Author Topic: Quitting Smoking Question (Read 1877 times)

AquaShrimp · « **Reply #45 on:** April 12, 2007, 01:42:20 PM »

Smoking causes cancer when it has caused enough damage to your DNA to (A) knock out a tumor suppressor gene, and (B) mutates an onco-gene into a proto onco-gene. Both of these things need to happen in order to get cancer.

So really, smoking is kind of like playing slots. Its mutating DNA, but you don't know which DNA is messing up. Could take 50 years to accumulate enough mutations, could take 5. Each pack of cigarettes is like a pull of the handle.

Kaw1000 · « **Reply #46 on:** April 12, 2007, 04:44:30 PM »

WTG on quitting.....I quit Jan 15 2007.....2 packs a day.....I smoked for 28 years!!......when times are tough and you think you need a smoke...just think of all the nasty things that smoking does to you....go look at pictures on the net of black lungs and throat cancer.
I think about people I know that at 60 years old....can't walk 20 feet without having to stop cause they can't catch their breath....think about the people that walk around with oxgen tanks.....just think of all the negitives and it will make ya want to never ever smoke again!!
And if worse comes to worse.....do what I do ......smoke a shorty lolololol

BTW · « **Reply #47 on:** April 12, 2007, 09:36:55 PM »

I quit for two reasons - I was tired of the the $3 a day expense and fear of heart disease. Cigarette smoking is a great way to have a sudden and fatal heart attack. Even after quitting, I imagine my cancer chances won''t change much. I think thats more genetics. I don't believe the BS the cancer is solely from the chemicals in cigarettes. I think its a combination of chemicals and genetics.

BlkKnit · « **Reply #48 on:** April 13, 2007, 08:07:50 AM »

Those anti-smoking commercials make me want a smoke more than anything else at this point. Been over a year since I quit (quitter!) and I still find myslef reaching for my pocket in certain situations.

I used the patch, but not the full program, just went a week with the patch and then after they ran out I just suffered lol. Seriously, you can do it if you want to even if its for someone else.

Someone mentioned dreams......I still have dreams of smoking

Shuffler · « **Reply #49 on:** April 13, 2007, 08:33:42 AM »

Good Luck

mandingo · « **Reply #50 on:** April 13, 2007, 11:08:49 AM »

anyone try smokeless tobacco to wean off of cigs? my friend upon quitting would take some snuff when he had the urge to smoke. he's been off nicotine for 2 years.

Mr No Name · « **Reply #51 on:** April 13, 2007, 01:36:30 PM »

i quit cold turkey after roughly 10 years. it is the single toughest thing I have ever done. I wish you all the best because I am seeing some bad health effects of my hard rock / heavy metal lifestyle I lived for soooo long as a traveling, working musician. (Luckily I was always scared of drugs, so i didnt do those) but i smoked like a chimney, drank like a fish and well ummmm i loved the women... as many and as often as possible!

Good luck!!!!! I know it will be tough but I swear it is worth the fight!!!

BTW · « **Reply #52 on:** April 13, 2007, 10:20:15 PM »

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Originally posted by mandingo
anyone try smokeless tobacco to wean off of cigs? my friend upon quitting would take some snuff when he had the urge to smoke. he's been off nicotine for 2 years.

The problem I have with the gum, nicotine inhaler, or even smokeless tobacco is it keeps up the habit of frequently meeting your nicotine urges. I like the patch because its a once a day thing, and ends the ritual of satisfying nicotine cravings. The gum, inhaler and chew are just different rituals, done maybe once an hour much like a cigarette. Its pretty hard to label the patch as a ritual- its more like a daily pill for 12 weeks.

Nicotine free for 1 1/2 years.

B@tfinkV · « **Reply #53 on:** April 13, 2007, 11:50:12 PM »

nicotine isnt the problem for me, i just really enjoy breathing smoke.

insane.

LTARokit · « **Reply #54 on:** April 14, 2007, 02:48:31 PM »

..........I find it helpful and reassuring seeing this thread and all the posts. I've been a smoker for 35 years. You name it, I've tried it, and have successfully failed each time, whether it was 2 days, weeks, or months.

It's only been the past few years the medical profession has acknowledged smoking is an addiction, not just a habit. I can recall a number of times going to my doctor (in the past) for help only to be insulted, or laughed at, because I didn't have the ability to control something as simple as a HABIT.

Tried the Zyban routine, and ended up with the side effect as mentioned earlier. Of course Zyban wasn't originally designed to treat nicotine addicts. However, a friend (a 30 year smoker & smoke free 7 months) of mine told me about Chantix. Started doing some research on the drug...............low and behold.........they finally developed a drug targeting nicotine addiction. Success rate 75%, and of the 25% failure rate, primary cause of failure.............quitting the medication too soon.

Well there's no time like now................went to my doctor this last Friday and had him prescribe the program to me. Started the first weeks meds today (stop smoking in one week). For the first time in 30 years I feel positive about success. Kit comes with a good support program to help get ya through the tough times.

So to those that have successgully quit, and those who are in the process..............

~~Rokit~~

ghi · « **Reply #55 on:** April 14, 2007, 04:36:57 PM »

honestly, 2 years ago, nov 2005, after smoking for 5 years,i heard on the radio a doctor saying to eat babby carotts when need cigarettes and can quit smoking,
That's what i did, i went to grocery store and for 8.50$ CAD, (the price of cigarettes here), i got about 10 lbs of carotts,

but is not healhy to quit smoking cuz i gained 20 lbs since i quit, what i gaind one way lose the other,better skiny low colesterol smoker than fat *** nonsmoker
I did smoke last cigarette on 1 st. december 2005, but eat lot of carotts,like rabits, i got diarrhoea, my tooths grow up,i look like a beaver, lot of A vitamines improved my eyes view, i can see cigarettes butts on the street for half mile away,

the secret ! works for me!

BTW · « **Reply #56 on:** April 14, 2007, 07:34:13 PM »

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Originally posted by LTARokit
..........I find it helpful and reassuring seeing this thread and all the posts. I've been a smoker for 35 years. You name it, I've tried it, and have successfully failed each time, whether it was 2 days, weeks, or months.

It's only been the past few years the medical profession has acknowledged smoking is an addiction, not just a habit. I can recall a number of times going to my doctor (in the past) for help only to be insulted, or laughed at, because I didn't have the ability to control something as simple as a HABIT.

Tried the Zyban routine, and ended up with the side effect as mentioned earlier. Of course Zyban wasn't originally designed to treat nicotine addicts. However, a friend (a 30 year smoker & smoke free 7 months) of mine told me about Chantix. Started doing some research on the drug...............low and behold.........they finally developed a drug targeting nicotine addiction. Success rate 75%, and of the 25% failure rate, primary cause of failure.............quitting the medication too soon.

Well there's no time like now................went to my doctor this last Friday and had him prescribe the program to me. Started the first weeks meds today (stop smoking in one week). For the first time in 30 years I feel positive about success. Kit comes with a good support program to help get ya through the tough times.

So to those that have successgully quit, and those who are in the process..............

~~Rokit~~

As someone posted earlier, people's capacity for nicotine addiction differs. If you are a hard core nicotine addict, you know it. You might only smoke 15 cigarettes a day, but each one is so important - rapture in fact. Do the patches, and if you are a real heavy smoker ( 2 packs a day), don't worry about the directions on the the pack. If you are real antsy and craving nicotine 12 hours into the patch, put on another one and wean down to one per day by waiting longer and longer for that second boost. Continuing a 2 pack a day habit is more hazardous than overdosing on nicoderm. If you get queasy or a rapid heart beat, just pull of the dang patches. Then just do the program. Nicotine is a drug plain and simple, but unlike some drugs, you can wean off of nicotine.

B@tfinkV · « **Reply #57 on:** April 15, 2007, 12:35:04 PM »

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Originally posted by ghi
honestly, 2 years ago, nov 2005, after smoking for 5 years,i heard on the radio a doctor saying to eat babby carotts when need cigarettes and can quit smoking,
That's what i did, i went to grocery store and for 8.50$ CAD, (the price of cigarettes here), i got about 10 lbs of carotts,

but is not healhy to quit smoking cuz i gained 20 lbs since i quit, what i gaind one way lose the other,better skiny low colesterol smoker than fat *** nonsmoker
I did smoke last cigarette on 1 st. december 2005, but eat lot of carotts,like rabits, i got diarrhoea, my tooths grow up,i look like a beaver, lot of A vitamines improved my eyes view, i can see cigarettes butts on the street for half mile away,

the secret ! works for me!

LTARokit · « **Reply #58 on:** May 08, 2007, 05:11:12 PM »

Eighteen days; 14 hours, 6 minutes, 15 seconds, and umpteen nanoseconds later (not that I'm watching the friggen clock

) SMOKE FREE!!

Hasn't been real bad till today. New meds make a big difference. Today however is like----:O WOWZERS!! OMG!!

One day at a time

Sandman · « **Reply #59 on:** May 08, 2007, 11:58:49 PM »

One day at a time... it'll take years before the thought of another cigarette doesn't enter your mind.