Starting at midnight, smoking is banned in any public building, or anywhere on state property
I need to quit smoking
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Passed a year ago here in Arizona. Doesn't really bother me however.
r8
Passed a year ago here also. It didn't have much of an affect on railroaders though. I'd like to see them get on my engine and tell me to quit smoking
Dont get me wrong, I'm a non-smoker, well I have been for 10 years tonight, and will love not smelling it. I'm just sick of the government infringing on our personal lives so much. Also, I work in a state prison. Starting at midnight we will have thousands of inmates and officers through out the state all being forced to quit smoking. If this doesnt create a sh!t storm, I will be shocked.Passed a year ago here also. It didn't have much of an affect on railroaders though. I'd like to see them get on my engine and tell me to quit smoking
I quit smoking 13 months ago. That lasted about three months.
Quite again in September. Still going strong.
Why'd I quit? I had a doctor tell me that if I didn't quit, I'd be coming to him before long for Viagra. I just flat out don't want to need that. He also told me that it causes bladder cancer and the result of that is having to carry a urine bag strapped to your waist all the time.
I'd really hate that.
I think I'd rather have my plumbing remain intact for the rest of my life.
--Wag--
Quite again in September. Still going strong.
Why'd I quit? I had a doctor tell me that if I didn't quit, I'd be coming to him before long for Viagra. I just flat out don't want to need that. He also told me that it causes bladder cancer and the result of that is having to carry a urine bag strapped to your waist all the time.
I'd really hate that.
I think I'd rather have my plumbing remain intact for the rest of my life.
--Wag--
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one habit that i'am glad i don't have. now if i could stop drinking 3days sober
I am not going to go through the 3 pages already posted to see if anyone posted the same advice I am. so if someone did i appoligize
When I used to smoke my doctor told me when i was ready to quit to come and see him that he had something that was 90% affective.
1) You need to have a true desire to quit. My primary driving force was I did not want my son (had just my first one at the time) growing up in a smoke filled environment like I did. Plus I needed to get into shape and it wasnt going to happen while I smoked.
2) My doctor prescribed buspar which was an anti anxiety drug. When I tried to quit on my own numerous times before my temper would get so bad I wanted to just rip everyones fricken head off. there were a few times my wife had got so fed up with my attitude she drive to a store, bought a carton of cigarettes and threw them at me when she got home.
When I was on the Buspar I went from want to kill anything that breathed to having a thought about having a cigarette and choosing not to. it was a HUGE deal.
3) My doctor prescribed the nicotine patch for me. This was roughly 15 years ago when you still needed a prescription. He prescribed 3 different dosages.
So between the desire to quit, the anti-anxiety medication that got me through until the patch was able to ween me off the physical addiction. All three working together is what did it for me.
In my opinion the two strongest factors were the anti-anxiety meds and the desire to quit. it takes roughly 20 to 30 days to break a habit and get past the physical addiction, after that it is mostly mental.
It is difficult to hold fast against the mental addiction when you are dealing with a physical addiction at the same time. once the physical addiction is broken it is a little easier to cope with.
Another thing that helps is run and drink lots of water.
A good set of working lungs will not burn when you run. if you try running right now your lungs will probably feel like they are on fire.
I smoked from age 13 until age 30, most of those years 2 packs a day. When I first quit and tried to run I would swear my lungs were on fire.
Now at age 45 I can run for 40 minutes at about a 7 mph pace and I might breath heavy, my back my hurt and my knees my hurt lol, but I no longer feel the burning in my lungs.
So start running and drinking lots of water, the burning in your lungs should be a mental reminder to how bad smoking is for you. and once your lungs stop burning then you will have physical and mental evidence that your body is healing itself AND that smoking does effect you in a bad way.
Anyway, this is my basic story of how I did it and how I stayed off cigarettes
Hope this helps, good luck
When I used to smoke my doctor told me when i was ready to quit to come and see him that he had something that was 90% affective.
1) You need to have a true desire to quit. My primary driving force was I did not want my son (had just my first one at the time) growing up in a smoke filled environment like I did. Plus I needed to get into shape and it wasnt going to happen while I smoked.
2) My doctor prescribed buspar which was an anti anxiety drug. When I tried to quit on my own numerous times before my temper would get so bad I wanted to just rip everyones fricken head off. there were a few times my wife had got so fed up with my attitude she drive to a store, bought a carton of cigarettes and threw them at me when she got home.
When I was on the Buspar I went from want to kill anything that breathed to having a thought about having a cigarette and choosing not to. it was a HUGE deal.
3) My doctor prescribed the nicotine patch for me. This was roughly 15 years ago when you still needed a prescription. He prescribed 3 different dosages.
So between the desire to quit, the anti-anxiety medication that got me through until the patch was able to ween me off the physical addiction. All three working together is what did it for me.
In my opinion the two strongest factors were the anti-anxiety meds and the desire to quit. it takes roughly 20 to 30 days to break a habit and get past the physical addiction, after that it is mostly mental.
It is difficult to hold fast against the mental addiction when you are dealing with a physical addiction at the same time. once the physical addiction is broken it is a little easier to cope with.
Another thing that helps is run and drink lots of water.
A good set of working lungs will not burn when you run. if you try running right now your lungs will probably feel like they are on fire.
I smoked from age 13 until age 30, most of those years 2 packs a day. When I first quit and tried to run I would swear my lungs were on fire.
Now at age 45 I can run for 40 minutes at about a 7 mph pace and I might breath heavy, my back my hurt and my knees my hurt lol, but I no longer feel the burning in my lungs.
So start running and drinking lots of water, the burning in your lungs should be a mental reminder to how bad smoking is for you. and once your lungs stop burning then you will have physical and mental evidence that your body is healing itself AND that smoking does effect you in a bad way.
Anyway, this is my basic story of how I did it and how I stayed off cigarettes
Hope this helps, good luck
You will always think about having a cigarette from time to time.
Even 15 years later I still once in awhile for no reason think "hmmm a cigarette sounds good"
but now it is just a thought, it is not a craving or anything major.
The longer you go the less frequent the thoughts and the less intense the desire. But I promise they will lesson and subside to the point where eventually they are mere stupid thoughts you will just shrug off as non-sense
You will be one cigarette away from two packs a day. Ex-smokers tell me they still want one after many, many years. Not in every case but most.
I wish you luck. I sincerely do.
r8
I sure hope it doesn't take 15 years. I would rather smoke than feel like this for that long.
No, you mis understood.
It is probably going to take about a month that you will need help or just some strong will power.
After about a month once the physical addiction is broke then it will start to get easier.
After a month your desire for a ciggarett will usually be strongest when you do something that you mentally linked to smoking, such as for me I used to smoke when I wrote computer code and I always had a cigarette after dinner and sex.
So I stopped writing computer code and playing computer games
I stopped eating regular dinners
And I stopped having sex
ok, kidding about the dinners and sex, but I did stop playing computer games for about a year. The dinners and sex i just had to mentally push through .
Trust me, it gets better and it is worth it, if it wasn't I would not have stayed away from cigarettes for 15 years.
I hate the smell of cigarettes and I hate the way my clothes smell if I am around someone who smokes..
Here's something you'll find interesting about the effects of quitting smoking.
Shamelessly stolen from http://www.cancer.org/docroot....ing.asp
20 minutes after quitting: Your heart rate and blood pressure drops.
(Effect of Smoking on Arterial Stiffness and Pulse Pressure Amplification, Mahmud, A, Feely, J. 2003. Hypertension:41:183.)
12 hours after quitting: The carbon monoxide level in your blood drops to normal.
(US Surgeon General's Report, 1988, p. 202)
2 weeks to 3 months after quitting: Your circulation improves and your lung function increases.
(US Surgeon General's Report, 1990, pp.193, 194,196, 285, 323)
1 to 9 months after quitting: Coughing and shortness of breath decrease; cilia (tiny hair-like structures that move mucus out of the lungs) regain normal function in the lungs, increasing the ability to handle mucus, clean the lungs, and reduce the risk of infection.
(US Surgeon General's Report, 1990, pp. 285-287, 304)
1 year after quitting: The excess risk of coronary heart disease is half that of a smoker's.
(US Surgeon General's Report, 1990, p. vi)
5 years after quitting: Your stroke risk is reduced to that of a nonsmoker 5 to 15 years after quitting.
(US Surgeon General's Report, 1990, p. vi)
10 years after quitting: The lung cancer death rate is about half that of a continuing smoker's. The risk of cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus, bladder, cervix, and pancreas decrease.
(US Surgeon General's Report, 1990, pp. vi, 131, 148, 152, 155, 164,166)
15 years after quitting: The risk of coronary heart disease is that of a non-smoker's.
(US Surgeon General's Report, 1990, p. vi)
Shamelessly stolen from http://www.cancer.org/docroot....ing.asp
20 minutes after quitting: Your heart rate and blood pressure drops.
(Effect of Smoking on Arterial Stiffness and Pulse Pressure Amplification, Mahmud, A, Feely, J. 2003. Hypertension:41:183.)
12 hours after quitting: The carbon monoxide level in your blood drops to normal.
(US Surgeon General's Report, 1988, p. 202)
2 weeks to 3 months after quitting: Your circulation improves and your lung function increases.
(US Surgeon General's Report, 1990, pp.193, 194,196, 285, 323)
1 to 9 months after quitting: Coughing and shortness of breath decrease; cilia (tiny hair-like structures that move mucus out of the lungs) regain normal function in the lungs, increasing the ability to handle mucus, clean the lungs, and reduce the risk of infection.
(US Surgeon General's Report, 1990, pp. 285-287, 304)
1 year after quitting: The excess risk of coronary heart disease is half that of a smoker's.
(US Surgeon General's Report, 1990, p. vi)
5 years after quitting: Your stroke risk is reduced to that of a nonsmoker 5 to 15 years after quitting.
(US Surgeon General's Report, 1990, p. vi)
10 years after quitting: The lung cancer death rate is about half that of a continuing smoker's. The risk of cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus, bladder, cervix, and pancreas decrease.
(US Surgeon General's Report, 1990, pp. vi, 131, 148, 152, 155, 164,166)
15 years after quitting: The risk of coronary heart disease is that of a non-smoker's.
(US Surgeon General's Report, 1990, p. vi)
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