Do you smoke?

[noel]

Want to be A Smoker Who Doesn't Smoke?

The brain is a pussy when it comes to smoking.

The body gets your brain to convince you you need a drag for all kinds of
psycholgical reasons... relaxation, fun with friends... inseparable from drinks and morning coffee... etc... "what would I do without it!?!?"
It's really the drug, nicotine, that calls the shots.

But, the brain can fight back.

I realized this when my Dad quit smoking in his eighties.
7o years of smoking and not a trace of lung, or throat cancer!
I used that "I got the perma-lungs from my Dad so forget having to quit" excuse
for years but tried to stop anyway... more than a few times...
the most assine time I quit for 2 weeks until my body cleverly convinced my brain
that I was Superhuman and could stop whenever I wanted... so whathehell... [puff puff puff].
Ten years and approx. 3,650 packets after that I actually DID STOP FOR GOOD.

Amnesia.

Really. It works!
When my Dad started getting so "forgetful" that couldn't manage the house,
he went into a Twilight Home where smoking was forbidden.
Smokers have an almost maniacal need for nicotine...
whenever he couldn't get an escorted trip outdoors for a puff he would go over to
an exit door with the sign "D o o r W i l l O p e n A u t o m a t i c a l l y - FIRE ALARM".
And it did. And while he enjoyed his fag, the fire brigade screamed in.
After a few too many of these exciting episodes we started to get a 450 pound per-pull
mischief charge on the monthly bill.
Thank God the sign was changed and that worked.
And, thankfully, a short time later he forgot he smoked.
He forgot he smoked!

Eureka!

Smokers... look in the mirror.
Tell yourself you are a non-smoker.
Forget you ever smoked.
See yourself that way, use hypnotherapy if necessary, then you will be able to face up to
the liberating trial of chemical withdrawl.
1o days tops.
Then you are free. Sort of. You'll always stay (hopefully) a #3.

1. Non-Smokers
2. Smokers
3. Smokers who don't smoke.

Rant over. Out.




Noel

[scottley]

The smoking ban is brilliant, i can finally sit where i like in a pub or have a nice breakfast in a cafe without someone lighting up, if you wanna smoke do it outside, i don't wanna breath in you filth!!!

[neptar]

I don't smoke, because I've grown up with family arround me smoking, and for some reason it always sends me off on sneezing fits. So growing up I wouldn't spend much time downstairs, i'd be in my room with the door shut.
So for me, the smoking ban has been quite good as it stops the sneezing. But instead all the smoking is on the doorstep instead.

I don't have a problem with people smoking, I have quite a few friends who smoke and they all understand and I will move away while they smoke and they are ok with that. Some people think it's because I am being snobby or something and overreact. Although the ban has really made me realise how big a part of peoples lives smoking is. I was Rileys with my cousin, and their smoking area was a outside area, but the door to this area was right next to our table. So we had people walking in and out of it constantly. And I was starting to sneeze. So I asked the manager if we could switch tables, and she was obviously a smoker and thought I was having a dig or something. And told me that people have a right to smoke.

I didn't really get that response, as I wasn't having a dig at the smokers saying it was their fault. The table was just in a bad place, and a move to another table would solve the problem as there was plenty of spare tables away from the door.

I also am slightly obsessive with things being clean. I don't like using door handles, and if I do I have to wash my hands. So I can't share things with heavy smokers. I let my uncle borrow a guitar once, and he's a smoker. I had to change the strings after.

[crucible77]

The smoking ban is brilliant, i can finally sit where i like in a pub or have a nice breakfast in a cafe without someone lighting up, if you wanna smoke do it outside, i don't wanna breath in you filth!!!

that post is just perfection

one day i hope no one will smoke , its a filthy disgusting habit

[hegeland]

Of the numerous ways I've seen people die at work, I'd rate dying from smoking is up there with ALS and a few others, as one of the absolute worst. I wouldn't wish that to my worst enemy.

I honestly feel sad when I see smokers, like totlxtc and others on here who, judging by their posts, don't have a clue what they're talking about.

[moglet]

I think, whether you smoke or not, the smoking ban was premature. Voluntary abstention was already beginning to work. It is sad to note that persistent smokers who continued to inflict their habit on the general public did so against a popular wish that they should not do so, a more ordered majority assertion would have prevailed in a better world. Thus we have legal constraint which has always had controversial consequences. Smoking is not the only "habit" that causes knock on problems either from a health point of view or from a social one, for balance, maybe these others should attract just the same opprobrium, after all we make choices based on all sorts of criteria, generally with similar levels of public risk?

[ChatLag]

I really appreciate the smoking ban. Going out for dinner etc. has become by far better since then.

I am a smoker (20 per day) and I hate it. But I am too weak to quit.
Tried a couple of times.
And I will try again.
And now I will go out smoking to celebrate that decision...

[DKhan]

I was not only a heavy smoker but also an alcoholic (thanks to I.O.W. ~ UK) for many years. Just recently I started taking a drug called Chantix prescribed by my family doc. with assurance. Not only that I've stopped smoking and actually hate the taste and smell of it, but also helped me in alcohol reversal and coffee/caffeine intake as well. Chantix has been my "miracle drug" for survival.

I personally recommended a few of my other addicted friends who had no idea about Chantix and believe it or not, after consulting their docs., all were successfull in quitting smoking and as well as drinking. There are certain severe side affects, as alluded or claimed, but there's a way around that, as noted and experienced.

www.chantix.com

[kir1]

Im waiting for a life saving double lung transplant! (not from smoking) but i know people who need transplants because of smoking! My lungs are that bad im gasping for air when i get to 16 points in a break! i used to be able to make 50 and 60s breaks all the time and the odd 100! what im saying is dont smoke if you havnt started and if you do try to stop think of all the cues you could buy with savings but also people must realize it is a drug and very addictive!!

[Fatboy]

Of the numerous ways I've seen people die at work, I'd rate dying from smoking is up there with ALS and a few others, as one of the absolute worst. I wouldn't wish that to my worst enemy.

I honestly feel sad when I see smokers, like totlxtc and others on here who, judging by their posts, don't have a clue what they're talking about.

it took my mom 18 months to die from smoking 3 packets a day, never seen anything so bad.

[RocketRoy1983]

I dont smoke and have never tried it. Plus it leaves more money in my sky to spend on snooker

[Monique]

I never smoked (tobacco ) but I don't mind people smoking provided they are civil about it. (*) When you are in a confined place, when you are enjoying a meal, to be imposed the smell of (sometimes very bad) burnt tobacco is really disgusting, not to mention that if you chose not to smoke to protect your health you shouldn't be forced to breath the smoke from others. And to be totally blunt about it, I HATE kissing an ashtray.
Note that I just equally hate to be exposed to some ladies who seem to take a bath in very heavy perfumes (Opium, Poison and the likes) to the point their presence in a restaurant prevents you to taste what you eat!


(*) Maybe if more smokers were civil the tobacco ban would not have been enforced.

[checkSide]

I never smoked (tobacco ) ...

Naughty naughty!

[submarine]

Thats a great story about your dad Noel, I have been stopped for 4 years now (20 a day for 10 years) and don't miss it a bit!

[totlxtc]

I never smoked (tobacco ) but I don't mind people smoking provided they are civil about it. (*) When you are in a confined place, when you are enjoying a meal, to be imposed the smell of (sometimes very bad) burnt tobacco is really disgusting, not to mention that if you chose not to smoke to protect your health you shouldn't be forced to breath the smoke from others. And to be totally blunt about it, I HATE kissing an ashtray.
Note that I just equally hate to be exposed to some ladies who seem to take a bath in very heavy perfumes (Opium, Poison and the likes) to the point their presence in a restaurant prevents you to taste what you eat!


(*) Maybe if more smokers were civil the tobacco ban would not have been enforced.

As a smoker i agree fully with you. I have never smoked when eating as even i dont like people smoking around me if im eating, and will think of others if i light up. I have 3 little ones and i smoke outside as its my choice to smoke, not my choice to make them breathe it. Besides a house stinking of smoke is not nice either. But what i dont like is the other way round is when im out of the way smoking and being civil and a non-smoker enters the area and starts complaining or doing the pathetic coughing. I chose to smoke, and understand people not wanting to and in a way i wish i never started, but feeling like i should have to hide whenever a non-smoker is around feels a little harsh.

Oh and i know what you mean about the perfume!!! Few women on the train and couple of guys everyday are soaked in the stuff! One woman in her 50's once made me cough so badly my eyes started to water when she decided to do her make up and then douse herself down in perfume in the train.

Smoking ban is good. Some places are alot nicer. Some pubs are not so nice as the smell of stale beer has now taken over especially in the hot summer. And in a way i still miss a pint in one hand and ciggy in the other. But really not that bothered. I cant do my party trick anymore at the table when taking a shot and putting the ciggy in my ear (Lister out of Red Drawf ). But i think that is better for everyones sake