Anyone thinking of kicking the coffin nails into touch after today ?

[Deleted member 18477]

Still spend more helping those who have gone down ill with smoking related illness than they make in tax though.

I'm hoping it will be the end for me too, Had a nasty chest infection the last week or so and haven't smoked I was hoping to use it as a platform to quit from and then this, Just helps a little bit more.

9 days and counting.

At what point can you say your a non smoker? 6 months? a year?

surely after your 'last' fag?

 

[JamesAndTheGiantHead]

football costs you £395-£1000(1901's) . smoking 20 a day would cost you £2555 at £7 a packet. you could probably have a ST and attend ALL away games for the same price as smoking. maybe even cheaper...

I could have paid Megan Fox to shag me with all the money I've spent on cigarillos. Anal, as well.

 

[pastafarian]

like many smokers i have been toying with the idea of giving up for ages.
however due to the fact four of us like a regular trip on the eurotunnel (£49 return sometimes £28) for a day out on foreign soil and we always have a spot of lunch in Belgium ram the car full of cigs and wine on the return through france the cost is still not an issue for me,and in real terms we save a shit load of money.(i use that economic term lightly). a double brucy bonus is Belgium is superbly interesting for a day trip

interesting to note though if the anti smoking nazis had their way and had it banned tomorrow the economy would be short £10 Billion,how on earth would any gov make up that shortfall in a budget?

oh silly me,religious institutions could start paying tax across the board for a start.oh silly me again mormons and scientologists to name but two have a great roll to play in society why should they give some of their massive wealth to the taxman.

 

[Stumpy Tim]

the books incredible. i have friends who read that and gave up too. so i HAD to read it myself to see what the hell he had wrote. genius book that should be read to school children at secondary school.

It really is, and I don't understand why people on this thread aren't all over it. The book explains why patches etc don't work, why nicotine cravings actually only last three days, and how to suppress the need for a cigarette after that.

Wouldn't anyone who smokes be happy to be craving free after three days? Or is reading a book too much effort?

 

[Albion_Dave]

I smoked 20 a day for 25 years & tried everything to give up but because my heart wasn't in it there was never a chance i'd quit. As a last resort me & my partner both joined a no smoking clinic & she went on patches & i was put on a drug called Champix. For me it was brilliant, just 1 small tablet a day & the cravings were nothing compared to previous attempts. Over 2 years later both of us still have not had a fag & i can honestly say i have never felt healthier (even walking up stairs at home i'd be out of breath) & it even paid for a holiday last year. The only thing is you really have to want to give up, have plenty of will power & a good support base. I wish anyone trying to give up good luck & just stick with it. It does get easier.

 

[Boroseagull]

Still spend more helping those who have gone down ill with smoking related illness than they make in tax though.

I'm hoping it will be the end for me too, Had a nasty chest infection the last week or so and haven't smoked I was hoping to use it as a platform to quit from and then this, Just helps a little bit more.

9 days and counting.

At what point can you say your a non smoker? 6 months? a year?

You say it to yourself 'I am a non smoker' every day from day one.

 

[Bozza]

Anyone thinking of kicking the coffin nails into touch after today ?

Well, it's the day after "today". How's it going Gareth?

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

I have 11 left. None so far today.

 

[Bozza]

Start it. I am in. 10 left out of 20 and then it's over. I hope.

I have 11 left. None so far today.

If they're multiplying then you've got no chance.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

A miscalculation which is good as I smoked less than I thought yesterday.

 

[Kumquat]

I could have paid Megan Fox to shag me with all the money I've spent on cigarillos. Anal, as well.

How much is that exactly? And you want HER to do YOU in the arse What exactly have you been smoking??

 

[Icy Gull]

He died from emphysema and his last few years had aparently been awful, with 24 hour care and no quality of life. Quitting gives you a better chance of avoiding that possibility.

It was knowing a couple of people who went from devil may care to pathetic housebound shells of themselves that gave me the impetus I needed to quit a couple of years ago. Emphysema is a grim thing and smoking almost certainly led to both the people I knew ending up with it.

From years of trying to give up I am pretty certain that most people can't just give up on a whim, you need to really really want to imo.

 

[brightonbaz]

I will give up for financial reasons mainly. Not because some health police has told me to.

Haven't read all this thread and don't want to sound like a health policeman but want to tell you all about my mum.....she smoked for 40 years and as a kid I begged her to stop but she couldn't.....16 years ago she did stop (because she wanted too....which she told me was the key). Now she is 76 and is suffering with COPD caused by smoking and it breaks my heart to see her so out of breath doing even the simplest things. TO ALL of you wanting to give up DO IT for money and DO IT for you HEALTH

 

[Hillian1]

I gave up yesterday, really meant to give it a good go too.
This morning, while on autopilot, I came down stairs put kettle on, rolled a fag and smoked half of it before remembering I was trying to give up.

 

[METALMICKY]

A handy tip for all the smokers on this thread. Aside from the obvious health and financial benefits, why not incorporate your first hand experience into a possible career change? I was surprised to know that NHS Smoking Cessation advisers if on the top Band 6 NHS grade get paid £34k

 

[Paul Reids Sock]

I started smoking at 14 and remember 2 days before my 16th birthday saying I was going to quit. I'm 24 in 3 weeks and have just completed my 71st day without a ciggy.

I agree with what a lot of people have been saying - you have to want to do it. I felt I had to do it previously because of pressures of family etc and it just didn't work. I now have a little boy and I want to be there to play football with him when he is older and obviously watch him walk out in the stripes at the AMEX.

I genuinely found the NHS stop smoking pack really useful. Not because of their leaflets on illness and disease, but because of the poster you get. I had a great sense of pride when I got in from work each day and could tick off another day on the poster. I also still have the NHS app, where you can see how long it has been and how much money I have saved.

To anyone giving up GOOD LUCK. Even after just a few days I was feeling good about myself. It's tough but well worth it. I just hope I can keep it up.

 

[OzMike]

Smoked my last cig on 31st July last year.....................still gagging for one!

 

[SULLY COULDNT SHOOT]

I gave up just over nine years ago. Before that I had given up and relapsed eight times. This time I was getting married again and planned to have kids and the last thing I wanted was my children to see me smoking my life away or seeing me in a coffin before they were old enough to deal with it. So I pretty much frightened myself into doing it. It worked and have never felt the need, especially since the girls were born.

It's tough and I never used any help... but different people need different ways to change their lives. Good luck but DO IT! You really won't regret it.

 

[Bozza]

[MENTION=3887]Uncle Spielberg[/MENTION] - something else to help you. You've got a dog right, and you're very fond of that dog? Do you smoke in the house?

I ask as I know a smoker who has a dog. The dog has just been diagnosed with lung cancer almost certainly caused by the passive smoking the dog has been subjected to over the years.

So, if you won't do it for your health - do it for your dog's.

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

You have to WANT to give up smoking. If you don't want to, you won't, simple as that. I made the decision to quit 11 years ago, smoked my last cigarette before going to bed. Binned all cigarettes ash trays lighters etc, and never smoked again. The first two weeks were difficult, especially when having an alcoholic drink, but the craving gradually disappeared. Now the smell of smoke, like you get when leaving the AMEX, makes me feel sick. A mate of mine is a clinical hypnotherapist, and he reckons he has 100% success with people who want to give up, but maily failures with those that don't.