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Beline

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Posted: 04-15-08 05:30am


I came to this forum not to debate the habit/addiction, but to get some inspiration to quit. Thank you, Eric. You’ve been a great help.

Michell3z

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Posted: 04-21-08 00:59am


if you want to leave healthy then you must quite but if you want to die early then it was the best way. he.. honestly it was serious, have you know that in every stick of cigarette you've lost seven seconds of your possible life span.

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It stinks! Posted: 04-21-08 21:01pm


I smoke and know from experience that a good reason to stop smoking is not only for health reasons but to cure the stinky clothes syndrome. I hate putting on clothes, that appear to smell like fabric softner, in my house and then leave my house to only smell my own smokey smelled clothes. People in society act different towards people who have tobacco smoke smelling clothes. I don't typically care what people think of me, but I definitly hate stinking around people that judge me. I bet it's nicer to smell good around judgmental people!

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Reasons why you should stop smoking other than health Posted: 05-29-08 09:54am


Interesting, Everyone is different, this is obvious, and smokers are some of the most hard core there is, they hate anyone against smokers, so I can imagine there are plenty who fall into this catagory, and will never stop until their health quits, and they die. How anyone would want to die of cancer, heart disease or emphysema, I just don't know. Have you even been with a person or worse, a loved one going through any of the above? It is a real wake up call for even hard core smokers, I can assure you. My Mother recently died from empysema, and talk about suffering sucking in every ounce of air you can with every breath, it is like drowning every day for years, so no thanks, I don't want to leave this world sucking my last breath with oxygen tubes prolonging the agony. Yes, it is tough to kick the habit of tobacco and nicotine, but when you see a loved one suffer, it wakes you up, not to say it is any easier to stop, but it does wake you up to look for alternatives. My Mother never smoked a day in her life, but my Father was a chain smoker, so second hand smoke killed my Mother, and since my Father died of heart attack at 46, sure doesn't bode well for children, so another wake up call, second hand smoke kills. If you are at all concerned with others, then do it for them if you don't care about your own health. For those who cannot smoke, or want to smoke, there is an answer which worked for me. You probably have heard about it as it was on CNBC stock report that I learned about it a few months ago, there are electronic cigarettes on market which give you the taste of tobacco, FAUX smoke, which is actually vaporized water which acts like real smoke, amazingly realistic, and most of all, satisfying the habit of wanting to smoke, as in, having smoke in hand, mouth and inhaling to help with nervousness, as example. With no carcinogens as with tobacco cigarettes, you can satisfy your habit and nicotime addiction without killing yourself, not a bad option as I saw it. Better yet, you can use it to kick the nicotine addiction as you can adjust down nicotine until you are off it completely like I now am. I was not heavy smoker, and everyone is affected differently by nicotine. I was able to kick nicotine habit in just over two months, but I can still enjoy the harder habit of having something to hold and inhale which still appeases smoking side of habit. Now I can stop whenever I want, but not kill myself in the mean time, and that is something no patch, gum, pills or drugs can accomplish. Chatix is causing people to have accidents, some fatal, so pilots have been issued orders to stop using drugs, so this is a real wake up call. So with so many reasons to stop, and few valid reasons to continue, you still have to respect peoples free wills to do what they want with their lives. With that in mind, electronic FAUX cigarettes are the only answer in my experience. A safer alternative which is so close to real tobacco cigarettes just makes good common sense, as well as save the other cents, money. If you don't want to quit, fine, switch, then you save your health, save others health around you since no second hand smoke issues exist with these systems, and best of all for those who don't want to quit, show and tell others and get paid to stop smoking, now that is the reason I still use FAUX smokes. No matter where I smoke, restaurants, airports, casinos, hotels, everyone asks, what are you smoking? And all I do is hand out a business card and get paid to show and tell. So with that, I have found the perfect solution to a long time habit of smoking tobacco cigarettes. Marboro never paid me a dime for smoking their brand all those years and displaying their box everytime I light up. (g) If they had, I might still be smoking. This is the real solution to those who don't want to stop, and for those who cannot, so search out the information on this new technology, sure got me hooked. Wealth without Health is Worthless

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Cancer, Heart Disease, Emphysema, what's your preference? Posted: 06-30-08 07:38am


Interesting, I thought I had read or heard it all for reasons not to kick the addiction and habit of smoking, but this thread tops them all. Seeing anyone depressed enough to want to die is heart breaking, but dying of old age is far better than dying young of cancer, heart disease or emphysema, this is a fact. Your post is sad to say the least, so you honestly think dying of old age is worse than dying of cancer, heart disease and emphysema? Let me tell you my story. I watched my Mother die for three years with emphysema. Personally, this is the worst of the three in my experience. Why? Simple, a person with emphysema describes it as if each breath is their last just like drowning every day for years, so you want to compare poopooing or peeing in your bed as difficult? My Mother simply gave up, even though we all didn't want her to, she made her own decision, and yes, in her last stages of disease, she had to be in hospital on oxygen. As a child, I drowned, and thankfully, I was brought back by lifeguard, but I will never forget the feeling of taking your last gasp of air before water fills your lungs and you pass out and all goes black, quiet, and peaceful. Guess this is what death feels like, but watching my Mother die for three years was like watching her drown for a full three years. Since we were all helpless to save her life, this compounded how we all felt, so you want to compare your story to millions of others who are going through the same thing my family did. Sorry, your story is not even close. Pooping and peeing in your bed does not compare to drowning and gasping for air for three years. My Mother never smoked a day in her life, but my Father did, and since he died of heart attack at 46, my Mother was only exposed to second hand smoke for about 23 years and it still did her in. You never know what disease will befall you as a smoker, or who will be subject to dying from second hand smoke. Having seen the consequences of smoking and living with someone who does, I know I would rather have cancer or heart disease than emphysema if given the choice. Everyone is different, and everyone has an excuse to not stop smoking, and over the years, I had plenty of my own excuses, just as you read on these forums. It is never easy to kick the habit, but for those who don't want to, there was little help for them. I had my excuses, but seeing my Mother die a slow and tortured death for three years was enough to motivate me to look at every product on the market all over again. I had quit a dozen times, but never could stay off smokes for long, and each time I quit, it got ten times tougher to quit the next time. You have to want to stop before you have a chance to succeed, and this is the most important aspect, and I didn't want to stop all the other times I tried. I am sure most can relate to this, some people just enjoy a smoke, and this makes kicking the habit even more difficult. You have to be motivated to want to stop smoking, and I was finally at that point given the fear of emphysema and watching my Mother die over three years of drowning and gasping for last breath every day. That did it for me. So my research started all over again to see what was new on market for I had already tried the nicotine gum, patches, lozenges, never mind the hypnosis and acupuncture, and now I found they had drugs to help kick habit. I went to a stop smoking seminar put on by local medical group, and the only thing they were pushing were drugs, and I am not one who takes any medicines, not want to, so having heard all the downsides to drugs, I kept searching, and I am glad I did. I found the product that worked for me, as it did for the 40 year smoker who introduced me to new product. It is a nano tech electronic FUAX cigarette, and as strange as it sounded, it works, and works for everyone who tries it. Since some on forums don't like promotional testimonies, I won't mention the one I found to be the best, but I researched them all, suckers anyone else who wants a safe no drug solution to kick nicotine addiction, and do it safely with no drugs or typical withdrawal symptoms. Whether you want to stop, or don't, this is the only real solution on the market which offers a health safe alternative. It looks like a cigarette, smokes like a cigarette, but has no known carcinogens, and you dial down your level of nicotine at your own personal pace to purge nicotine addiction at the rate best suited to your addiction level. Not everyone is same, so you can easily learn how your body reacts with each reduction of nicotine delivery. Will this work for everyone? Well, since I started, it has allowed me to kick the nicotine addiction entirely in about two months. Now I wasn't a heavy smoker, so again, everyone is different, and I respect that. It may take you twice as long to get off nicotine, but given the fact everyone can do it at their personal preference level, it works for everyone I have introduced it to. For you hardcore smokers who will not stop smoking, then don't, but you should at least consider switching to a health safe alternative, and experiment with dialing down nicotine level, and who knows, it just might be the answer you were looking for, one where you can smoke, but not impact your health, or the health of those around you with danger of second hand smoke. Sure made sense to me. Wealth Without Health is Worthless

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QUIT SMOKING Posted: 07-12-08 16:56pm


In simple words smoking kills that is why one should quit smoking.It not only harms the smoker but also to the person sitting near to the smoker.Due to smoking environment also gets polluted.It has negative effects only to the society. akkirocks