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i will be attempting to quit smoking. I figure i should go cold turkey because if their laying around, i will smoke them. Smoking in new york is almost as expensive as smoking the green unless i go to indian country. Its either quitting cigarettes or the other stuff. I don't want to the latter.
do you lot think cold turkey is the best way?
ghost rider wrote: i will be attempting to quit smoking. I figure i should go cold turkey because if their laying around, i will smoke them. Smoking in new york is almost as expensive as smoking the green unless i go to indian country. Its either quitting cigarettes or the other stuff. I don't want to the latter.
do you lot think cold turkey is the best way?
fuck it...start smokin green....greater benefits for your poison intake :D
ghost rider wrote: i will be attempting to quit smoking. I figure i should go cold turkey because if their laying around, i will smoke them. Smoking in new york is almost as expensive as smoking the green unless i go to indian country. Its either quitting cigarettes or the other stuff. I don't want to the latter.
do you lot think cold turkey is the best way?
Cold turkey works. Did for me anyways, and id tried jus having less and less and cutting down before quitting. Cold turkey is the best way defo 
Stop smoking cigarettes, definatley.
Remove yourself from situations where other people are smoking. Like every doorway in Scotland, for example!
Steve Campbell wrote:
ghost rider wrote: i will be attempting to quit smoking. I figure i should go cold turkey because if their laying around, i will smoke them. Smoking in new york is almost as expensive as smoking the green unless i go to indian country. Its either quitting cigarettes or the other stuff. I don't want to the latter.
do you lot think cold turkey is the best way?
fuck it...start smokin green....greater benefits for your poison intake :D
thats very true, and dealers are let less corrupt than the tobacco industry.
Cup of coffee an 2 bines of a morning...Who could ask for anything more?
They are a nightmare in many ways ofcourse,good luck Jonathan I admire the quitters,but they are just so tasty when laced with green,you may struggle mate.You may have to quit BOTH.AAAARGHH 
i never mix with greens. Americans dont do that so much. I will struggle when im out drinking, or looking to take a break from work.
aww, im smoking right now
Twatto wrote: 23 minutes?? Pitiful effort there
Bloody ex-smokers!..
Enjoy your smoke Jon.
How long you been off the bines then Twatto?
i won't become one of those ex-smokers that become self-righteous. You know what i'm talking about?
Boatraceface wrote:
Twatto wrote: 23 minutes?? Pitiful effort there
Bloody ex-smokers!..
How long you been off the bines then Twatto?
Not too long, just over a month. No urge to go back though. Bloody good job too, stamina is quite important for a lifeguard and smoking has brought mine down hugely. Its gonna take ages to get it back.
ghost rider wrote: i won't become one of those ex-smokers that become self-righteous. You know what i'm talking about?
I hope this isnt a reference to me? I would never tell someone to quit, i merely have a very annoying friend who says he will quit every time he is knackered at the gym, but then is smoking the next day, so its started to annoy me when people say it and dont do it. though i did it a few times myself.
ghost rider wrote: not a reference to you, just seems to happen all the time.
Fair enough. I never had a problem with smoking, just really needed to avoid the effects going any further.
Have friends strap you in a chair facing a powerpoint presentation. Eyelids open ala ClockWork Orange. Images of cancer victims, fouled lungs ect. Oh yes, heavy dose of LSD an hour before showtime.
I was never a heavy smoker. Mostly bars and driving home from work. I stopped buying and then stopped bumming. Try a Skoal Bandit between your toes--better than the patch.
Twatto wrote: 23 minutes?? Pitiful effort there
man- but who's counting. cold turkey- you can do it ! -- -dad's done so...a number of times through the years..
skaol- nasty.
14 -K wrote:
Twatto wrote: 23 minutes?? Pitiful effort there
man- but who's counting. cold turkey- you can do it ! -- -dad's done so...a number of times through the years..
not exactly a glowing recommendation of going cold turkey.
ghost rider wrote:
14 -K wrote:
Twatto wrote: 23 minutes?? Pitiful effort there
man- but who's counting. cold turkey- you can do it ! -- -dad's done so...a number of times through the years..
not exactly a glowing recommendation of going cold turkey.
Freezing,nithering,infinite turkey
Boatraceface wrote: Or move to Las Vegas..they do free fags and Ceeegars and beer
and damn good buffets! 
ghost rider wrote:
14 -K wrote: [ cold turkey- you can do it ! -- -dad's done so...a number of times through the years
not exactly a glowing recommendation of going cold turkey.
but it is really. you see, think along Turn's- way. falling like the leaves. the days turned into months and years.. can't forget
like teaching an old dog new tricks. years - years ago he was an always smoker. quit. for years. & every so often he'll pick it again for a couple of weeks or so. the point was to maybe give it a go because stop. and the one-day-at-time rule/ trick / fun can become years.
smoke-free with $ and lungs saved for -- other things.:
twist wrote: Skoal Bandit is chewing tobaccy that is wrapped thus not loose. No mess.
that's gross 
I'm sticking with the fags for now, I'm feared I'll take it out on the kids if I go cold turkey.
umm, something I need to do very soon.
almost every year (around about this time of the year) I give up for 2 months, then start as soon as I go on a holiday or weekend away :\ohwell:
ghost rider wrote: the city of new york offer free tobacco patches, maybe i should consider.
PUT THE PATCHES OVER YOUR EYES THEN YOU CARN'T SEE YOUR CIGGIES.'AND A LOT OF OTHER BAD THINGS.
Recommend it, everyday i wake up and i thank me lucky stars i managed it. fell off the horse a lot but keep telling yourself you want this you want this. if you dont really want to give them the kick you wont.
get something to fidget with aswell, drive your friends nuts 
'Its getting faste, moving faster now, its getting out of hand'
[black]Diamond[/black] wrote: Remove yourself from situations where other people are smoking. Like every doorway in Scotland, for example!
everyone hanging around doorways now because everywhere else is declared smoke free. go figure -even patios are declared smoke-free here. but it's the smoking habit that gets changed & somehow not the whole lifestyle. just the smoking part.
hey G. Rider - are you a 24 hour party person. strong, really strong tea is good for a change.
update:
cold turkey didnt quite cut it, so im trying a half pack a day to start. I have my housemate hide the other half. Working quite nicely, but yesterday i had 11. Couldnt avoid the cig after a meal.
ghost rider wrote: update:
cold turkey didnt quite cut it, so im trying a half pack a day to start. I have my housemate hide the other half. Working quite nicely, but yesterday i had 11. Couldnt avoid the cig after a meal.
I found trying that way just meant i slipped back soon enough. didnt work for me 
But to each his own, might be the right way for you. Good luck
ghost rider wrote: update:
cold turkey didnt quite cut it, so im trying a half pack a day to start. I have my housemate hide the other half. Working quite nicely, but yesterday i had 11. Couldnt avoid the cig after a meal.
WARNING!!!! Cutting down your smoking or smoking lights are almost a sure way of increasing your smoking habit. For many years I tried all sorts of ways of quitting and lead up to me smoking two packs of reds a day.
I quit cold turkey, only way it works I think. The hard part is gettting a reason stronger than your addiction. For me it was when my son, 2 at the time, was pretending and playing that he was smoking. Put down the cig, and didn't pick one up again. The hardest is the first three days, everything else trails down from there and gets easier. Simply make it past three days. (If you are a heavy smoker, prepare everyone that you'll be a real asshole for a couple weeks).
I do pick up smoking again anytime I go on a deployment (because there's no alcohol or sex permitted and I need something). Quit everytime I come home. Found that the three day rule applies pretty much to any amount of cigarettes you are smoking.
Good Luck.
JHC
I'm surprised that no one said anything about patches or gum, but cold turkey is a good choice. I don't smoke, FYI.
[magenta]cozmonite61[/magenta] wrote: I'm surprised that no one said anything about patches or gum, but cold turkey is a good choice. I don't smoke, FYI.
I only smoke when I'm on fire...
Snorri xxx
[magenta]cozmonite61[/magenta] wrote: I'm surprised that no one said anything about patches or gum.
I have a mate that didnt smoke, but for some reason another guy at college decided to give him a load of Nicorette gum. And now hes addicted to smoking. Bit backwards methinks 
NOOLigan wrote:
Smarra[gold]dona wrote: dont be a nazi, try some chewleys gum instead
gay gum?
Its a pity that fella's face gives it away..That he is missing his cigs:(
