died from it on Memorial Day '02. My Mom is now on oxygen - she smoked the same thing. I started stealing them when I was in early teens - strong stuff - no filter.
They were both in intensive care - hospital - on the iron lung - at same time - she made it ..... he didn't.
What a waste.
It's not worth it! I want to quit, but just can't ........... it's killing me, too - I know it!
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Herb
They make your clothes smell, they make you smell, they make your house smell, they make your car smell, they waste your hard earned money. They weaken your immune system and pollute your body with bad chemicals. Then they kill you with with a painful early death. For this "priviledge" you pay though the nose. Thousands of dollars per year.
I quit cold turkey as a two-pack a day smoker. You will have withdrawl. It is tough to quit, but you can suck it up and be a man and do it if you want to!
BTW--I didn't use or need any patch, gum, etc... Just a futher waste of money that prolongs the process.
<< <i>It has been over a month for me now. I'm done with them after 35 yrs....yeahh
Herb >>
Coin's for sale/trade.
Tom Pilitowski
US Rare Coin Investments
800-624-1870
There are some really, really, awful cancers directly caused by smoking. Trust me...... you don't want to be a science experiment down at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.
Anyone who smokes, please, for your own sake, I urge you to stop so you don't have to suffer until the day you die like he did.
...but I support you in this very healthy decision!!!
<< <i>I am a Registered Nurse and would like all you smokers to come spend a week watching my patients struggle to breath after a lifetime of cigarettes! Or struggle with the pain of cancer! >>
I have a family of patients and the husband/wife are both on full-time Oxygen by nasal cannula, and can't walk 6 ft. without huffing and puffing. The thing that amazes me is their daughter, who brings them, is a heavy smoker too. You'd think she'd see the writing on the wall...
On another note, you guys don't realize how your coins wreak. Russ, you wonder why your Proofs have a film on them - I don't think it's PVC.
Not to mention your LUNGS being coated with filthly tar!
Smoking stinks. It killed my aunt. I'm glad I never started.