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re: after 24 years.........i've decided to quit smoking.
Posted on 9/29/16 at 2:29 pm to oldcharlie8
Posted on 9/29/16 at 2:29 pm to oldcharlie8
I had a neighbor who wanted to stop and she tried everything from patches to hypnosis and nothing had a lasting effect. She finally was told by her doctor that she had the beginnings of emphysema and she then just quit. It has been a few years now with no slips. You don't want to have to get sick before you quit. There is something to think about when every medical questionnaire first asks if you smoke. 
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Posted on 9/29/16 at 2:30 pm to The Mick
smoking for 24 years and smoking in college are far different things... if he's been smoking for that long I doubt hes worried about the cigs while out late at the bars
Posted on 9/29/16 at 2:31 pm to oldcharlie8
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read motherfricker.
Ha Ha these do gooders have never had a habit.
I stopped smoking 7 yrs ago and dip long cut grizzly when I want nicotin.
Been addicted since I was 14 and I'm not a good quitter
Posted on 9/29/16 at 2:32 pm to oldcharlie8
In about a week, it will begin to get better. In two weeks, you will start to regain your sense of smell. In about three weeks, you will wake up one day feeling really good. Until then, man up.
Posted on 9/29/16 at 2:33 pm to JudgeHolden
And good luck by the way. You can do it.
Posted on 9/29/16 at 2:46 pm to oldcharlie8
Congratulations. I won't say that I quit but having been a smoker for close to 50 years, I have significantly cut back. I was smoking at least 1 1/2 packs a day until about 6 months ago. In the past 6 months I have not smoked more than 3 packs of Marlboros and have not smoked any cigarettes since July 2. I even played two rounds of golf without smoking a cigarette (although I did smoke a cigar on the back nine last Saturday). I've wanted to smoke on occasion (while playing golf and after a trial was over) but I fugure that I've gone this far why start up again?
Good luck.
Good luck.
Posted on 9/29/16 at 2:57 pm to mdomingue
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One of the things my wife noticed after a month or so was how much she could smell when other people were smoking or had been smoking. And how intolerable it was to her after she quit
I wouldn't say it's intolerable to me. Guess you just realize just how much smoking stinks to others. It's like those Febreze nose blind commercials but even worse.
What makes me feel shameful and embarrassed looking back....is how much I likely stunk to the parents of the babies and kids I cared for when I smoked as a nurse. Even though my smoke breaks were outside....I'm sure the smoke smell clung to my scrubs.
Posted on 9/29/16 at 2:59 pm to lsunurse
quote:they did/ do
I'm sure the smoke smell clung to my scrubs
I noticed it on a few nurses when my son was born
Posted on 9/29/16 at 2:59 pm to oldcharlie8
Next month will be a year for me. Quit cold turkey. I still get cravings but they're not overwhelming like at first.
Posted on 9/29/16 at 3:04 pm to Bama and Beer
Crazy to think that like 50-60 years ago.....nurses and doctors likely smoked right at the nurse's station in hospitals 
Posted on 9/29/16 at 3:07 pm to lsunurse
Im friends with a couple of Drs that still smoke, which speaking of.....
Posted on 9/29/16 at 3:10 pm to Count Chocula
Oh I know several respiratory therapists that still smoke.
Only one nurse I work with still smokes on occasion.
Only one nurse I work with still smokes on occasion.
Posted on 9/29/16 at 3:15 pm to lsunurse
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Crazy to think that like 50-60 years ago.....nurses and doctors likely smoked right at the nurse's station in hospitals
They smoked IN the patient rooms, trust me, I witnessed it as recently as 30 years ago.
Smoking as an asthma treatment even:
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Yet while asthma cigarettes were the preferred choice due to convenience and cost, that all changed in 1957 with the invention of the inhaler, and the release of the Medihaler-Iso and the Medihaler Epi. These inhalers provided instant relief, were relatively inexpensive, and easily carried in pockets and purses. Easy to use & fast acting Medihaler (1957)
As sales of asthma inhalers sales went north, asthma cigarette sales went south. Yet despite the decline in sales, the cigarettes were still a viable over the counter option until the early 1980s.
from: HardLuckAsthma
Posted on 9/29/16 at 3:23 pm to oldcharlie8
Just remember dip can still lead to hbp/ heart disease
Multiple cancers including pancreatic which is a bitch
I quit dipping the end of June and it absolutely sucks. I still get cravings now. Multiple times I was so close to going to pick up a can. Copenhagen mint oh how I miss you
Multiple cancers including pancreatic which is a bitch
I quit dipping the end of June and it absolutely sucks. I still get cravings now. Multiple times I was so close to going to pick up a can. Copenhagen mint oh how I miss you
Posted on 9/29/16 at 3:25 pm to Peazey
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It's the actual nicotine in your system that causes a lot of the problems.
Not true at all. Nicotine by itself is no worse for you than caffeine. It's TOBACCO that's the problem. Gum, patches, vape are all extremely better than any tobacco product. That's per Dr. Drew not my own assessment.
Posted on 9/29/16 at 3:34 pm to lsunurse
I grew up with pretty bad allergies and had to get weekly injections back in the late sixties and early 70s. We went to a place here in Lafayette where the doctors were a pair of brothers (there was concern about a bad reaction). One of those guys walked around with a cigar hang out his mouth all the time. Don't recall it ever being lit though.
Posted on 9/29/16 at 4:10 pm to oldcharlie8
Best of luck. I did quit in March after about 17 yrs or so. I used Chantix and it worked like a champ. I didn't have any crazy side effects. There were some times every once in a blue moon I will want to take a drag, but have been able to stay away.
Posted on 9/29/16 at 4:15 pm to oldcharlie8
I don't smoke, but my 87 year old boss literally talked about how he quit today at lunch. He said he tried several times, but what finally got him to stop was writing a list of all the good things, and bad things about smoking. He read it every night and was able to stop. Hopefully this will help you stay off! 
Posted on 9/29/16 at 4:27 pm to oldcharlie8
Best of luck. I quit dipping Copenhagen after twenty years of use eleven weeks ago. It sucks for a week or two but gets easier.
Posted on 9/29/16 at 4:51 pm to Sidicous
How the hell does a 6 year old buy cigarettes?
My uncle smoked 35-40 a day from 15 to 62. He went to the hospital with heart problems and the doctor told him he was close to a heart attack but didn't have one. They did an array of tests. My uncle assumed that from his years of smoking his lung capacity and heart were completely destroyed beyond repair so it wasn't with quitting.
The tests came back much better than he ever thought. All he needed was a stent and his lung capacity was still only a little below average for his peer group in the general population.
That was enough motivation and he quit cold turkey. I don't think he has smoked a cigarette since. His son sees him every weekend and has never seen him smoke so I believe it. Oddly enough he buys a pack every few months and just holds them or takes drags from unlit cigarettes (although much less now than a few years ago) but never lights them.
My uncle smoked 35-40 a day from 15 to 62. He went to the hospital with heart problems and the doctor told him he was close to a heart attack but didn't have one. They did an array of tests. My uncle assumed that from his years of smoking his lung capacity and heart were completely destroyed beyond repair so it wasn't with quitting.
The tests came back much better than he ever thought. All he needed was a stent and his lung capacity was still only a little below average for his peer group in the general population.
That was enough motivation and he quit cold turkey. I don't think he has smoked a cigarette since. His son sees him every weekend and has never seen him smoke so I believe it. Oddly enough he buys a pack every few months and just holds them or takes drags from unlit cigarettes (although much less now than a few years ago) but never lights them.
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