| Apr 15, 2006 @ 9:58 PM |
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Atone74
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How many of you smoke? I quit after 15 years
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| Apr 15, 2006 @ 10:06 PM |
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Heaveninawildflower
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I quit on January 4, 1989 at noon. Not that it was memorable or anything...
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| Apr 16, 2006 @ 12:12 AM |
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sleeping_beauty
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great for you guys!  smoking is not good for your health.
i'm allergic to smoke. the last time i entered a smoking room only cafe, i nearly choked to death and was taken to the nearby hospital.
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| Apr 16, 2006 @ 12:18 AM |
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willsmalto
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I don't smoke and wish never to. tried a few sticks though when I was in high school.... just for fun.
I don't know anyone in my family that smokes(dad, mom, bros and sis)
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| Apr 16, 2006 @ 12:24 AM |
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willsmalto
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i'm allergic to smoke. the last time i entered a smoking room only cafe, i nearly choked to death and was taken to the nearby hospital.
thatz a serious allergy cos there are smokers almost everywhere. how do you cope with this?
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| Apr 16, 2006 @ 5:26 AM |
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sleeping_beauty
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thatz a serious allergy cos there are smokers almost everywhere. how do you cope with this? It's usually not that bad but the timing wasn't good. It's winter with all the heaters in full but apparently the air filter was broken and i didn't know it was a smoking only cafe. The smoke inside was terrible. The moment i was inside, my coughing won't stop. I'm supposed to meet one of our distributors to hand over some docs before going to my next meeting. He didn't know of my allergy so..
And yup, it's really hard to cope with this allergy as i always need to stay on non-smoking rooms. I'm taking meds that supposed to take care of it but then not all the time. So if i marry a chain smoker, that would also mean my death.  I remember posting a profile at another dating site a long time ago in which the intro line says: NO SMOKING HEARTS ONLY! 
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| Apr 16, 2006 @ 9:10 AM |
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NatureGal745
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It's always great to hear of those who have quit!. My Dad smoked for over 30 years and we convinced him to quit, which he has never regretted. I have a sensitivity to it as well SB, and cannot be in a room very long with smokers. The main reason I don't hang out in public places that allow it. Too many bad memories associated with it as well. 
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| Apr 16, 2006 @ 10:07 AM |
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Heaveninawildflower
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It's winter with all the heaters in full but apparently the air filter was broken and i didn't know it was a smoking only cafe. The smoke inside was terrible.
I can definitely relate to that, now that you mention it. I spent some time in Tokyo in winter, and the Japanese men I was working with were all chain smokers, with the indoor temperature maintained at about 85 degrees Fahrenheit. We were working 20-30 hour days too, but we all got sick, one of the guys on the 'visitors' team (another American) ended up in the hospital.
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| Apr 16, 2006 @ 6:50 PM |
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chinabull2000
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I'm a smoker,a nd although I've quit a couple of times, I'm back on them again at the moment.
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| Apr 16, 2006 @ 11:46 PM |
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HarleysB_WV
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I smoke. I pretend that I'm actually helping to keep children from starving to death if their parents lose their jobs at the cigarette company. Or I'm helping to put someone through college cause they earn enough money picking tabacco leaves.
And I'm also helping to keep the divorce rate down in some areas cause if they can afford to pay their bills since they are gainfully employed as cigarette packers they can keep their homes and so forth and that gives them one less thing to fight about which helps to keep things a little more harmonious and giving them one less reason to get a divorce. Got myself fooled pretty good don't I?? 
(no sarcasm...just humor)
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| Apr 17, 2006 @ 12:00 AM |
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sciurusniger
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I never thought of it quite THAT way, Harley!
I just tell people that if I didn't smoke I'd be perfect and then they'd hate me. 
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| Apr 17, 2006 @ 3:01 AM |
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darkmoon459
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Hello all:
Well, I started smoking 25 years ago, now that I am old and a little wiser ( I think I am !! ) and know all the dangers of smoking and it has become a social taboo,I would like to quit ,have tried the patch,pills ,cold turkey but after a month or so I am back to the habbit.
Does anyone have any idea's for me ???????????????
Thanx.
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| Apr 17, 2006 @ 1:09 PM |
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Atone74
Posts: 335
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I quit cold turkey on 12/31/03 and never picked up again. It's having the will power to quit, you can try everything to quit, but unless you don't really wanna quit, you won't.... Mind over Matter......
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| Apr 17, 2006 @ 7:03 PM |
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Jen89
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I had a 12 year 2.5 pack a day habit of Marlboro Reds. I quit cold turkey on June 2, 2003 and haven't went back since. Personally... I truly believe cold turkey is the way to go. When you want to smoke, replace that thought with something else. It can be done, but one has to decide they are going to do it.
Jen 
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| Apr 17, 2006 @ 7:09 PM |
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vipervenom
Posts: 442
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I smoke ham and sausage does that count? I've smoked a couple times just isn't my thing, thank goodness though cause I know it's a hard habit to kick.
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| Apr 17, 2006 @ 9:05 PM |
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Heaveninawildflower
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Hypnosis worked for me, but it's rare. I was a 2.5 pack a day smoker, handed the hypnotist my cigarettes on my way out the door and never had another one...never even really craved one.
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| Apr 18, 2006 @ 10:25 AM |
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Doug_blueeyes
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I'm glad I never got started smoking. When I was younger I puffed on two or three at times as I recall but that was all. Its a drug addiction just like any other no matter how you describe it. The tobacco companies used to put anything and everything in that product. With the sole purpose of getting people hooked on them. I have seen the list of chemicals they added to tobacco...some of those things were absolute poisons. How did they get away with that? I know how, money. Money to lobby in congress, money to pay off politicians, what have you.
The tobacco companies in my opinion were nothing more than drug dealers wearing suits. Maybe even worse in some ways than common drug dealers, most drug dealers don't intentionally add poisons to their products.
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| Apr 19, 2006 @ 8:07 PM |
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irish20835
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I'm a smoker,a nd although I've quit a couple of times, I'm back on them again at the moment.
amen.......I say im helping keep the taxes low......
I would love nothing more than to quit .......ive tried it all ...some day (soon I hope)
I will do it for good
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| Apr 20, 2006 @ 2:30 AM |
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JesterDrawers
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The really sad part is (and I'm included here as a smoker as well) is that one day....
.....we'll ALL quit smoking......one way or another.....(unless you're REALLY evil...then you have to worry about a DIFFERENT type of "smoking"....)
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| Apr 20, 2006 @ 6:08 PM |
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minky
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I also quit smoking through hypnosis 12 years ago. A physician performed the exercises and gave suggestions of replacing the smoking with a fitness oriented
activity  . I now have better aerobic endurance that most 20 year olds.
Learn to love yourself and quit smoking. 
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