Whose New Year's resolution is to give up smoking?..

[MPOWER]

I wanted to stop. 

Sorted our Malborough Light Stash out only to find I still have 37 Sleeves  of 200's

No Hope for me at all

Good Luck to the rest

Regards

M





 

[jizzemm]

I wanted to stop. 

Sorted our Malborough Light Stash out only to find I still have 37 Sleeves  of 200's

No Hope for me at all

Good Luck to the rest

Regards

M


Oh god.. comeback next year to this thread... !!!




 

[boldie]

Link to Allen Carr book, I read a year and a half ago and gave up a 60 a day habit overnight.


http://www.amazon.co.uk/Allen-Carrs-Easy-Stop-Smoking/dp/0141026898/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1199413361&sr=1-2


Some Benefits


20 min.     Blood pressure and pulse return to normal
8 hrs    Nicotine and carbon monoxide levels in blood reduce by half. Oxygen levels return to normal.
24 hrs    Carbon monoxide will be eliminated from the body. Lungs start to clear out mucous and other smoking debris.
48 hrs    There is no nicotine left in the body. Ability to taste and smell is greatly improved.
72 hrs    Breathing becomes easier. Bronchial tubes begin to relax and energy levels increase.
2-12 weeks    Circulation improves
3 - 9 months    Coughs, wheezing and breathing problems improve as lung functions are increased by up to 10%
5 yrs.    Risk of heart attack falls to about half that of a smoker
10 yrs.    Risk of lung cancer falls to about half that of a smoker. Risk of heart attack falls to the same as someone who has never smoked.

More Benefits
Confidence    Quitting smoking is a challenge. Once you have quit, you will know you can succeed at difficult taks and take more control of your life. Quitting helps you believe in yourself.
Fitness    Smoking makes it harder to exercise and reduces the benefits to your body. Smokers have more coughs and colds than non-smokers and take longer to feel well again.
Money    In a way, giving up smoking is like getting a pay rise, as much as £1500 a year if you smoke 20 cigarettes a day.
Appearance    Skin starved of oxygen by smoking becomes dry and grey.
Wrinkles around the eyes and mouth develop much earlier and the tar stains your teeth and fingers.
Fertility    Men who smoke may suffer impotence due to damage
to the blood vessels in the penis. Sperm quality and density can also be affected by smoking. Smokers may produce less sperm and their sperm may have more abnormalities.

Women who smoke take longer to conceive and are
more likely to have a miscarriage.
Childbirth    Babies born to mothers who smoked in pregnancy are more likely to be premature, stillborn or die shortly after birth. A baby exposed to tobacco smoke has a higher risk of dying from cot death.
Children    Children whose parents smoke are more likely to get pneumonia and bronchitis in their first year of life, to suffer from more frequent and more severe asthma attacks and to become regular smokers themselves.

some negatives;

Most ex-smokers become complete and utter twats about it.

Most non-smokers feel safe to point out the bleeding obvious everytime quitting smoking is mentioned. "Smoking is bad for you"..NO, REALLY???

I hate non-smokers and ex-smokers like that and am almost disgusted that I am now in the same group as them.

[taximan007]

Most ex-smokers become complete and utter twats about it.

 

One of the most annoying groups of people there is. IMO

[Mango99]

Most ex-smokers become complete and utter twats about it.

 

One of the most annoying groups of people there is. IMO

Yep. Agreed also.

However, I think the main reason I've been irritated and annoyed so much by evangelistic non-smokers before, is that every time I've felt they have a point and that smoking is stupid. Maybe they don't need to be quite so righteous about it though. I'm certainly never going to criticise or make snide comments about any smoking friends if I manage to give up.

Anyway, down to the single last cigarrette in my pack of 20 now lol, then off to the chemist to buy some nicorette or whatever it is they recommend.

Here goes (finger's crossed).

[boldie]

Link to Allen Carr book, I read a year and a half ago and gave up a 60 a day habit overnight.


http://www.amazon.co.uk/Allen-Carrs-Easy-Stop-Smoking/dp/0141026898/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1199413361&sr=1-2


Some Benefits


20 min.     Blood pressure and pulse return to normal
8 hrs    Nicotine and carbon monoxide levels in blood reduce by half. Oxygen levels return to normal.
24 hrs    Carbon monoxide will be eliminated from the body. Lungs start to clear out mucous and other smoking debris.
48 hrs    There is no nicotine left in the body. Ability to taste and smell is greatly improved.
72 hrs    Breathing becomes easier. Bronchial tubes begin to relax and energy levels increase.
2-12 weeks    Circulation improves
3 - 9 months    Coughs, wheezing and breathing problems improve as lung functions are increased by up to 10%
5 yrs.    Risk of heart attack falls to about half that of a smoker
10 yrs.    Risk of lung cancer falls to about half that of a smoker. Risk of heart attack falls to the same as someone who has never smoked.

More Benefits
Confidence    Quitting smoking is a challenge. Once you have quit, you will know you can succeed at difficult taks and take more control of your life. Quitting helps you believe in yourself.
Fitness    Smoking makes it harder to exercise and reduces the benefits to your body. Smokers have more coughs and colds than non-smokers and take longer to feel well again.
Money    In a way, giving up smoking is like getting a pay rise, as much as £1500 a year if you smoke 20 cigarettes a day.
Appearance    Skin starved of oxygen by smoking becomes dry and grey.
Wrinkles around the eyes and mouth develop much earlier and the tar stains your teeth and fingers.
Fertility    Men who smoke may suffer impotence due to damage
to the blood vessels in the penis. Sperm quality and density can also be affected by smoking. Smokers may produce less sperm and their sperm may have more abnormalities.

Women who smoke take longer to conceive and are
more likely to have a miscarriage.
Childbirth    Babies born to mothers who smoked in pregnancy are more likely to be premature, stillborn or die shortly after birth. A baby exposed to tobacco smoke has a higher risk of dying from cot death.
Children    Children whose parents smoke are more likely to get pneumonia and bronchitis in their first year of life, to suffer from more frequent and more severe asthma attacks and to become regular smokers themselves.

some negatives;

Most ex-smokers become complete and utter twats about it.

Most non-smokers feel safe to point out the bleeding obvious everytime quitting smoking is mentioned. "Smoking is bad for you"..NO, REALLY???

I hate non-smokers and ex-smokers like that and am almost disgusted that I am now in the same group as them.

Some more negatives


Trying to provide helpful information might enable some thick irritating twats  live  longer.

lmao...sorry if I pissed you off mate..I just really gets my goat when non-smokers or ex-smokers point out the bleeding obvious. It's like you walking upto a heroine addict and tell them "You know that's not good for you, right?" It's patronising at best and down right insulting at worst.

[CelticGeezeer]

Good point, you can also get a little touchy post nicotine. 

[boldie]

Good point, you can also get a little touchy post nicotine. 

just a bit lol..I was even worse than I usually am for a month or two after I quit...and I am usually pretty damn grumpy.

[RED-DOG]

Good point, you can also get a little touchy post nicotine. 

just a bit lol..I was even worse than I usually am for a month or two after I quit...and I am usually pretty damn grumpy.

well you might be damn grumpy but.....

































You sure aint pretty.

[boldie]

Good point, you can also get a little touchy post nicotine. 

just a bit lol..I was even worse than I usually am for a month or two after I quit...and I am usually pretty damn grumpy.

well you might be damn grumpy but.....

































You sure aint pretty.

That's not what you said in Cardiff...I believe you said "Fine specimen of a man"...yeah I'm quite sure that's what it was ...

[RED-DOG]

Yeah, but I was in punching range in Cardiff...

[boldie]

Yeah, but I was in punching range in Cardiff...

speaking of punching range..you playing the GSNPC in March?

[RED-DOG]

Yeah, but I was in punching range in Cardiff...

speaking of punching range..you playing the GSNPC in March?

I don't know, are you? 

[Mango99]

Just back from the chemist.. They recommended nicotine patches rather than nicotine gum. Their view being that as you have to choose to chew the gum or not, it's just as easy to grab a cigarette. As you have the patch on from the morning (I think - haven't read the instructions yet) you don't have to worry about that.

I tried gum last time round and found it wasn't that much of a bother.. but I sometimes forgot to take it with me, meaning I ended up smoking again after 5 days off it. Especially if stuck in a pub or somewhere where there was lots of tempation.

[taximan007]

Link to Allen Carr book, I read a year and a half ago and gave up a 60 a day habit overnight.



Trying to provide helpful information might enable some thick irritating twats  live  longer




I always wondered what category I came under in the great scheme of things, Thank you for your assistance.