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Originally posted by ucantcme
"It relieves stress" No it doesn't!!
Originally posted by ThinkingCap
They sell E cigs at the gas stations around here. Claytons are one of the brands. Seems pretty cheap stuff.
I'd be interested in using them if I didn't have an unreal fear of one blowing up in my face.
Originally posted by paradisepurple
Smoking is the most disgusting, smelly, unattractive and pointless habit ever
And not just expensive because the cigs themselves are so overpriced - but I use so much perfume to mask the smell that I go through a £38 bottle EVERY month, also the chewing gum and mouthwash I constantly have on the go costs a small fortune.
I would love to give up, I don't understand why I have never been able to... I have gone for weeks without but then something will stress me out and that's it, back to square one....
Originally posted by TheRedneck
The following is my opinion as a member participating in this discussion.
It is said that cigarettes contain thousands of chemicals. Based on the OP, I wonder which one(s) are responsible for keeping people from being judgmental pains?
Whichever one it is, I'm glad I'm getting enough of it to be able to mind my own business and not turn into a Jehovah's Witness for the Church of Anti-Smoking. I'd personally rather have an addiction to nicotine and the odor of smoke around me instead of the habit of constantly shoving my nose where it's not wanted and annoying others with my 'superior lifestyle'.
Keep your 'common sense' to yourself, OP. I don't need saving from myself.
TheRedneckAs an ATS Staff Member, I will not moderate in threads such as this where I have participated as a member.
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In April, seven chief executives of tobacco companies testified before a Congressional subcommittee that nicotine was not addictive. Experts in addiction, while disagreeing with that assessment, say that the definition of addiction is evolving, and that they can see how such a statement might be made. Hearings on Smoking
The study was published in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology. The study, conducted by Professor Frenk and Professor Reuven Dar, maintains that the generally held belief that people crave to increase their nicotine levels, when blood nicotine levels drop is incorrect. Instead, this is a psychological and not physiological need due to habit. If we realize and accept the fact that we cannot smoke at any given time, we do not feel the need to do so.
Originally posted by daskakik
Originally posted by bftroop
Ecigs will not help you quit.... It's another quick fix. If you want to quit. Stop being a Sissy and put them down.
By the way you stink like Ass and you make the people around you smell like that too. Including your kids.
Ecigs have helped some quite smoking. Vaping an e-cig is better than smoking and they don't stink so I guess I'm not seeing your point.
Originally posted by boncho
You contradicted yourself. First you said you are a recovering smoker but then you called out all the current smokers and said that's not you.
Then you go on to smear other people who do other things. Putting them down as though smoking a cigarette is akin to drinking or other things.
It is one in itself.
It's addictive yes. And if you haven't realized a large number of humans enjoy addictive things. And if it's not cigarettes it may be booze and not booze it may be prescription drugs, and if not that the list goes on and on and on...
Smoking isn't all that bad. Been done for thousands of years. You may cut years off your life. Or maybe your closed mentality will lead you to a breakdown much earlier in which you don't recover from.
It's good giving up bad habits. But no reason to trash people that were in your former position. Focus on yourself.
Originally posted by yahtzeestone
reply to post by bftroop
So, OP, besides NOT using any stop smoking aids and going cold turkey, what DID you do to overcome the mental part of it? How many times did you try and fail? Do you have any tips FOR going cold turkey?
Thanks.
Originally posted by James1982
Originally posted by bftroop
Ecigs will not help you quit.... It's another quick fix. If you want to quit. Stop being a Sissy and put them down.
By the way you stink like Ass and you make the people around you smell like that too. Including your kids.
What you have just stated is an absolute, without a doubt, total and utter LIE. Electronic Cigarettes DO in FACT help MANY people quit. If you want to educate yourself and not be so horribly ignorant head over to the e-cig forums and read about the multitudes of people that have used them to quit. Why you insist on posting lies masked as wisdom and truth is beyond me, but it makes you look foolish. You are wrong, plain and simple, because E-Cigs have helped many people quit. They are more effective than pills, gum, and patches combined. Please stop spreading lies.
In addition E-Cigs will not make you stink. They will make you smell slightly of whatever flavor of juice you are vaping. Be it strawberry, coffee, banana, apple, bubblegum. Oh god those sound disgusting! (not)
I find the rest of your post..... well basically worthless and offensive. Smoking is an addiction because you are ADDICTED to it. Physical addiction is not in your head. "just stopping" is easier said then done. There are Cocaine users that can use tons of Cocaine for years, and then just decide to stop, and be fine. They are not the majority, they are the small, small minority. The difference is physical, they aren't any tougher, or mentally strong than anyone else.
Just like smokers. There are some people that can just decide to stop one day and never pick up another cigarette. They are the minority, not the majority. And it doesn't make them any tougher or mentally strong, it just makes them lucky in the genetic draw. Your method of encouraging smoking cessation is horribly flawed and completely worthless. It's basically nothing other than a rant mixed with abuse.
edit on 17-7-2012 by James1982 because: (no reason given)