Question of the Day: Tues. May 24 2011

Good morning folks...

Lets talk about smoking.............

How many smoke? If you've quit, when did you quit?

I had smoked many years, but quit almost 2yrs ago using Champix

Time flies, it seems just yesterday I had posted my quitting smoking thread on here, and now as of June 8 2011, I have quit for 2yrs..... this is my second longest quit, and what I believe to be the final quit.

I am NOT going back to the one thing I can control about my health....goodness, I have enough other health issues that I don't need to return to chronic bronchitis, wheezing, etc from smoking.

Dana and I both used to smoke, but we quit almost 2 years ago now.

I've smoked on and off for years, quit when I got pregnant with Dakin then started back up after I had Tysin.....smoked for 2 yrs or so then quit. Now I smoke just when I drink.

Originally Posted by Kailie

Dana and I both used to smoke, but we quit almost 2 years ago now.

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Didn't you guys quit around the same time the "quitting smoking" thread was on?
I know there were a bunch of us trying, some succeeded and some didn't.

I'm curious just on how everyone did or is doing with it

Nope, we quit before I joined this site. We quit cold turkey and Dana had a MUCH harder time of it than I did. He drove me nuts.

I started smoking when I was around 20 and smoked 1-1/2 packs a day for 20 years. Tried quitting a few times, but not seriously I finally quit when I turned 40.....so I've been smoke-free now for 16 years.

Originally Posted by Kailie

Nope, we quit before I joined this site.

We quit cold turkey and Dana had a MUCH harder time of it than I did. He drove me nuts.

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ahhhh, okies.



Congrats to those that have quit
It's a HUGE accomplishment that you should be proud of.

Have smoked on and off for years. Never a heavy smoker, but socially would smoke. I would say I smoked only on weekends. Quit three months ago But sneak one once in awhile still

I smoke an electronic cig

I started smoking when I was very young. I smoked quite heavily for over 45 years and finally quit in 1990 after two attempts. Now I can't stand the smell of smoke. It actually makes me sick now.

I have smoked off and on since I was 14 (half my life!). I never had trouble quitting for months at a time, and at my heaviest smoking, I was at about 2 packs... a week.

Happy hour was always my downfall, I liked to smoke when I drank. These days it's the commute to work that kills me... I've got a longer commute now than I've had in YEARS, and our public transportation is pretty crappy, so I admit I've been smoking in my car to and from work. I keep telling myself I need to just quit and not start again.

I used to smoke but quit in 2005!

Fortunately Never smoke!...

Originally Posted by CoolCat

Fortunately Never smoke!...

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Same here! Smoking is bad for you anyways. There's all kinds of risk that can happen, birth defects on a child, maybe it can effect a pet if you smoke indoors, getting lung cancer etc. And why people do it? They are idiots!

It's great to see the folks that were around when the Smoking thread was up have stayed the course. My 2 years was in January and I've never looked back or even cared to smoke since the day I quit.

I don't smoke! Mostly because my uncle is a chain-smoker and I've been trying to get him to quit since I was six years old.

I quit around 1975. Now I can't stand to be around someone who is smoking.

I used to smoke for 5 years back when I was a stupid teenager. I quit almost 8 years ago.
I hate the smell if people smoke inside someone's home, but I like it if the smoke comes 'fresh' from outside (but it has to be summer ). And I do miss the smell in bars as it covered quite well other nastier odors.. It's nowadays illegal to smoke in bars and restaurants over here unless they have this specially built and ventilated 'smoking area' (no drinks allowed in those areas) in there.