[Health] Smoking.

[Fracture]

Originally Posted by Granyaski

Sounds like a good idea, do they help cut down the nicotine addiction?

Well they have way more nicotine in them then cigarettes... so it probabley wouldn't be a good idea to smoke one multiple times a day. In a perfect world, just one Cigarillo would give you your fix for a whole day by satisfying your nicotine cravings. I don't know how that would translate to real life though. It may work completely opposite.

[Asheekay]

Professional to consult: hypnotherapist.

Medicines to take: Caladium and Chemomilla. Available at homeopathic stores.

[Mr. Matt]

Statistically speaking, going cold turkey is the most successful way of quitting smoking by quite a large margin (which incidentally makes all of those companies selling patches and shit just as evil as cigarette companies, because all they're doing is keeping you addicted to nicotine).

For me, I just have to ask myself - do I enjoy smoking? Personally I do, so I carry on. When I decide that I don't enjoy it anymore, I'll stop. I did successfully stop via the cold turkey method a couple of years ago (it had nothing to do with trying to hook up with a girl who didn't like smokers). But I missed the social element of it, and I missed how relaxing it can be, and bizarrely enough I even missed the taste, so I resumed it.

[Primarch Vulkan]

Originally Posted by Fracture

Don't get addicted in the first place?

I have two ideas that may provide a solution.

1. You could try chewing. I've always preferred chewing tobacco to cigarettes myself.
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aye doesn't that up your chances of mouth cancer tho?

me I smoke, my lungs aren't that bad...hell I've been smoking for 10 years...and still can blow up a 24" inch balloon (plus earn a few buck with bets that people that think I'll pass out, earned 40 bucks to date) with barely being out of breath or lightheaded.

[Fracture]

I suppose chewing tobacco can increase the risk of mouth and throat cancer, but it all depends on the person, much like smoking. I know several people that have chewed consistently their whole lives and are now in their fifties and sixties with no signs of cancer. On the other hand I've known guys that chewed for ten years and got throat cancer.

[Octovon]

Originally Posted by Mr. Matt

For me, I just have to ask myself - do I enjoy smoking? Personally I do, so I carry on. When I decide that I don't enjoy it anymore, I'll stop. I did successfully stop via the cold turkey method a couple of years ago (it had nothing to do with trying to hook up with a girl who didn't like smokers). But I missed the social element of it, and I missed how relaxing it can be, and bizarrely enough I even missed the taste, so I resumed it.

^ This. I quit for about a year before buying a pack a few weeks ago, and I did so by going cold turkey (though I did cut back on my smoking for a few weeks before stopping all together). I do miss the social aspects of it, some of the best people I met at school happened while waiting outside for a class to start, having a cigarette. Lending them a lighter or giving them an extra smoke when they had run out, smoking outside a bar with a bunch of strangers usually led to conversations and such, good times. When I worked in a warehouse I got to know a lot of my fellow employees while on smoke breaks.

I would miss the social aspect of it more if my friends smoked cigarettes, so we could smoke together outside bars or something. Instead they're all pot-heads who dislike cigarettes (and going out to bars, because "getting high is better"), so while I can smoke freely outside in public, they're huddled in someone's car getting stoned and spending the next hour or so half-trying not to look high and stupid.

I'll probably quit again soon, this recent break was just a temporary step away from the path I guess. I hate smoking in summer, especially in the hot and muggy summers of Southern Ontario when it's 35 C outside with absurd humidity, always made me feel utterly sick (though the hot/humid summers always killed me, even without smoking).

[Goody.]

I smoked for 20 plus years and stopped 15 months ago and I have not had any real cravings.
I used patches but dont think you slap on a patch and thats it. You have the patches to help you cut down and then you stop.
I enjoyed smoking but you can easily stop if you really want to but if you dont want to then you wont. My doctor saidpeople generally fail 2 or 3 times so dont feel badif you have a sligh smoke while trying to quit.

[Arld]

I honestly don't get all this talk about "social aspect" of it. Truth be told, there are many, many other ways to socialize without jeopardizing the health of yourself and others. Why start in the first place?
Personally, I don't think you should've, but I guess it's each to his own.

My father smoked for about 25 years and recently decided to stop. He's also one of those peeps who use the electronic cigarette. I'm glad he did so; no more whining (considering I forbade any smoking near me) from me about how he should go outdoors to smoke instead of indoors.

Even though smoking may very well be an addiction, it's still not really hard to quit from an addiction. Ultimately it'll come down to your willpower. If you really want to stop, you will. Be dedicated.

Been there, done that. Well, other things anyway.

[Kalessin]

Originally Posted by G.R.A.E.M.E.

Even though smoking may very well be an addiction, it's still not really hard to quit from an addiction.

Not all addictions are equal. Cigarettes, and heroin.

[Arld]

Originally Posted by Kalessin

Not all addictions are equal. Cigarettes, and heroin.

Regardless of the truth of that statement, it still comes down to the individual. Nobody's going to be able to remove the addiction from yourself but you. Discipline.