Do you smoke?

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Many people smoke.. I also do sometimes.. Do you smoke?
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    No. I used to when i was younger when in Australia, but only for about an year and then slowly gave it up. Only took it up cos everyone else was smoking and its pretty cold down there in the winters and its the best way to chat up women :p
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    • Wait a second.

      You were in Australia and thought it was 'cold' so you took up smoking? And it's the 'best' way to chat up women? Are you sure they were women?

      Yeah, while I'm freezing my nuts off in such a terribly cold place like Australia, I too make sensible decisions like taking up smoking. I only stopped because I kept having to beat the women away with a shitty stick.

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    I don't ... I vape. Electronic cigarettes.
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    • I vape, too. Did vape in any way help you quit smoking cigarettes?
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    • Me too! I'm sharing this URGENT information on the FDA's attempt to REGULATE electronic cigarettes.

      Please read and comment on the FDA's site to help stop these regulations!

      Thank you!


      FDA 79 FR 23141: Regulations.gov
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  • I did try but I did not like the effect of it
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    • I smoked once, and gave it up. I was about 7 years old. I took a puff on one of my Dad's cigarettes. I coughed, threw up...and decided to quit. It was a pretty easy decision.
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    • smoking sucks my step father got throat cancer. Not good.
  • Only after sex. I'm down to two packs a day.
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    • It's hell getting old, isn't it?
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    • So you have sex and then smoke 2 packs of cigs?, that is unless the blow up doll is a smoking model.

      I have the e-cig version.
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  • I smoked Marlboro reds for 31 years, but quit on June 30th, 2006. I just celebrated my 8th anniversary of being smoke free. My wife quit the next day, so I'm one day ahead of her.

    I'll be honest, there are times when I miss it, especially if I'm stressed out, but I know that it was necessary. I'd like to be around another 25-30 years and it definitely wouldn't happen if I'd continued to smoke.

    Also, the cost of cigarettes is outrageous now! We're talking $60-$70.00 per carton. We'd be spending between $400-$500.00 per month if we still smoked. Crazy!
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  • I smoked from about age 13 to 52. I was severely hooked on cigarettes. On Friday, June 15th 2000, as my wife and I prepared for a outing surrounding a Father's Day celebration at a nearby campgrounds, I started to have difficulty breathing.

    Soon, I was gasping for air, and I told the wife we need to go to the Emergency Room. I could feel myself fading fast when, I asked her to call the ambulance to come get me. I was thinking I might die at any moment. In only five minutes, an eternity when you can hardly breath, the ambulance arrived and took me off to the hospital.

    For the next three days, laid on my back hooked up to a variety of machines. I received oxygen and fluids through an IV and the nurse put a catheter up my urinary track. It was an absolute horrible experience.

    The doctor told me if I wanted to live, I should NOT smoke again. Quitting was the hardest thing I've done in my life. I used to wake up from dreams where I was having a cigarette. I awoke feeling guilty. Cigarettes had me by the soul and would not let me go. It took me a year to shed the cravings, the dreams, and the desire to have a smoke. I used to hang around people who smoked just so I could get a bit of second hand smoke (what craziness) .

    The bottom line is that you can quit. It isn't easy. In fact, it is hard. But you can do it if you want to. It isn't all bad -- quitting that is. Besides all of the health benefits, you will stop smelling up the place, you will find that people will like you more, and you'll keep the money you would have spent on lighting up! Oh, I am still alive and going strong15 years after quitting. I have never felt better!

    Sincerely,

    Ed Hartwell
    Orange Park, Florida
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      Yeah nicotine is the most addictive substance there is. Heard people say they given up Heroin, cocaine but still cannot give up Cigarettes.
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  • no I never smoked in my life and I don't think I will
  • I smoked for about eight years and I had my last cigarette the day my pregnancy test came back positive. Had my last drink that day too and my boy is almost 28!

    Bonnie
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  • I am a heavy smoker and been smoking since high school.
  • So happy to say that I just reached 7 months with no cigarettes and 3 months with no nicotine (from electronic cigs or patches).

    If you have any doubt about how horrible this poison is, watch some of the stuff about people who have lost their teeth, or those who have lost fingers or toes. Seems silly to say it but seeing people mutilated seems to hit home more than stuff you can't really see like lung cancer, throat cancer, head and neck cancer, stomach cancer, etc. that will definitely kill you outright.

    It's no joke, Yo. It will take some serious work and maybe lots of attempts -- and I recommend cutting way down before you try to quit completely - Use the crutches - nicotine patches, e-cigs, whatever works for you. Just keep getting back up on the horse if you fall off.

    "Just Say HELL No"
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    • Hi Patricia,

      I'm sure that we discussed quitting smoking in here just after I quit 15 months ago and at the time you wanted to quit but felt that you weren't able to.

      I'm really pleased to see that you have!

      I looked for that thread but couldn't find it, although I found this one -

      http://www.warriorforum.com/off-topi...ml#post8809159

      I'm still battling some midriff weight gain, stress-related issues and hot flushes which I *think* are related to giving up. Well they started/got worse around then. But it's still worth it to be free of that rotten addiction - I'M the boss now, not the ciggies!

      Well done Patricia! [applause]
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  • I smoke to much and I'm not talking about cigaretts
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    • If you live in Colorado, there's no real problem though.

      We're still trying to push for full legalization here in Pennsylvania. "Might" happen before the end of the year - hopefully!!
  • I quit with Allen Carr about 5 years ago Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking: The Easyway To Stop Smoking: Allen Carr: 9780615482156: Amazon.com: Books
  • Does Ganja count? Then, yes.
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    • Nice one. Everyone is here is all about nicotine!
  • i smoke cigars occassionally

    but for altruistic reasons

    and i make the boxes into guitars which i sell for copious amounts of money
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      I have no business posting in this thread, really ... but at the same time, I find myself reluctant to let this comment pass unnoticed/uncommented-on, and nobody else seems to have picked up on it.

      It's kind of the opposite to Winston Churchill's reason for pretending to smoke those big cigars all the time, perhaps? (He used to keep a half-smoked one in one of the pockets of his suits, so he could quickly put it in his mouth, to "look the part", if there were any photographers about).

      My father has some bizarre alleged reasons for smoking cigars, too, but I don't think altruism is among them ...

      .
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  • Yes Of course. But I want to quite Smoking
  • No one should smoke.It is bad to our health.
    So say no to nicotine
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  • I quit 11 years ago...
  • Smoked meat is also delicious
    1,5 packs a day and enjoying every piece of it
    I quit when I m at 10 K .. Long way to go
  • When I was a kid (and I mean a YOUNG kid) I begged my folks to let me smoke one cigarette... remember it to this day. Cured me forever!

    One of the best things my parents did for me.
    Jenny
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  • No, i hate smoking...
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    • Stopped 10 years ago after 20 years of smoking, but got addicted to nicorette gum! Chewed that for 2 years, then managed to substitute it for normal wrigleys gum

      Down to 1 pack of gum a day, but it's cheaper than ciggies and my breath smells fresh
  • My question to is "smoke what exactly?"

    But regardless, my answer is pretty much the same. Off and on.
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