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Quitting smoking

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by MisterCreosote, Jan 6, 2012.

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  1. BYH

    BYH Active Member

    Quitting is for losers.
     
    BYH, Jan 11, 2012
    #25
  2. imjustagirl

    imjustagirl Active Member

    Get coffee and beer flavored e-cigs. Win win!
     
    imjustagirl, Jan 11, 2012
    #26
  3. Matt1735

    Matt1735 Well-Known Member

    Might as well give up coffee and beer too!
     
    Matt1735, Jan 11, 2012
    #27
  4. hondo

    hondo Well-Known Member

    I'm happy for anyone who quits. I know how addictive it can be because both of my parents and at one point five of my seven brothers and sisters smoked (one still does).

    That said, I still find it astonishing that anyone under the age of, let's say, 50, every took it up in the first place. There's been a ton of information on the dangers. Everyone got hammered with it in health class in junior high and high school. I get it that older people started before the Surgeon General's first warnings in 1964.

    But how could smart, college-educated people go near a cigarette from the 1970s on?
     
    hondo, Jan 11, 2012
    #28
  5. HC

    HC Well-Known Member

    Because they started when they were stupid teenagers to whom nothing bad could ever happen.
     
    HC, Jan 11, 2012
    #29
  6. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    We all do stuff we know we shouldn't do.

    I was a teenager in the 1980s, so I am in my early 40s. There was plenty of info then saying, "Those things are addictive and they kill people."

    So even when I was a teenager, I had it in my head that the best way to keep from getting addicted was to never even try a single cigarette. It just seemed logical to me. I have never even had one puff.

    I'm about as judgmental as anyone when I see people smoking--really judgmental, particularly because of the societal costs. But the thing I have no clue about is how hard it is to kick an addiction. I have never walked an inch those shoes, so even though I agree with Hondo about not understanding why anyone would ever even tries a cigarette, I do sympathize when someone who already made that mistake decides to stop and they find it difficult.

    Good luck. About the only thing I have (and I don't mean to it to be trite) is that the things most worth doing are often not very easy.
     
    The Big Ragu, Jan 11, 2012
    #30
  7. BYH

    BYH Active Member

    How about e-beer?
     
    BYH, Jan 11, 2012
    #31
  8. Versatile

    Versatile Active Member

    In my case, it wasn't even that. I genuinely like smoking on occasion. It's a drug, remember? Nicotine does help cut the edge on stress a little and it gives someone like me, who doesn't smoke regularly, a nice little head buzz. It's also especially effective while drinking.

    Every cigarette supposedly takes away a chunk of your life. But I lived my life, particularly up until the last two years, taking tons of risks. I rarely smoke now, and I rarely get very drunk. And I guess I try to eat healthier, sort of.

    I'm not justifying smoking here. And I, too, have never been addicted and don't know what it's like to quit. I imagine it's horrible. But I am saying that there are logical reasons to smoke, even if they admittedly are outweighed by the logical reasons not to smoke.
     
    Versatile, Jan 11, 2012
    #32
  9. BYH

    BYH Active Member

    Hey another thread in which hondo is smarter and better than everyone else. The irony is suffocating.
     
    BYH, Jan 11, 2012
    #33
  10. nmmetsfan

    nmmetsfan Active Member

    E-cigs don't impress chicks?
     
    nmmetsfan, Jan 11, 2012
    #34
  11. BDC99

    BDC99 Well-Known Member

    Sorry. Had to be done. :)
     
    BDC99, Jan 11, 2012
    #35
  12. BDC99

    BDC99 Well-Known Member

    Most of us were not smart, college-educated people when we started doing stupid stuff like this. I started before I was in high school. Just like anyone in the 50s or 60s did, most people started because of peer pressure, to impress chicks, or even because they liked it. I'm pleased that you have lived the perfect life, but most of us are not so fortunate.
     
    BDC99, Jan 11, 2012
    #36
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