Anyone else gonna quit smoking tonight

[Penguin]

Simba, you should think about the example you are setting to the children in your squad.

-Penguin

[Sonicblu]

I think it was Mark Twian that said Quiting is easy its not starting back up thats the problem.

Anyway good luck to all trying to quit.

[Flench]

Day #2 COLD TURKEY.........nicorette helps alot.........Will never quit THE NUG'z!....Been smoking Herb longer than CIGS.....and one had to go.................. BUB BYE   Marlboro Man........HELLO Ganja Guy!    LMAO!!!!!!!



<<<!S!>>>   YOU QUITTERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HAHAHAHHAHA

[gyrene81]

Cyrene, running a gasoline engine for ten minutes in a closed room IS more dangerous, so much so that you'd never do it again.  Smoking a box of cigarettes, on the other hand,you're gonna want to do it again.

As to alcohol, look at the death rate per thousand, you'll see that smoking kills more.

-Penguin

Actually 10 minutes you could still walk away...don't ask how I know. When was the last time you heard of a person being killed in an accident due to the driver smoking too many cigarettes?? The stats on the annual number of deaths related to cigarette smoking that the public gets pushed in their faces leaves out the massive amount of information per person related to overall lifestyle, genetic background, eating habits, environmental contributors at home and in the work place...not to mention the fact that Americans are so bent on what everyone else is doing, we don't pay attention to the crap we do to ourselves.

You should do some cross reference research on the diseases associated with cigarette smoking and the large number of other things that are known or suspected of contributing to the same diseases...including lung cancer. For instance, the chemicals released into the air by arc welding are known to be poisonous and carcinogenic...yet wearing a filtration device is not mandatory. Gasoline and gasoline fumes are known to be carcinogenic but you are not required to wear any protection when at the gas pumps or putting into your lawn mower...imagine a lifetime of exposure to that stuff as a refinery worker or gasoline delivery driver. Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) and the related compound butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) are often added to foods to preserve fats...but no one advertises the fact that both are possible contributors to some types of cancer. There is a fungus found on roses that when ingested in any manner can cause an untreatable form of cancer.

Smoking ganja is known to be more harmful to the lungs than cigarettes...yet light up a joint and no one will wrinkle their noses and say "that's a nasty habit".

I'm willing to bet before we started polluting our environment and our food with dangerous substances...the per capita number of deaths related to cigarette smoking was far less than those related to alcohol consumption.

[Raptor]

I'm glad I never took up smoking. When asked if I smoke by smokers... they always say "Good, I wish I hadn't, it's an expensive addiction"

[Simba]

We're all big kids in DuxWing, Penguin, with only two hard-and-fast rules: have a good time online; and no po-faces in the Mess. These days, this ol' cat finds relaxed enjoyment of a very good cigar and a glass of good cheer infinitely more comfortable than preaching to sprogs from atop a soapbox, so please indulge me.

 

[B2B]

I involuntarily quit smoking on June 30th,2007.  I remember the date well because I woke up the next day with the onset of a stroke. Droopy mouth, slurred speech, right side weakness,yada yada yada. It got progressively worse and I ended up in the hospital that morning. I didn't return home until the middle of August. I won't bore you with the details but, suffice to say, I still go to rehab 3 times a week. If I didn't have the stroke I'd probably still be smoking and promising my family that I was going to stop "real soon". I don't judge those who smoke, it's their choice. All I can say is, I felt real selfish for everything I put my family and friends through. I'll never smoke again out of respect for them. The scary part is that I still get the urge to smoke, after 2 1/2 years. Best of luck to all of you who decide to quit.

[2ADoc]

All this talking of smoking makes me want one so I will walk outside and have one.

[Flench]

6 month's smoke free with the e-cig ...

[greens]

15 yrs of tobacco kicked it after my horrible bout w swine flu maybe not sure wth kinda sickness that was, maybe after hanging out w betty and kermit and the killuminatti . sept 11,09 my last day smoking a marlboro. pretty dam hard somedays but god and my family keeping me strong through this ordeal. my 5yr old girl needs me to get old and give her money and she can showoff her kids to me when im old and breaking down. I hope you guys can think about not just yourself when u put a cancer stick in yer mouth, think of your kids your loved ones and EVEN better youll have more aces high time  ill pray for you guys to quit too.