Do you smoke?

[stanho19]

used to smoke cigars but quit

 

[petrovic]

I use an electronic vaporiser.

 

[Cammtl]

I've never smoked. I've always thought what a waste of money besides it is just so bad for you. Also everything around you either smells or goes brown/yellow. No just not for me.

 

[SilverWolf]

Used to smoke, Quit Feb 19...coming up on 2 months...

So far, so good...

 

[veryfreak]

I don't

 

[Christians71]

No, and I don't plan to start either.

 

[Otage]

Yeah I do and I just have recently realized I can't stop. I've read books, learnt how the addiction works, realized it only relieves the symptoms it cause and there's nothing "good" to it and everything else. It's not habbit, it's addiction. I've tried with believing in the success of quitting, tried also many different kind of mental tactic like not thinking "i will not smoke" instead trying to think "I will live happy and free life" because of the fact, that if you think "I don't think colour red" you will think it all the time Tried nicotine replacement products etc. but I just find myself smoking within three days. Once was without smoking for a year because of a job, but after that I gladly started again. I'm nervously gassing my nerves away:nail biting:

 

[peter123]

Yeah I do and I just have recently realized I can't stop. I've read books, learnt how the addiction works, realized it only relieves the symptoms it cause and there's nothing "good" to it and everything else. It's not habbit, it's addiction. I've tried with believing in the success of quitting, tried also many different kind of mental tactic like not thinking "i will not smoke" instead trying to think "I will live happy and free life" because of the fact, that if you think "I don't think colour red" you will think it all the time Tried nicotine replacement products etc. but I just find myself smoking within three days. Once was without smoking for a year because of a job, but after that I gladly started again. I'm nervously gassing my nerves away:nail biting:

yep, smoking is an addiction as alcoholism and so many others......

I quit smoking some years ago after beeing a heavy smoker. From one day to the next.
I'm proud of it and I don't intend to start again, feeling so much better now.
It must make, I call it "click", in your brain, you really must want to stop, saying "now it's enough". It must come from deep inside yourself.....

but it is, I must admit, an addiction expert told me, always still a "little flame burning" in your brain that can light the "fire" again....

So if u are "clean" after an addcition you never are cured. A smoker who quit is afterwards an "ex smoker" an alcoholic who is "dry" is always an ex-alcololic (little flame still burning)

 

[hotboi_d]

No, and never intend to

 

[bluemount]

Not for 7 years

 

[trentw]

Yes. Constant trying to quit. Wish I never started!!!!!!!!

 

[sim]

yes

 

[BearDelBear]

not cigs

 

[Sinnerr]

yep, smoking is an addiction as alcoholism and so many others......

I quit smoking some years ago after beeing a heavy smoker. From one day to the next.
I'm proud of it and I don't intend to start again, feeling so much better now.
It must make, I call it "click", in your brain, you really must want to stop, saying "now it's enough". It must come from deep inside yourself.....

but it is, I must admit, an addiction expert told me, always still a "little flame burning" in your brain that can light the "fire" again....

So if u are "clean" after an addcition you never are cured. A smoker who quit is afterwards an "ex smoker" an alcoholic who is "dry" is always an ex-alcololic (little flame still burning)

Well, I'm ex-smoker for almost one year (4 days remains).

If I should describe my quitiing it definitely wasn't "click" at all. I used so called "behavorial-cognitive method"
It's something like this: If you want or need to smoke then just smoke. But never do anything else when you're smoking!.

It means: Do not smoke and read newspaper at the same time!
Do not smoke and drink coffee at the same time (It was quite hard to me, you know, that little white stick was there for few thousand times...)
Do not have conversation with anyone when you are smoking (it doesnt matter if others are smoking when they talk to you).
etc...

In the other hand. Do not quit or reduce anything you like only because you have it associated with smoking. Let's do it! Only one little change. Do not smoke during it. For example: If you and your classmates are used to go smoke every break between lessons - go with them let them smoke have talk and fun as ussually, but don't smoke yourself! You definitely do not have to give up any of your rituals!

As I said at the begininig - you're allowed to smoke - you're free man!

But when you're doing it then concentrate on it! Don't think about future, don't think about past. Be in present with your cigeratte and all these cool things it's giving to you ... things like tar, carbon monoxide, benzene...

 

[alek07]

i don't

 

[JoeyRainbow]

No. I was lucky enough to never start.

 

[kole1202]

Yes.

 

[Fred Kross]

No.

 

[billdunn666]

I'm proud of it and I don't intend to start again, feeling so much better now.
It must make, I call it "click", in your brain, you really must want to stop, saying "now it's enough". It must come from deep inside yourself.....

but it is, I must admit, an addiction expert told me, always still a "little flame burning" in your brain that can light the "fire" again....

I can relate to that. I had smoked since high school for about 5-6 years and quit, but for some stupid reason two years later I started it up again. About six years after that I quit again and I haven't smoked since, that was about five years ago.

I have to admit though that there are still times that it pops into my head to smoke, just a fleeting thought though. Like on a cold morning with coffee in hand I get it, or even on occasion when I see a smoker in a film. It never comes if I'm in a smoky bar or with smokers in general. I guess my "flame" is more of a romanticized memory of smoking and when I'm around the real thing I remember how much I hated it.

 

[Marcg]

I do smoke, but just started an attempt to quit