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Nicotine patches are a waste of money

Of course they are. Why trade one nicotine infusion system for another? Isn't the whole point to actually stop using nicotine? If you really, really want to quit, then quit. That's all there is to it, just say no. ;-) Patches, gum and hypnosis will not suffice.

And of course you still want a cigarette, you will likely want them for many years to come. They have to be THE most addicting thing on the planet. Fortunately, it gets easier to pass them by over time, especially at nearly $4.00/pack. I quit in Feb after >25 years of smoking. I haven't had one since, but I really have cravings at times.

Now everything tastes kinda salty. I wonder, does smoking really affect your blood pressure or is it the increase in salt intake (due to the smoking dulling the tastebuds). IOW, I used to use allot of salt (apparently because I smoked), now I don't use as much on my food. OTOH, my allergies seem to be giving me more trouble now. Could it be that smoking has tangible bennefits other than reducing your chances of contracting Alzheimer's or Parkinson's by 50%? Rich should appreciate that little factoid. ;-)

The real key to stopping is to positively want to quit. Until you do, you will not succeed regardless of the gimmicks you try. Now if I could just shake this gasoline addiction........

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Anthony Fremont
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My dad once mentioned that ever after 20 years of not smoking he still wanted to light up. I smoked for about two years, lightly, in college and would start back up in a minute but for the fact I'd be sleeping in the living room (my wife is allergic).

So expect the cravings to get down to a baseline level and never dip below.

It always amuses me when senators from the tobacco states rave about marijuana being a "gateway drug". Everyone _I_ knew who smoked dope at

16 smoked cigarettes at 13 (we were slow learners). They learned to sneak smokes at 13, they learned the places to smoke without being caught at 13, they met the folks who'd be selling them dope in those places -- so which is the gateway drug? 
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Tim Wescott
Wescott Design Services
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Tim Wescott

I smoked lightly for about 5 years up to my early 20s. I got off it through aversion therapy inadvertently provided by a friend with whom I toured Ireland. Irish ciggies were very strong, untipped, and didn't have a tar content- it was more like asphalte. Two weeks of him, a chain smoker, forcing the pace up to 20-odd a day for me, followed by a carton of duty- free untipped Gauloises on the lower deck of the night ferry back... I haven't smoked since, and that's nearly 30 years now!

Paul Burke

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Paul Burke

I also quit in February - my count is over 13000 cigs I would have smoked since then but have not - but now I'm seriously addicted to Little Debbie Nutty Bars!!! Gained 30 lbs during Feb-March!!!

And of course you still want a cigarette, you will likely want them for many years to come. They have to be THE most addicting thing on the planet. Fortunately, it gets easier to pass them by over time, especially at nearly $4.00/pack. I quit in Feb after >25 years of smoking. I haven't had one since, but I really have cravings at times.

Now everything tastes kinda salty. I wonder, does smoking really affect your blood pressure or is it the increase in salt intake (due to the smoking dulling the tastebuds). IOW, I used to use allot of salt (apparently because I smoked), now I don't use as much on my food. OTOH, my allergies seem to be giving me more trouble now. Could it be that smoking has tangible bennefits other than reducing your chances of contracting Alzheimer's or Parkinson's by 50%? Rich should appreciate that little factoid. ;-)

The real key to stopping is to positively want to quit. Until you do, you will not succeed regardless of the gimmicks you try. Now if I could just shake this gasoline addiction........

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CF

"CF" wrote

smoked

Debbie

You must have smoked about 2.5 packs per day then. It was possibly easier for me to quit since I "only" smoked about a pack a day. I chewed allot of gum to help keep me from eating every thing I saw. Still, I've gained around 10 lbs.

Reply to
Anthony Fremont

I quit smoking (pipe) around 12-13 years ago, after 34 years of smoking... cold turkey, no patches, no nothing. But I still get an occasional urge. I didn't gain any weight... I was already "rotund" ;-)

...Jim Thompson

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I love to cook with wine.      Sometimes I even put it in the food.
Reply to
Jim Thompson

What happened to your walk around the neighborhood excercise program? Surely that 46 deg C summer weather would have fried a few pounds off.

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Mark
Reply to
qrk

The onslaught of PPS (post polio syndrome) has slowed me down a bit, though its effects are quite variable... at the moment I'm not in too much pain.

...Jim Thompson

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|  James E.Thompson, P.E.                           |    mens     |
|  Analog Innovations, Inc.                         |     et      |
|  Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems  |    manus    |
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|  E-mail Address at Website     Fax:(480)460-2142  |  Brass Rat  |
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I love to cook with wine.      Sometimes I even put it in the food.
Reply to
Jim Thompson

I still want a ciggie. Next i will be giving up the coffee and booze. I might as well kill myself now, should prove to be slightly more exciting.

Reply to
The Real Andy

I enrolled in an American Lung Association program for quitting, there was one old lady in the program, maybe early 60's, who only smoked three cigarettes per day, one after each meal, and for the life of her she could not give up her three cigarettes no matter what.

Reply to
Fred Bloggs
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You really know how to make a fellow feel good don't you, Fred, "...one OLD lady in the program, maybe early 60's..." ;-)

...Jim Thompson

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|  James E.Thompson, P.E.                           |    mens     |
|  Analog Innovations, Inc.                         |     et      |
|  Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems  |    manus    |
|  Phoenix, Arizona            Voice:(480)460-2350  |             |
|  E-mail Address at Website     Fax:(480)460-2142  |  Brass Rat  |
|       http://www.analog-innovations.com           |    1962     |
             
I love to cook with wine.      Sometimes I even put it in the food.
Reply to
Jim Thompson

Yeah. When I roll them up, I can't seem to keep them lit.

-- Paul Hovnanian mailto: snipped-for-privacy@Hovnanian.com

------------------------------------------------------------------ SHIFT TO THE LEFT! SHIFT TO THE RIGHT! POP UP, PUSH DOWN, BYTE, BYTE, BYTE!

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Paul Hovnanian P.E.

You're not supposed to smoke them. You're supposed to chew them.

Reply to
Richard Henry

Maybe. I think it depends a lot on the person. I quit after about 15-20 yrs of smoking in the early 80's. For a few years I had minor cravings but haven't had the slightest desire to smoke in the last 10-15 years.

I agree with Anthony's idea that you can't really quit until you are ready. When I finally quit in the early 80's it was after previous quiting 4 or more times. I never had a problem stopping and one time I stayed off for over a year. The last time I quit, I realized that quitting means never doing it again, and that made it possible to stay quitted.

Reply to
xray

Funny Jim, I always imagined you as a pipe smoker for some reason. Guess my imagination was close (if not 12-13 years out of date :) ).

Reply to
The Real Andy

I read in sci.electronics.design that The Real Andy wrote (in ) about 'Nicotine patches are a waste of money', on Wed, 5 Oct 2005:

Be careful about giving up coffee. I tried it recently, and after a coupe of days I didn't want coffee but I became very deeply depressed, so much so that I started acting irrationally. (OK, more irrationally than normal.)

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John Woodgate

I promptly get a severe headache if I miss my morning coffee.

We just bought one of those Keurig "K-cup" machines... cup of coffee in 15 seconds ;-)

...Jim Thompson

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|  James E.Thompson, P.E.                           |    mens     |
|  Analog Innovations, Inc.                         |     et      |
|  Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems  |    manus    |
|  Phoenix, Arizona            Voice:(480)460-2350  |             |
|  E-mail Address at Website     Fax:(480)460-2142  |  Brass Rat  |
|       http://www.analog-innovations.com           |    1962     |
             
I love to cook with wine.      Sometimes I even put it in the food.
Reply to
Jim Thompson

The supreme example of impatience by an addict: A guy preparing instant coffee in a microwave oven yelling, "C'MON!".

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JeffM

Jim Thompson skrev:

ditto ..

They learned something from printer manufactures who learned from Gillete, sell the gizmo cheap and rip off people when they come back to get consumables. I'm not getting one, if I'm in that much of a hurry I'll just take instant coffee it isn't going to be good coffee anyway

-Lasse

Reply to
langwadt

This is good stuff... on a par with Espresso... steamed.

...Jim Thompson

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|  James E.Thompson, P.E.                           |    mens     |
|  Analog Innovations, Inc.                         |     et      |
|  Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems  |    manus    |
|  Phoenix, Arizona            Voice:(480)460-2350  |             |
|  E-mail Address at Website     Fax:(480)460-2142  |  Brass Rat  |
|       http://www.analog-innovations.com           |    1962     |
             
I love to cook with wine.      Sometimes I even put it in the food.
Reply to
Jim Thompson

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