Do you smoke?

Question

I used to, but I kicked the habit many years ago.

Answer 1

I am now on my third week of stopping!!

As far as I am concerned I have done it. Free at last and I didn't use any nicotine products.

Yeap! I stopped cold turkey.

How did I do this.....

Do a search on google images for "lung damage smoking".

People are in for a bit of a shock.

I used to find smoking attractive and sort of mystical.

Not anymore.

I have posted a couple of times on whyquit.com look for iposhrat there as well.

Check the pictures I uploaded.

http://groups.msn.com/FreedomFromTobaccoQuitSmokingNow/shoebox.msnw

Read this too.

http://whyquit.com/whyquit/BryanLeeCurtis.html

Smoking may look attractive and seductive blar blar etc BUT in the inside it is a totally different story.

You can change your car air filter but you can't change your lungs, which get blocked up in the end.

I hope that helps someone.

Answer 2

For a smoker who enjoys smoking, cigarettes are one of the best things in life, seriously, especially after great sex or a lovely meal.
Non-smokers, especially those who hate the habit, smell, etc. will never understand that, which is okay, I'm not asking them to.
We all know about the dangerous health effects, but personally, and there'll be many smokers who'll agree with me, you reach a stage, especially in a troubled or stressful life, where you just don't care anymore, cos you realise you can't do without them. These days, everybody has a crutch, and I bet the non-smokers out there who despise people like me take something else to keep it real, like booze or drugs maybe. Each to their own; we do what we have to do...I always said to people who questioned my smoking, it won't be the cigarettes that kill me, but the reasons that keep me smoking them..............

Answer 3

I have never smoked.
I think it is a disgusting habit & never want to smell the way smokers do.
Worst thing is now that it is illegal to smoke in a public place like a pub, restaurant etc. people are smoking in the doorways of these places & the result is that previously attractive bulidings are being made to look horrible because of all the cigarete ends lying around their entrances.

Answer 4

Yes, but then it is not a 'habit' but an adiction - as society is becoming anti-smoking, rather than pro-qutting I will be forced to quit soon, but I'll be going via a pro-quitting method at least...it is just a matter of getting to that point.

Answer 5

Yes

Answer 6

Yes.... and I don't sit in judgement of other people's habits and need to post questions like this one!

Do you drink?

I don't.

But my first husband did and died at 41 because of it... my smoking never makes me violent, as his drinking did toward me!

I could go on, but I hope you get my gist?

Answer 7

Definitally not, besides the fact it kills you, and makes you smell bad, the cost is too high. I feel that if you smoke, don't complain about gas prices, becasue your smoking habbit is costing you more then the high gas prices (not to mention all the later medical complcations you will have later in life and the cost associated with them)

Answer 8

i used to but unless i want to loss my leg i'll never smoke again, i just had operation to unblock my veins, due to many years smoking, i saw a friend of mine in the hospital, hed just had his leg off, as many others had i was in pain for 3 years before op

Answer 9

yes, i smoke ,i have for 30 years ,and i`m trying to stop ,i`m down to 1 pack a day, i was smoking 3-4 packs.a day
if you don`t smoke ,don`t start..it`s very hard to quit.

Answer 10

yes for about 16 years, but after hearing all the bad health effects for so many years i was finally able to stop.