E Cigarettes..?

I gave up smoking some years ago, I joined a stop smoking group at my local medical centre...it worked for me. I kept 60 Benson & Hedges in my garage for five years just so I didn't feel I was depriving myself of anything. One of my nieces is a school teacher, she smokes, one day she asked to be excused from the staff room for a smoke break, another teacher said " M, I didn't know you smoked" my niece replied "Just because I smoke doesn't mean I'm a bad person". If you give up smoking do it for yourself not because you feel pressurised by the mindless majority. Field Marshall Montgomery once said to Winston Churchill "I don't smoke or drink and I'm one hundred percent fit", Churchill replied "I smoke and I drink and I'm two hundred percent fit". I hate ex-smokers who complain about people smoking, I'd love to start smoking again just to blow a little smoke over them....sanctimonious twots.
 
Old_Arthur said:
Never smoked :scared: never even tried it when we were walking down lane to school and all my mates at different times tried it:p no reason other than never fancied it
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Where you a Train Spotter? I'm 68, in my teens anyone who didn't smoke was an Anorak..... a Train Spotter.
 
Some years ago, when I was smoking, my doctor told me I should give up, I asked him why? He said the research showed that smoking caused heart disease and cancer, etc., I asked him...what research? who did it?...he didn't know, needless to say I'm not his favourite patient now. Can anyone tell me who did the research on tobacco related illness?
 
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I stopped smoking instantly (and accidentally!) about ten years ago. I didn't need any willpower at all, had absolutely zero withdrawal symptoms, no "idle hands" problems or anything. I could mingle with smokers with no problems or temptation. I genuinely haven't been tempted to smoke at all since then, even during times of very, very extreme stress! I've given full details of how I did it on here a couple of times in the past year, so instead of writing it all again, I'll try to find my earlier posts then copy and paste them on this thread............ :):)
 
scampa said:
I stopped smoking instantly (and accidentally!) about ten years ago. I didn't need any willpower at all, had absolutely zero withdrawal symptoms, no "idle hands" problems or anything. I could mingle with smokers with no problems or temptation. I genuinely haven't been tempted to smoke at all since then, even during times of very, very extreme stress! I've given full details of how I did it on here a couple of times in the past year, so instead of writing it all again, I'll try to find my earlier posts then copy and paste them on this thread............ :):)
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PS... despite those people who claim to know someone who smoked all their lives and lived to be 200 years old, stopping smoking is one of the best and most sensible things you could ever do. ( and I used all of the excuses that others do, and more, when I was a smoker!!)
 
I think your all right..it is about individuality and when the time is right for you personally you will do it without gizmos and psychology..im just still in the gizmo stage..lol
 
daisymini said:
I think your all right..it is about individuality and when the time is right for you personally you will do it without gizmos and psychology..im just still in the gizmo stage..lol
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That's what I used to think... wait until the time is right. But that definitely didn't come into it at all for me, I was going through one of the worst times of my life when I stopped. I'll start looking for my old comments now, but I can't remember which threads they were on! :confused:
 
Ahaa... I found a couple!!

Here's a couple of my earlier posts that I found on this thread ....
(you may find some other useful comments on that thread too)

http://www.wildcamping.co.uk/forums/general-chat/17793-nanny-state.html


06-04-2012, 23:11 #14 scampa
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Before I stopped smoking about ten years ago (instantly and painlessly, I might add!) I used to say that it took a lot of will-power to carry on smoking with all the "do-gooders" around!

Now I haven't turned into one of those anti-smoking fanatics, but like a lot of folks here I guess, I've seen several close friends and family die many years before their time, due specifically to lung cancer caused by smoking.

Sometimes an addiction, or the need to "be free to smoke if I want to" completely overides our own common-sense! (and I don't mean that as an insult, because I thought the same when I used to smoke).

Let's double the tax on tobacco and halve the tax on fuel!


07-04-2012, 17:23 #34 scampa
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Sometime last year I explained on here how I had accidentally stopped smoking, instantly and painlessly!

Basically, a close friend of mine had serious health problems, and was trying desperately to stop smoking, but finding it impossible. I saw an interactive CD called "Allen Carr's Easyway to Stop Smoking", and bought it for him to try. Being the inquisitive type, I thought I'd have a look through it before I gave him it....

At that time I was also quite a heavy smoker, but not really thinking of cutting down or stopping at all because of all the stress and hassle I was going through from a relationship breakdown (women!). I wasn't taking it too seriously, and was smoking as I watched it on my computer, answering a few tick-box questions as I went. I think it lasted about an hour overall, but before it ended I had accidentally become a non-smoker!!

I still had a half-smoked cigar (that I smoked on special occasions) in the ashtray, but had absolutely no interest in finishing it. It stayed there for several days, along with other packs in the house and in my car, but I was never tempted to touch them. I had no cravings or withdrawal symptoms at all, and there was definitely no willpower involved. I mixed with others who smoked next to me, but it had no effect.

That was about ten years ago, and I haven't ever been tempted to smoke since, even at the most stressful times!

I've just found a copy of that old CD-ROM on Amazon, but I think you can only buy used copies now..... http://www.amazon.co.uk/Allen-Carrs...U53N/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1340934400&sr=8-6

You can buy new DVD's, books and CD's that are just as effective, according to the reviews... http://www.amazon.co.uk/Allen-Carrs-Easy-Stop-Smoking/dp/B000IOF6B6/ref=dp_cp_ob_sw_h__title_0

(Have a look at the reviews on Amazon about them)

If anyone has any questions, doubts or even negative comments, please feel free to post them on here! :):)
 
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E ciggies

My Hubby is 85 and smoked since he was nine but of course now has COPD. last february he was rushed to hospital aand almost lost his life.
before he was discharged i informed him that if he carried on smoking i and had another attack i would just grab the dogs and my tiny motor home and leave for a week and come back when the flies had gone.
Plus i had tossed all his ciggies away.
Oh dear did he have a wonderfull tantrum,not only the was the teddy thrown out the pram but the bottle and all the blankets and if he could have stood up he would have stamped his feet but once he had calmed down i told him i would compromise and he could still have his nicotine fix, but just not the arsenic and the tar and the rest of the chemicals in the tobacco. (Did you realise that tobacco companies add a chemical to the product to make them more addictive so that they can make more money and that the goverment allowes it )
I set him up with a complete set from halo angels on line. and he still uses them.
I didn't trust the ones they sold cheap on the market from china as you never know what they put in them.you get what you pay for. Halo angels is UK based in Cardiff
the Benifits are his breathing is better now than it was last September and he has saved so much money.
On average you actually only smoke a 1/4 of a cigarette, the rest is allowed to simply go up in smoke.
He now loves to act the naughty boy by sitting in his wheelchair in a large store and useing his E ciggy and waiting for someone to complain.
YOu can actually ween yourselves off the E ciggies by getting lower strength nicotine refills and if you are buying them for your child then you can actually do it without them realising it.
Better they "smoke" the e ciggy than the real ones.
Now i can actually breath whilst driveing and not arrive with a stiff neck from haveing to keep the window open to let the smoke out. all it needs to make them "Cool" is for a singer or film star to admit useing them.
bcwench
 
I started smoking at 14, gave up when my dad found out under pain, a lot of pain. Started again when I left home and smoked more or less until they went up to £1 a packet. I tried giving up for years before that and never smoked in the morning, a habit that started when I worked in a paper mill where smoking was restricted. Even when driving for a living I never smoked in the morning but could puff through 20 in the pub at night no bother. I tried smoking roll ups, cigars, a pipe, expensive cigs, cheap cigs, wackey cigs, but always came back to Malboro.

Then that nice man the Chancellor put up the tax on tobacco and I said ENOUGH, stopped overnight and have not smoked since the early 80's, well I had one in about 1984 when I got stuck in a traffic jam on the M1, but that's a long story.

I found it hard to give up, what do you do with the other hand in the pub, beer in one cig.......a lot of hand in pocket moments. Best thing is I could afford more beer and didn't stink like an old ashtray in the morning. I can't say I noticed any health benefits or improved breathing, I did put on weight but put that down to a job driving an artic round Europe and drinking more beer when I got the chance.

I haven't become a millionaire from the money I saved or got into fell running or anything like that, but I wouldn't go back to it and as I watch those boor buggers standing outside the pub in the freezing rain I'm glad I gave it up.
 
A friend of mine stopped smoking but took his time. He smoked forty a day and resolved to only smoke 35 from then on. He did this for two months and didn't find it too difficult. He then reduced to 30 a day for another two months, and then 25 a day for another two months and so on. Eventually, after about sixteen months he was on just five a day, which he carried on for about three months. He then gave up completely and managed far more easily than if he'd gone cold turkey straight from forty a day.

Yes, it took nearly a year and a half, but better to take a long time and be successful than to do it cold turkey and possibly fail. However, even with this method you still need to exercise some will power and self control.
 
I'm one of those people that smokers HATE!
I stopped smoking after 33 years (age 12-45), stopping in 1993.
Going "cold turkey" was difficult, very difficult I admit but I am glad that I managed it.
I have no objection to anyone smoking, after all that is their decision, BUT, I cannot stand anyone smoking near me.
So, I stay away from smokers as much as I can and yet if I am out walking in town and get a whiff of a smoker's exhaled smoke it is enough to make me cough.
Before they stopped smoking in pubs and clubs in Scotland I used to come home from a night out and have to immediately change my all clothes and put them straight into the wash basket.
I will not allow anyone to smoke in my house , (I used to), and no-one has ever objected to going outside to smoke when visiting.
To all those who enjoy smoking, I say, carry on if you so desire and to those who want to stop, I say keep trying because one day you will be successful.
After all, we are ALL free-thinking human beings who can make their own decisions in life and live with the consequences should there be any.
 
I can also recommend the Alan Carr Easyway to stop smoking book.
I was a 30 a day man for 30 years, read the book 4 and a half years ago and have not even
been tempted since.
I did get minor cravings but kind of enjoyed "leaning into them" knowing I was defeating
the monster.
I would not have thought one could give up cigs from simply reading a book but it worked
for me and judging by the number of 5 star reviews it gets on amazon it works for a lot
of people. I am still unsure of how it does work though. He says to continue smoking whilst
reading the book which I did and as soon as I had finished the book I was a non smoker.

I think the NHS should give copies away instead of the gum/patch/spray things which had
failed on many previous occasions with me. Link here Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking: Be a Happy Non-smoker for the Rest of Your Life: Amazon.co.uk: Allen Carr: Books
 
n brown said:
just keep reminding yourself how chuffed you'd be,and that a lot of people thicker than you manage it, and just drive a mile at a time carefully till you see ken standing there with a glass of wine for you.sorted
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Glass of wine more like a bottle or two:wave:
 
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