Light em up!
 

Spawned by Lilith's thread about smoking in your car, I'm curious to know - how many of you are smokers, or former smokers? what did you do ti kick the habit?

Me, it was easy. I started smoking when i was fourteen. When I hooked with my boyfriend (who later became Mr. LAW) he said he didn't like smokers, so I put them down. I'm glad I did. he was worth it! :jester:

I was a smoker....

Kicking the habit ~ I woke up one morning and said to myself i aint paying that damn much for something that'll kill me *L*....just went cold turkey from then on

I swear I just had this conversation.

I gave up serious smoking when the price skyrocketed to 85 cents a pack. It was taking too much of a bite out of my allowance. ha ha

I've had a smoke now and again, but usually only at a stag or when out drinking with the guys. And even then, I pay the price voice-wise. Blech!

Never did. Don't know why I never did, but I never did. Not one. Not even when I was a deeply stupid teenager.

Right now, I just mark it up as more evidence that I'm a lucky girl...seen friends and family quit (and fail to), looks like hell. I've got nothing but respect for those who manage it.

Yup, I have had the nasty habit for 23 years. But I am for sure stopping by next year. I have great incentive too. :D

lonelyarmywife,

I smoked for many years, many years ago. I quit when my fiancé said that she sometimes didn’t like how my kisses tasted. Quitting was quite difficult, but well worth it.

I've smoked for about 40 years now..It's a bad habit,but hey,it's mine.Seems like every time I think about quitting,someone will tell me I can't smoke.I dislike the better than thou's of the world,which usually turn out to be people that used to smoke themselves,so my "Left Wing" comes out,and I keep on smokin'.At my age,it matters little,anyways.I can still get my smokes on Indian Reservations for under 10 bucks a carton,so I'm still gonna puff,lol..
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I smoked my first cigarette at age 23 for the sake of a play I was in...I was a two a day girl for the week of the play and haven't smoked since.

I am 31. I have smoked since I was 13. I haven't got into too much on the board but I've recently kicked more serious shit this year so the tar is the least of my worries. :D

Yep, yep. still smokin' here too. Promised my son I'd quit but so far I haven't been able to.

I guess you could call me a "social smoker". It's something I can do, or not do, depending on my mood. A pack of cigarettes can last me a month......or more. I can have one today and not have another for years.........doesn't phase me one way or the other. I enjoy it when I do it, but I can certainly live without it.

I smoked in high school - socially. I haven't done it in years....except for the occasional cigar on the golf course.

Nope

I quit several years ago. Hugs are much more fun. :hug:

I still smoke and never really considered quiting. Do you ladies realize just how sexy you look when you light up the occasional cigar? WOW! It could become a serious fetish of mine.

Quit 7 1/2 years ago Christmas Eve. Had my last cigarette that morning and none since ... after maybe 30-35 years of smoking. I'd had a bit of a scare a month or so before thinking maybe I'd had a heart attack. Ended up I hadn't, but decided then to try and quit. Asked our family doc and prescribed Wellbuton for me to take. Took two a day and continued to smoke (finishing up what I had left of a carton). Ran out on Christmas Eve. Continued taking one Wellbuton a day for a week or two after I quit ... then nothing. Never had withdrawals or anything else. Made it seem easy.

In fairness, I've talked to others that said they weren't that successful, and so, I feel rather lucky that for me ... it worked.

:)

We do too DB.

I quit in 90 so that I could have a healthy baby. I've had relapses during times of extraordinary stress but it has only been a couple times, and usually to go with mass quantities of alcohol :p

See now, I think girls smoking cigars is hot too. Vanessa Williams had one on the red carpet at some awards show several years ago - it was smoking (hahaha, pun intended)

But cigars don't bother me as much as cigerettes. I kind of like the smell, even though i've never smoked one.

P.S. 200 posts, beeyotches! :jump: :line: :cheers:

CONGRATULATIONS
LONELYARMYWIFE
ON YOUR 200 POSTS!

You've been a great addition to our Pixie family! :)

Congrats LAW! :cake:

aw, thanks! you like me, you really like me!! :love:

I do enjoy the occasional cigar but that is all.

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I never even tried cigarettes. Have had a few cigars but the last one was 8 years ago. Mrs. Sama doesn't like them and I didn't enjoy it enough to continue.

I smoke now and don't plan on stopping unless I am forced to by a lung removal or one of my little ones asks me to.

For all of you that have quit send your last packs to me so I can save some cash! LOL!

I'm the same way. Which is likely to be soon since a friend just brought me back some cubans. ummm...no...I mean...some perfectly legal cigars not at all from cuba. That he certainly didn't bring back from china with bootlegged dvds and a pair of nunchucks. How the hell he got through customs is anybody's guess.

Cobalt and I are quitting. I have a feeling that it is going to be easier for him than me because I am so dependent on that quick calm I get when I first light up. I am worried because I really get bitchy and weepy - almost like I am going thru severe PMS when I quit. I have tried most everything as an aid to quiting - patches, inhalers, pills, gum - without luck. I have never tried cold turkey because mentally I feel so dependent on that nicotine and I am leary of the withdrawls. But, since the other stuff didn't really help me, I think that cold turkey is going to be what I have to do.

Any suggestions as to how to get over the "waves of destruction" that I know will happen? Should I warn my children? Is it good that Cobalt and I are going to quit at the same time?

All I know is that I am sick of being "chained" to the damn things, and they are way to expensive anymore...

((((Chey)))) and ((((Cobalt)))) ~~ I have no advise, just well wishes

Chey, mayhaps replace the habit with something that is as close to as calming as the puff was. I became a gum chewer and use that in times of high stress.

I know that a lot of people have used gum/hard candy as a backup. I have never really been a gum chewer but I think I will try that and ONLY pop a piece in my mouth when I feel the need to have a cig. It is worth a try! Thanks ((((( osuche ))))) and (((((Lil)))))

Try using peppermint sticks. It satisfies the oral fixation and the need to have something in your hand.

Also, my husband swears masterbation will cure anything - perhaps you should try that when you get a craving....


good luck!

ROFLMAO.. ok - I will tell my co workers that I NEED to go out to the car for my break.. :D :x:

good luck chey and cobalt!!!!!!!

and i'd say that quitting together is better than alone. not only have you got the i-totally-know-how-you-feel support but it would be even harder to quit if someone you're around all the time was still smoking.

if you don't like the candy/gum idea try celery or carrot sticks.,

if you can't do it cold turkey, don't feel dicouraged. lots of people can't do it the first time but are succesful after a few tries. and lots need the nicotine gums and patches. take and use all the help you can get.

LAW...... I have something else that you can use!!! LOL

I never cared for cigarettes.... smoked a pipe occasionally in college and 20's now a cigar 5-6 times a year.

I tend to be more addicted to :d:

I've never had any luck quitting using any kind of a substitute, tho as an older friend once told me, "someday, you WILL quit smoking...whether you do it on your own is your call"...recently, tho, all 3 smokers in the house have cut back a great deal...see, we're trying to spruce up the house one room at a time, & after taking 3 coats of paint to cover the brown stained walls, the mrs declared that we would all have to take the smoking outside...this includes her as well, & with heat & humidity at sauna levels, we all wait a little longer until we absolutely HAVE to have a puff...