As an added incentive remember that every 20 packet hands over £5 to the chancellor who then gives it to the rich or foreign countries or banks On 20 a day that's £1825 of tax after a year could be in your pocket not that of others.(Plus the other £1095 cos you'd be saving £8 a pack)
aaah great topic. i like my joints and would love to stop. keep telling myself that i know i will stop and i try to do things that need my lungs! started playing football again after just losing my bite a few years ago. Its hell...never felt so unhealthy and on the brinks of a mental collapse...then there are those that we love. My little boy looking at me knowing i smoke but respecting me enough to not make an issue of it.However i can tell and the shame of letting people down and the passion for my hobby has just added another weight on my shoulders to suceed. its a **** feeling to feel yourself degenerate in health and mind...that it makes you ask the question that 'am i throwing my life away and beng selfish to others by not considering them' days and weeks of thinking has helped me cut down from almost daily to treating myself and my whims once a week. now im asking myself wether i am a weak man or not? no ****ing way am igoing to live as a weak man who cant even control myself...what will my son think? i know i will win ..i have to...and so willl you fella....value what you got
Go to your GP, they may have a nurse who can prescribe patches, it takes will power, but when I packed & had cravings I just thought, I've got this far without a cigarette, why spoil it now, it's been about 8 years now, I still fancy a smoke now & then, but what's the point in starting again?
I packed in 88 days 8 hrs 20 mins ago (I have an app for my phone) I agree with previous posts that you have to be in the right frame of mind. For me it was a combination of things, I Realised what I was spending on cigarettes each month was now more than my mortgage, could get me a good car on hp, could equip an aid worker in Africa. Then whilst down London I was asked for £8.50 for a pack ! I stopped on the spot (well after the three I had left). I wouldn't count anything out that may help you stop, for me it's the lozenges, just take the urge away and stop me being irritable. I have heard of good things about the tablets Champix you could give them a shot, although they're not for everyone. If there was one bit of advice I would give, it would be that you can never have just the one no matter how much you tell yourself you can. Good luck and don't give up giving up
My method worked: keep on smoking till your arteries clog up (far more likely than lung cancer) then be off work for a year and undergo unpleasant bypass surgery - not touched a *** since!
Facts about smoking Smoking costs the NHS between £1.4bn and £1.7bn a year Smoking causes 100,000 deaths per year in the UK Smoking takes an average of at least seven years off every smoker's life, which works out to five and a half minutes per cigarette. After Stopping Smoking After 20 minutes, blood pressure drops to normal. After 8 hours, the carbon monoxide level in the blood drops to normal. After 48 hours, nerve endings start regrowing and the senses of smell and taste are enchanced. In one to nine months, coughing, sinus congestion, fatigue, and shortness of breath decrease and cilia regrow in the lungs. After five years, the chance of dying from lung cancer decreases by almost half. Never Smoked so i cant talk to any of you about how hard it is to quit but as outhers have said it seems like the right idea and a really good thing to do
All true but it also brings £3b a year to the exchequer. So if everyone stopped, how would they get that back? Road tax, petrol, VAT, alcohol seem the most likely candidates for a hammering.
My last smoke was Feb 17th, 1988, after many attempts, alternating between cigars & ciggies. I was sick of the lumps I was bringing up most mornings, the stench of my breath often complained about rightly by my wife and the impression it was giving to my kids. My mother died not long after this date with lung cancer, aged 64, the result of over fifty years(!) of smoking. It was a long and painful journey before she passed away. As a comparison my father is 90yo and has never smoked! I dont have any special advice except that it is down to your will and personal determination. But if you can give it another go you will succeed. I rate it as one of the best things I have achieved. My health, pocket, self-esteem and life expectation (hopefully) are much improved. Don't give up. Just realize it is difficult and always be vigilant about thinking "one wont hurt!! It takes years before you lose the craving!! Why not target the Great North Run? I prepared for 18months for the 1989 event and even managed the 1990 one. Best of luck.
Have you looked into Champex? http://forums.redflagdeals.com/quit-smoking-champex-chantix-662232/ Has worked for a lot of my friends. As for the old joint chestnut have you tried dried mint as a baccy substitute, not sharp and tastes OK or get your local grower to give you the shade leaves (and make resin out of it with lots of ice and a blender and smoke it in joints made from dried mint)
Some cracking posts there guys. Has given me some inspiration to fight the urge to smoke. I had gone 19 days without and had 1 yesterday to ruin all that good work. Oh well best start counting the days again. I guess part of my problem is that i have always been fit and despite smoking 10 a day for about 7 years am still one of the fittest players on my football team and was able to run the great north run in under 2 hours last year. I want to continue this level of fitness and somewhere at the back of my mind i know the tabs will bite back at some point and affect my fitness so the sooner i stop the better.
I am no expert but would have thought, 10 a day, 7 years, age 25, stop now and any damage will be repaired. Carry on and the risk grows.
Ever heard of swear or smoke like a trooper? Cigs don't stop your fitness levels...maybe they will hinderance them at some stage...... Many a fit person drops down dead for no reason........ Disclaimer....i am not saying smoking is ok, far from it....but let's not be blinkered by the fact that that there are other harmful stuff which we think nothing about......
