Quitting Smoking

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  1. The Rhetoric of Life

    The Rhetoric of Life Banned

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    I'm done with smoking.

    Hurdles, may fill the nicotine void with food or masturbation?
    So, IDK....
    Get me a trio of; doctor/nurses, gym & guitar lest I fend off ill health and death.
     
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    Smokers declining in number...
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    Smoking Rate in U.S. Hits New Low of 16%
    July 27, 2018 | A new survey shows that the percentage of American adults who smoked at least one cigarette in the last week was 16%. This is in contrast to the number in the 1940s and 1950s, which averaged about 41% of the adult population.
     
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    Distraff Well-Known Member

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    Why not try vaping, nicotine patches, and nicotine gum?
     
  4. Moonglow

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    I learn to hate it and thus stop.
     
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    politicalcenter Well-Known Member

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    Good. Never stop trying to quit. I finally did. They say my lungs are fine. Its only been 3 years....I guess. Why pay tobacco companies to kill you. This is life and death and lets make no mistake about that.
     
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    You'll need a patch.

    Go see a doc for a prescription.

    By now your body is hopeless addicted to external nicotine (your body normally makes it by itself but when you flood it with external nicotine it shuts down the internal process and then you become addicted to the external supply).
     
  7. HereWeGoAgain

    HereWeGoAgain Banned

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    Do you have a link for that? Nicotine occurs naturally in plants - tomatoes, potatoes. eggplant, coca, and green peppers. I was reading that the reason addiction is so pervasive is that we have receptors for nicotine. As almost a fluke of nature, the brain should produce nicotine but doesn't. So when nicotine receptors are stimulated, the brain goes crazy and demands more.

    But it was a questionable source and I couldn't spot anything else that dealt with this specifically.
     
  8. Liberty Monkey

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    Ever considered a true vape (Not Ecig)?

    https://thevape.guide/best-dry-herb-vaporizer/

    Normally pot smokers use them! You can use real tobacco in them or weed or weed and tobacco.
     
  9. ArmySoldier

    ArmySoldier Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I used the mini nicotine lozenges 4mg...worked my way down to 2mg. Now i don't use them unless I'm drinking alcohol to eliminate a craving. Now I can't stand the smell of smoke. Only relapsed twice (one cig) over the past 3 years
     
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    I gave up smoking 37 years ago and it was one of the best things I ever did. When I look at my peers who didn't I realize how much worse off I would be now.
     
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    Crownline Banned at Members Request

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    Maybe people should look at the date of the OP before making suggestions. If he made it over a month and a half, he has it on the run.
     

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