i used to smoke 1 pack a day. started early, and now im cigarette free for 4 years and counting. :wink:
Nope.. I used to be smoker for the 2 years, so I stopped doing this. It did not bother me to come back to be a smoker again.
By the end of the month, they are introducing even HARDER anti-tobacco laws. You can't have any "smoking" rooms at all in public places, basically if it's not someone's private living area, you CANT smoke there. Also you can't smoke 50 feet within any "work" place. Im sure we've all passed buildings where there are smokers out front. The great thing about this law is stadiums and theaters are concidered work places. I hate when you exit a baseball or hockey game and as soon as you get outside you experince that big puff of smoke from all you selfish smokers Also by 2008 , all stores selling cigs have to put them out of of sight to all customer's. I love this province
Good job, man. Keep it up!! Every day that you don't smoke is a small victory, and you just can't help but feel awesome at the end of the day. Congrats, and keep on keepin' on!!
I did not vote, but technically I am a ?YES?. I classify myself as a ?secret smoker? meaning my wife does not know I smoke, and I rarely do smoke, but by Tris10?s definition I am. I quit for months at a time, then start back up again. I didn?t smoke from 12/19/05 ? 4/3/06, but I?m back on it again. I?ve been on this cycle since I got married 4yrs ago. Its funny, I travel to NY, Boston, Washington D.C. and you go to bars and its fine?great. Then I go out in a pub in Kansas City and see people smoking everywhere and I think to them?.?How rude?, but then it quickly changes into ?I?ll take a pack from behind the bar?. To me it wasn?t a choice, I?m from a cop family where everyone drinks and everyone smokes. I grew up with it.
I agree that makes it tougher but I don't buy that it wasn't a choice. People choose to damage their lungs or not. Some people just push the negatives under the rug and pretend they don't exist.
A lot of people push the troubles under the rug with the theory that you only live once, have some fun with it.
It's irresponsible and selfish to willfully commit delayed suicide when there are people in the world who love you and care about you.
Jesus guys, chill out. Everyone makes their own choices, I wasn't pushing off my accountability, just saying its different growing up with it versus not being around it.
My comment wasn't even remotely directed at you, Conner. The way Socal phrased his post, it sounded like that whole "you only live once, you might as well enjoy it" crap that some people misuse to justify irrational behaviors.
nope I am happy to say that I am no longer a smoker as I am approaching 18 weeks.. I guess thats almost 5 months.. I will say that it was probably the hardest thing I ever had to do!!!!!!!!! but glad i did..
Last time I touched a cigarette was November 6th, 2005. I quit cuz I had a really bad upper respiratory infection. I thought I was dying, and two doctors told me to quit smoking, so I did.
This is day #7 for me without a cigarette! I enjoyed smoking. I was good at it. I miss it. Anyone know when the physical cravings leave? Anyway, the reason I quit is because I just got back from seeing my Dad down in WA. He has smoked all his life and has now been diagnosed with advanced emphysema and congestive heart failure. It doesn't look like he is long for this world but we are holding out hope. I quit cold turkey as soon as I left him to come home. This stuff is like freakin' heroin.:x
I quit for fear of dying too. Turns out I just had costochondritis (inflammation of the muscles around my rib cage) but I sure am glad I thought I was dying. Junk, I felt numbness in my extremeties and things of that nature but I still think alot of those physical symptoms were brought on mentally. Just keep telling yourself how far you've come and how much you will hate yourself for wasting all that effort. Best of luck!!
I smoked for three years. I decided to cut in december of 2004 because I saw how bad some woman was having it quitting. I decided I needed to quit. I then went on the patch for all three steps of nicoderm cq. It wasn't that hard. I just stayed away from those who smoked, and febreezed my apartment, and my truck, and threw away my ashtrays. There are times I want to smoke, but I just tell myself, that I quit and I don't want to go through that again.
