Title: Reasons to Quit Smoking
Post by: shin on June 18, 2017, 01:16:25 PM
Post by: shin on June 18, 2017, 01:16:25 PM
It's probably a lesson in futility to simply tell them that smoking tobacco can lead to a number of irreversible health problems.
I used to smoke for 15 years, then one day I suddenly became health-conscious and quit (with the help of a disposable e-cig). That was in June 2013, and I haven't had any relapses. I did feel the cravings, though. I found it helped to keep in mind why I was quitting and how little I enjoyed smoking after so many years. It had just became a repetitive habit for me.
I think it's doubly difficult to quit when you're constantly around other people who smoke. I don't want to sound preachy, and I think the smoker has to internalize why they smoke, then notice what it's doing to them over time.
Title: Re: Reasons to Quit Smoking
Post by: Anonymous on June 18, 2017, 02:01:23 PM
Post by: Anonymous on June 18, 2017, 02:01:23 PM
How do you get someone to quit smoking?Quote from: "shin"
It's probably a lesson in futility to simply tell them that smoking tobacco can lead to a number of irreversible health problems.
I used to smoke for 15 years, then one day I suddenly became health-conscious and quit (with the help of a disposable e-cig). That was in June 2013, and I haven't had any relapses. I did feel the cravings, though. I found it helped to keep in mind why I was quitting and how little I enjoyed smoking after so many years. It had just became a repetitive habit for me.
I think it's doubly difficult to quit when you're constantly around other people who smoke. I don't want to sound preachy, and I think the smoker has to internalize why they smoke, then notice what it's doing to them over time.
Is the smoker a relative shin?
Title: Re: Reasons to Quit Smoking
Post by: Berry Sweet on June 18, 2017, 03:36:17 PM
Post by: Berry Sweet on June 18, 2017, 03:36:17 PM
Title: Re: Reasons to Quit Smoking
Post by: Anonymous on June 18, 2017, 03:38:10 PM
Post by: Anonymous on June 18, 2017, 03:38:10 PM
You cant get someone to quit smoking...they have to want to and do it on their own. Im sure they are aware of the helth consequences but most will shove to the back of their thoughts.Quote from: "Berry Sweet"
Same with drinking alcohol..
You can't force anyone to quit..
They have to want to quit their bad habits.
Title: Re: Reasons to Quit Smoking
Post by: Angry White Male on June 18, 2017, 10:07:10 PM
Post by: Angry White Male on June 18, 2017, 10:07:10 PM
People should mind their own business, and unless another persons actions are truly affecting you in a negative way, what they do is ultimately their business.
Title: Re: Reasons to Quit Smoking
Post by: Anonymous on June 18, 2017, 10:36:07 PM
Post by: Anonymous on June 18, 2017, 10:36:07 PM
I like smoking. So, someone telling me I should quit would just go in one ear, and out the other!Quote from: "Angry White Male"
People should mind their own business, and unless another persons actions are truly affecting you in a negative way, what they do is ultimately their business.
Provincial and federal governments don't want you to give up your bad habits. They are addicted to the sin taxes you pay on your daily booze and tobacco habits.
Title: Re: Reasons to Quit Smoking
Post by: Bricktop on June 18, 2017, 10:46:25 PM
Post by: Bricktop on June 18, 2017, 10:46:25 PM
Title: Re: Reasons to Quit Smoking
Post by: Anonymous on June 18, 2017, 11:05:34 PM
Post by: Anonymous on June 18, 2017, 11:05:34 PM
Get some pics of the lungs of a chain smoker post mortem.Quote from: "Bricktop"
No thanx.
Title: Re: Reasons to Quit Smoking
Post by: Angry White Male on June 18, 2017, 11:27:10 PM
Post by: Angry White Male on June 18, 2017, 11:27:10 PM
Provincial and federal governments don't want you to give up your bad habits. They are addicted to the sin taxes you pay on your daily booze and tobacco habits.Quote from: "Shen Li"
Us tobacco users contributed
You bet we pay our way!
Title: Re: Reasons to Quit Smoking
Post by: Anonymous on June 18, 2017, 11:30:58 PM
Post by: Anonymous on June 18, 2017, 11:30:58 PM
Provincial and federal governments don't want you to give up your bad habits. They are addicted to the sin taxes you pay on your daily booze and tobacco habits.Quote from: "Shen Li"
Us tobacco users contributed8.5billionlast year.
You bet we pay our way!
Is that total across Canada, federal and provincial taxes?
Title: Re: Reasons to Quit Smoking
Post by: Angry White Male on June 18, 2017, 11:36:19 PM
Post by: Angry White Male on June 18, 2017, 11:36:19 PM
Is that total across Canada, federal and provincial taxes?Quote from: "Fashionista"
Yes.
Title: Re: Reasons to Quit Smoking
Post by: Anonymous on June 18, 2017, 11:38:31 PM
Post by: Anonymous on June 18, 2017, 11:38:31 PM
Is that total across Canada, federal and provincial taxes?Quote from: "Fashionista"
Yes.
That's a lot of revenue.
Title: Re: Reasons to Quit Smoking
Post by: Angry White Male on June 18, 2017, 11:48:53 PM
Post by: Angry White Male on June 18, 2017, 11:48:53 PM
Next time you catch a whiff of second hand smoke, you should thank that smoker!
Title: Re: Reasons to Quit Smoking
Post by: Anonymous on June 18, 2017, 11:53:41 PM
Post by: Anonymous on June 18, 2017, 11:53:41 PM
We pay our way, everyday!Quote from: "Angry White Male"
Next time you catch a whiff of second hand smoke, you should thank that smoker!
We're not greedy politicians. Smoking makes me sick.
Title: Re: Reasons to Quit Smoking
Post by: Berry Sweet on June 19, 2017, 01:48:58 AM
Post by: Berry Sweet on June 19, 2017, 01:48:58 AM
We pay our way, everyday!Quote from: "Angry White Male"
Next time you catch a whiff of second hand smoke, you should thank that smoker!
Geek. Lol...a lot of the young ones are switching over to e-smokes and using their tabacco products, i wonder how much was made for those.
I just bought an epen for oil de marijuana. It is very, simple, descreet and nice!
Title: Re: Reasons to Quit Smoking
Post by: realgrimm on June 19, 2017, 02:31:28 AM
Post by: realgrimm on June 19, 2017, 02:31:28 AM
How do you get someone to quit smoking?Quote from: "shin"
It's probably a lesson in futility to simply tell them that smoking tobacco can lead to a number of irreversible health problems.
I used to smoke for 15 years, then one day I suddenly became health-conscious and quit (with the help of a disposable e-cig). That was in June 2013, and I haven't had any relapses. I did feel the cravings, though. I found it helped to keep in mind why I was quitting and how little I enjoyed smoking after so many years. It had just became a repetitive habit for me.
I think it's doubly difficult to quit when you're constantly around other people who smoke. I don't want to sound preachy, and I think the smoker has to internalize why they smoke, then notice what it's doing to them over time.
you could give yourself negative re-enforcement every time you smoke , like shock aversion therapy...
Title: Re: Reasons to Quit Smoking
Post by: Blazor on June 19, 2017, 01:34:22 PM
Post by: Blazor on June 19, 2017, 01:34:22 PM
I just bought an epen for oil de marijuana. It is very, simple, descreet and nice!
Nice
I smoked cigs for 5 years in my late teens, early 20s. Didnt like it, got me a pinch hitter. It looks like a cig, but has a couple tokes of pot loaded in it instead lol. Very discreet as well.
Title: Re: Reasons to Quit Smoking
Post by: kiebers on June 19, 2017, 01:42:24 PM
Post by: kiebers on June 19, 2017, 01:42:24 PM
I just bought an epen for oil de marijuana. It is very, simple, descreet and nice!
Nice:thumbup:
I smoked cigs for 5 years in my late teens, early 20s. Didnt like it, got me a pinch hitter. It looks like a cig, but has a couple tokes of pot loaded in it instead lol. Very discreet as well.
Fear is an amazing motivator for quitting. E-pens are damn near worse than smoking due to chemicals being used in the vape liquid. Double check the chemicals in the oil de marijuana Berry......
Title: Re: Reasons to Quit Smoking
Post by: Renee on June 19, 2017, 02:02:36 PM
Post by: Renee on June 19, 2017, 02:02:36 PM
you could give yourself negative re-enforcement every time you smoke , like shock aversion therapy...Quote from: "realgrimm"(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22https://media.giphy.com/media/3o7bujfEUJFQZg82uk/giphy.gif%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22https://media.giphy.com/media/3o7bujfEU%20...%20/giphy.gif%22%3Ehttps://media.giphy.com/media/3o7bujfEUJFQZg82uk/giphy.gif%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)
Do any of these dumb, white, trailer trash, assholes own a God damn shirt?.....
BTW, that's like the best place an idiot like that could hit himself with a stun gun....That way the electrical current can go right across his groin and into his frickin junk.....
Title: Re: Reasons to Quit Smoking
Post by: Anonymous on June 19, 2017, 02:44:21 PM
Post by: Anonymous on June 19, 2017, 02:44:21 PM
Title: Re: Reasons to Quit Smoking
Post by: shin on June 23, 2017, 07:45:44 AM
Post by: shin on June 23, 2017, 07:45:44 AM
How do you get someone to quit smoking?Quote from: "shin"
It's probably a lesson in futility to simply tell them that smoking tobacco can lead to a number of irreversible health problems.
I used to smoke for 15 years, then one day I suddenly became health-conscious and quit (with the help of a disposable e-cig). That was in June 2013, and I haven't had any relapses. I did feel the cravings, though. I found it helped to keep in mind why I was quitting and how little I enjoyed smoking after so many years. It had just became a repetitive habit for me.
I think it's doubly difficult to quit when you're constantly around other people who smoke. I don't want to sound preachy, and I think the smoker has to internalize why they smoke, then notice what it's doing to them over time.
Is the smoker a relative shin?
Yes. My sister and her husband have "quit" for short periods of time, but they often don't overlap, and one seeing the other smoke makes them want to start up again. I think it's more of the addiction than sugar coating the negative effects of it.
i was lucky that I could distance myself from other smokers until I found it to be less appealing. If I had to live in the same house with a smoker I think it would be 3 times more difficult.
Title: Re: Reasons to Quit Smoking
Post by: Anonymous on June 23, 2017, 11:07:37 AM
Post by: Anonymous on June 23, 2017, 11:07:37 AM
How do you get someone to quit smoking?Quote from: "shin"
It's probably a lesson in futility to simply tell them that smoking tobacco can lead to a number of irreversible health problems.
I used to smoke for 15 years, then one day I suddenly became health-conscious and quit (with the help of a disposable e-cig). That was in June 2013, and I haven't had any relapses. I did feel the cravings, though. I found it helped to keep in mind why I was quitting and how little I enjoyed smoking after so many years. It had just became a repetitive habit for me.
I think it's doubly difficult to quit when you're constantly around other people who smoke. I don't want to sound preachy, and I think the smoker has to internalize why they smoke, then notice what it's doing to them over time.
Is the smoker a relative shin?
Yes. My sister and her husband have "quit" for short periods of time, but they often don't overlap, and one seeing the other smoke makes them want to start up again. I think it's more of the addiction than sugar coating the negative effects of it.
i was lucky that I could distance myself from other smokers until I found it to be less appealing. If I had to live in the same house with a smoker I think it would be 3 times more difficult.
I could imagine it's a lot more difficult to quit a bad habit if others in your own house won't give it up.
Title: Re: Reasons to Quit Smoking
Post by: shin on June 24, 2017, 08:19:40 AM
Post by: shin on June 24, 2017, 08:19:40 AM
How do you get someone to quit smoking?Quote from: "shin"
It's probably a lesson in futility to simply tell them that smoking tobacco can lead to a number of irreversible health problems.
I used to smoke for 15 years, then one day I suddenly became health-conscious and quit (with the help of a disposable e-cig). That was in June 2013, and I haven't had any relapses. I did feel the cravings, though. I found it helped to keep in mind why I was quitting and how little I enjoyed smoking after so many years. It had just became a repetitive habit for me.
I think it's doubly difficult to quit when you're constantly around other people who smoke. I don't want to sound preachy, and I think the smoker has to internalize why they smoke, then notice what it's doing to them over time.
Is the smoker a relative shin?
Yes. My sister and her husband have "quit" for short periods of time, but they often don't overlap, and one seeing the other smoke makes them want to start up again. I think it's more of the addiction than sugar coating the negative effects of it.
i was lucky that I could distance myself from other smokers until I found it to be less appealing. If I had to live in the same house with a smoker I think it would be 3 times more difficult.
I could imagine it's a lot more difficult to quit a bad habit if others in your own house won't give it up.
I can't speak for everyone who ever smoked cigarettes, but generally when you have nicotine in your system and you see someone light up, it's almost like a thirst for warm smoke billowing into the lungs.
That might not sound too pleasing, but I think it must be difficult for any smoker to describe what they actually like about it. For some, the oral fixation and tactile sensation of pulling one out of a pack then lighting it and flicking the ashes might be significantly enjoyable, for others blowing the smoke out and pulling in more smoke seems like an endless cycle... until it turns into a mindless habit taken for granted from doing it so often.
A pack a day (20 cigarettes) is what most agree is the benchmark for a heavy smoker. I think when someone smokes that many on a regular basis they're pretty much having one more than every hour and by then their life is revolving around it.
Title: Re: Reasons to Quit Smoking
Post by: Anonymous on June 24, 2017, 12:35:12 PM
Post by: Anonymous on June 24, 2017, 12:35:12 PM
A glass of wine tastes good to some people, but cigarettes?
I don't get it.
Title: Re: Reasons to Quit Smoking
Post by: Anonymous on June 24, 2017, 01:46:06 PM
Post by: Anonymous on June 24, 2017, 01:46:06 PM
I never understood why anyone would smoke..Quote from: "Fashionista"
A glass of wine tastes good to some people, but cigarettes?
I don't get it.
ac_dunno
I am addicted to nicotine and it's habit forming. I have really cut down the number of smokes I have each day. About three to five cancer sticks a day. That number will rise tonight when we have barbeque and cocktails after golf.
I am still a smoker, but I am on track to be nicotine free.
Title: Re: Reasons to Quit Smoking
Post by: Angry White Male on June 24, 2017, 04:35:14 PM
Post by: Angry White Male on June 24, 2017, 04:35:14 PM
I never understood why anyone would smoke..Quote from: "Fashionista"
A glass of wine tastes good to some people, but cigarettes?
I don't get it.
ac_dunno
I smoke because I like to smoke. If you don't want to smoke, then don't smoke. Pretty fucking simple.
Title: Re: Reasons to Quit Smoking
Post by: Anonymous on June 25, 2017, 04:09:05 AM
Post by: Anonymous on June 25, 2017, 04:09:05 AM
I never understood why anyone would smoke..Quote from: "Fashionista"
A glass of wine tastes good to some people, but cigarettes?
I don't get it.
ac_dunno
I smoke because I like to smoke. If you don't want to smoke, then don't smoke. Pretty fucking simple.
Most of you queers like to smoke.
Title: Re: Reasons to Quit Smoking
Post by: Angry White Male on June 25, 2017, 09:32:19 PM
Post by: Angry White Male on June 25, 2017, 09:32:19 PM
Most of you queers like to smoke.Quote from: "Herman"
OK there big guy...
Title: Re: Reasons to Quit Smoking
Post by: GORDY GAMBINO on June 25, 2017, 09:37:58 PM
Post by: GORDY GAMBINO on June 25, 2017, 09:37:58 PM