All I seem to hear about is why people should pack up smoking. Well if that is the case, why do the Government not make all Quit Smoking Aids FREE from Pharmacies. Junkies can get Needles Free, Why Not Patches/Gum for Smokers.
2006-11-13 22:49:39 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
I Live in London, Uk
2006-11-13 23:14:07 · update #1
To TOECEE where do you Live??? Not Free at my Doctors I asked.
2006-11-13 23:16:39 · update #2
I was a smoker, started when I was 11- and married at 16, the moment the DR said I was preggers, as I walked out of the DR office, I dump my cigaretts in the garbage can!
stay quit foir nine months.... all on my own, it is a mind thing, anything you set your mind to do, you can do it.
I will admit though some things are more difficult for some others, like I cant seem to loose weight for the life of me! but I drop them smokes like a hot potato!
I want to add, I would goi back to smoking each time I had my baby- (had 3 of them) and when my baby daughter was 2- she picked up a pencil and was pretending to smoke- I said right then NO MORE.
That has been almost 17 years ago.
and I have not had a single smoke.
2006-11-13 22:58:41 · answer #1 · answered by BubbleGumBoobs! 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Natural Quit Smoking Magic
2016-05-20 12:18:04 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't quit because the cigarette companies make it almost impossible to quit. Especially after so long. I know that there's something in cigarettes that makes them way more addictive then they should be, I smoked Marlboro's for a year, and I became super addicted super quick, if I didn't get a cigarette like every 3 hours I felt like I was going crazy, I couldn't think straight. A friend told me to try American Spirit cigarettes, cuz they don't have any additives. I hated them at first, cuz they didn't really make the cravings go away, and after 3 or 4 days, I started having withdrawal symptoms! No joke, I was still smoking every day, but I felt like I was quitting, I couldn't sleep more than 2 hours at a time, I started eating more, and I had intense cravings for chocolate (I don't know if that was withdrawals or not, but it made me feel better). Then, after a week, I felt better. I went from smoking 5 or 6 cigarettes a day to 1 or 2, and the craving became much more enjoyable (that's a weird way to describe it, but instead of feeling like a crack addict who needed a fix, I was able to sit back and enjoy my cigarette). And now, I don't feel as guilty about smoking because I'm smoking less, and I just feel less addicted. It sounds goofy, but if you look up how cigarette companies use ammonia in their tobacco, you'll see that they try to make their cigarettes as addictive as possible. I had tried to quit cold turkey before, but just like you said, the longest I could go was two weeks, then I'd start smoking even more than before!
2016-03-19 07:43:04 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Quite right! But the government make too much money out of us smokers to ever help us in any way. We're all doomed. Willpower is the only effective way to give up anyway but after a year and a half I've lapsed again.
2006-11-13 22:53:03 · answer #4 · answered by Misha-non-penguin 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Err..They do hun, Ive tried twice in the last 2 years and both times ive been given access to any NRT product that i want, you just have to go your local stop smoking clinic for a consultation and your given them. Its followed up with appointments with advisors to check on your progress. It aint worked tho, the NRT products are just too hideous, apart from the patches and i dont smoke enough to have them.
2006-11-13 22:59:19 · answer #5 · answered by Summerbreeze 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The number of times this question appears is unreal. I take it you are a smoker who wants to quit. Well done for taking the first steps. It depends on how badly you want to quit. If you stop buying cigarettes you wont be able to smoke them, Very simple really. It worked for me.
2006-11-13 22:54:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
i believe that they get approx £3.20 per packet of 20 for taxes. so they making loads of money from us. i always say if its that bad for us STOP BLINKING MAKING THEM. that way no one else will start and we will find it easier to stop as the temptation to buy them wont be there. i have tried a few times to quit but i guess my will power isnt strong enough. i did manage a year and a half once but that nearly killed me.decided to start again.
2006-11-13 22:59:14 · answer #7 · answered by Roo 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because the government makes a shed load of money from cigarette taxes...
they tell us they want us to quit smoking...
but if we all did tomorrow, taxes would increase on other things to make up the shortfall.
2006-11-13 22:52:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
HI! I QUIT SMOKING AND HERE IN WEST VIRGINIA WE HAVE FREE NICOTINE PATCHES. I WILL GIVE YOU THE PHONE NUMBER AND MAYBE THEY CAN TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT THE STATE YOU LIVE IN. 1-888-422-4876 THE NAME OF THE PROGRAM IS HABITROLE TAKE CONTROL SUPPORT PROGRAM. GOOD LUCK!!!!!
2006-11-13 23:09:08 · answer #9 · answered by claude l 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because government gets lot of taxes from tobacco products.
2006-11-13 22:53:44 · answer #10 · answered by Niranjan 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋