Trying to quit...

[Wraitchel]

I used to smoke in my art studio, until I gave myself asthma. Now I volunteer for the American Lung Association and try to give smokers support in quitting. They say quitting takes practice. I think the average person who eventually succeeds in quitting has between 4-6 false starts. Any time you spend breathing air that isn't laced with 4000 chemicals, hundreds of which are known toxins, is good for you. Did you know that one out of every three smokers will die of smoking related illness? That's like playing Russian roulette with two bullets in the barrel! And for every 20 smokers who die of smoking related illness, they take one non-smoker with them. My mom was one of those collateral damages.

Need any more scare tactics? Lemme know. Best of luck!

Sorry I don't have any books to recommend.

[Whitney]

I've had only two cigarettes in the past 48 hours.

If you can do that for a couple weeks you'll be able to quit completely without a problem. Word of warning, do not allow yourself to be convinced that it is okay to smoke than that no matter what rationalization you come up with.  Otherwise before you know it you'll be smoking every day again.

Unlike Faithless, I decided not gaining weight was more important than quitting smoking.  I gained way too much weight when I was actively trying to stop, so I started again.  So, now I have the extra weight but don't smoke nearly as much as I use to.  I guess I should have just gone ahead and gained a bit more but quit since I had already done weight damage.

[G.ENIGMA]

I smoke while I read. Now the neurones are fused and the sight of a book, like drinking or standing in bus shelters, makes me want to smoke. And I'm studying english literature and creative writing, unfortunately. My house has more books in it than bricks. Not a good situation for the old lungs!

Apparently, smoking actually makes you slightly more intelligent. The nicotine sort of supercharges neurons, making them fire faster. Stephen King always used to smoke when he was writing. Coincidence? I think not!  :banna:  Stevie boy thinks its good for you :hmm: ) by substituting it for cranberry juice ....does anyone know where I can buy cranberry ciggarettes

[VanReal]

Really though, all cigarettes (as of Jan. 1, 2009) are made with a new chemical that causes them to go out pretty quickly (after about a minute) if not puffed. That is actually one reason I am quitting, I think that chemical is giving me headaches.

That is great information!  I have noticed that my cigarettes keep going out!  The first couple of times I freaked out thinking I'd lost my cherry and was setting something on fire.  I tend to hold on to them as habit and am not actively smoking, I guess I need to actually puff every now and then.  Good luck on quitting.

[curiosityandthecat]

Here, have an electronic cigarette:



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-cigarette

You can buy them on Amazon.