Are you a smoker?

[Jennifer]

Never touched them early in life, real clean, then got stupid, it kinda seemed sexy, how stupid I was, now smoke a pack a day, light ones but so stupid.

What is best prescription???

Stop being stupid.

Jennifer

[tekla]

Every time I see someone smoking I smile knowing they are paying taxes so I don't have to.

[jordonna10]

I only noticed how stupid I was after sitting at the smoking section of ihop. Im telling you everyone around me were old looking!!! The had the worst  teeth/skin and talk like Roz from monsters inc.     


saddly thats not enough to get me to quit

[Francis Ann Burgett]

I was told today that i had to stop in order to receive new HRT from new physician. So guess I've got to find a way to break the stupid habit??  How???

[Francis Ann Burgett]

Stop being stupid.

Jennifer

so easy to say, stuff is so hard to stop. Coffee, morning almost impossible not to have one cigarette.

[Cindy]

I never gave up, I just decided ~25 years ago to postpone the next one. The first week was a struggle, after that no problems.

Francis, I hear that nicotine patches can be useful, no doubt they have been mentioned before.

I'm not sure how people can afford to smoke!

Cindy

[Francis Ann Burgett]

It's not easy to stop for me, like after coffee, or after lunch, certain times are the hardest.

5 us $'s a pack here.

No doubt stupid habit, never smoked early in life, always hated smokers, not sure why I started.

Hate to admit it but early in life dressed as a girl, into gay bars, dressed real nice, lipstick, painted nails sitting at bar & it seemed sexy to smoke a cagarette, sucking on it I guess, while waiting on men to come hit on me. Hate to admit that but I remember doing it, specially at New Orleans, bourbon street bars. I was young & stupid.

Maybe I can be smarter now since I'm a a lot older.

[Cindy]

It's not easy to stop for me, like after coffee, or after lunch, certain times are the hardest.

5 us $'s a pack here.

No doubt stupid habit, never smoked early in life, always hated smokers, not sure why I started.

Hate to admit it but early in life dressed as a girl, into gay bars, dressed real nice, lipstick, painted nails sitting at bar & it seemed sexy to smoke a cagarette, sucking on it I guess, while waiting on men to come hit on me. Hate to admit that but I remember doing it, specially at New Orleans, bourbon street bars. I was young & stupid.

Maybe I can be smarter now since I'm a a lot older.

When I took it up at when I was about 13 it was to be macho,  I had my first erection smoking a cigarette. Didn't have a clue what was happening to me . Walking down the street and thinking, my penis has done something odd, I was a naive child


I think cigs are around $12-15 in Oz, I don't buy them so I'm not sure.

Most venues in Oz including bars and restaurants are smoke free, which helps. Smoking in public is slowly coming in as well.

I don't think there are any easy ways to give up. Just keep trying and don't look upon not succeeding as lack of success.

I also had a partner who smoked so giving up was futile until she did as well.

Have you tried hypnotherapy? just to give you a kick in?

I also was an after coffee, so I took up tea, with alcohol, I changed my drinking habits. I changed my habits, and I never told anyone I was giving up. I still haven't but it has been 28yrs since the last one.

Be strong Sis,

You can do it. And then you get the fun stuff

Cindy (pm any time)

[apple pie]

In my neighbourhood on one of the streets, on one side smoking isn't allowed in the restaurants whereas on the other side it's allowed, because the two sides are controlled by different councils

[Lily]

I tried a cigarette once, years ago, and it was horrible. I'm never doing that again. 

I don't mind when people smoke around me though, the smell isn't all that unpleasant.

[JessicaH]

Chantix. I have never had an easier time quitting and I quit last February. After taking it for a few days, the cigarettes start tasting wierd then nasty. You quit getting that endorphin high that would normally get from getting the nicotine fix so it just starts to seem worthless to smoke.

Directions say to take it for 3 months but I only took it for one and did fine. It's expensive but still cheaper per day than smoking! Now, some people have issues with it and they wierd out some or get too depressed but MOST don't!!!!!!!

[Jennifer]

I was told today that i had to stop in order to receive new HRT from new physician. So guess I've got to find a way to break the stupid habit??  How???

First you must decide which one you want more, HRT and all the wonderful things that come with it, or cigarettes and all the not so wonderful things that come with them. Then make a plan and stick to it. After a month or two the habit will be gone and you will be free at last! It's not easy. But nothing worth doing is easy. You can do it sis, I have faith in you.

Jennifer 

[Francis Ann Burgett]

I'll stroll into local doc tomorrow & get a script for this Chantix.

Thanks, girl friends

[Lily]

I have heard that caffeine can also hinder the effects of hrt, I don't know if it's true but I've stopped all use just in case.

[Dani0621]

Picked up smoking in the military.  I'm trying to quit now in preparation for HRT.  It's been a few months, but I've quit for a few months before.   I'm actually in a rare platoon right now, one without a single smoker.  Most of the guys do dip constantly though, so I'm usually chewing gum or fiddling with toothpicks to avoid picking that up (though I still indulge on patrols from time to time).  Tried e-cigs an nicorette...e-cigs only temporarily replaced the real thing, but the nicorette helped a bit more. 

Going to be hard to stay clean while overseas, especially since it helps to socialize with locals, but we'll see how it goes.  I actually enjoyed it though.  The taste was good and it was a good way to take a 5-10 minute break from the day or to meet and chat with new people. 

I don't care much about the health risks or how some people may find it unattractive.  There are bigger things to worry about in the world.  But if I'm not planning to stay in the military and am going to start HRT, I need to adjust accordingly.

[Francis Ann Burgett]

Just swallowed first Chantix pill. It will be a good day when I do not need those natsy things, Just got addicted long ago, had no reason much to stop, did not think ultra light cigs' would really hurt me, my rational.

But it it's time for some changes, past time.

Francis

[JungianZoe]

Thankfully, I never smoked.  But from 4 to 13, I grew up around 4 packs of secondhand smoke a day.  Because of that, I have underdeveloped lungs and am actually allergic to cigarette smoke.  I also can't run and can't do physical activity for very long or my lungs get all inflamed and I'll get sick.

But at least I never smoked!

[JungianZoe]

Zoe, what are you doing it that picture?

Being my ADHD self?

[Joelene9]

  Being dyslexic, I've done more bizarre things than Zoë above^. 
  I never smoked.  Smoking was common in the Navy in the 70's and earlier.  We had a "Smoking Lamp" rule to accommodate this.  If we were onloading or in some cases, offloading fuels or other dangerous items to or from a ship, the announcement over the 1MC would say " The smoking lamp is out throughout the ship while refueling, XXXX" (the oilers' name).  No smoking during flight ops, General Quarters and other events that smoking would present a danger.  The ordinance crew had to remove all smoking items from their person during bomb loading or they will face Captain's Mast.  Those thick nylon protection caps for those bombs, with "V" cuts on the rim, made for nifty ashtrays though. 
  I was exposed to the second hand smoke in my shop aboard ship, but not as bad as home.  The shop had adequate ventilation, at home the smoke actually stratified!  I can see it with the sunrays streaming through the windows.  My mom was a 2 pack a day smoker and sometimes she had her friends or the aunts over for coffee and that added to it. 
  Because I didn't smoke, I was never accepted by the "in crowd" in high school.  To this day with most of that old "in crowd" have quit, I still not accepted by them because I wasn't part of that "in crowd".  40 years later!  Smokers had their own politics and policies associated with it.   
  Joelene

[JPurcell]

I'm a daily smoker, but I only smoke about a quarter pack a day. I started because my brother and sister did, rather than to be in the "in" crowd in HS. I hope to quit soon though