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INoxx	Date: May 25, 2006 @ 11:00 AM Im fed up to spend money for cigarettes, im fed up to destroy my lungs, do u know some advices to stop smoking? thanx (i know it's not a topic related to music but well anyway...)
K3VIN	Date: May 25, 2006 @ 11:33 AM Willpower... calculate the money u spend... spend it on something fun that you can do instead of smoking...
victorsskull	Date: May 25, 2006 @ 11:37 AM roll your own its much cheaper
psypig	Date: May 25, 2006 @ 11:51 AM Just stop. Don't mess about with any "i'm trying to stop smoking" nonsense. If you wanna quit just quit. I quit after smoking for 4-5 years because i decided i wanted to. The trick is to stop because you actually want to and not because you just feel like you should. And strangely enough i found it easier to think "i'm quitting now because i want to. and if i decide to start again i will." strangely this has helped me stop... cos i haven't smoked since.
K3VIN	Date: May 25, 2006 @ 12:14 PM lol@ victor... dont kill yourself.. just stop is great... i was gonna say that.. but the common comeback is you just cant stop
GeneHilbert	Date: May 25, 2006 @ 12:37 PM Every time you want a cigarette - smoke a joint.... you'll stop....
TameasDust	Date: May 25, 2006 @ 12:55 PM move to where they are cheaper
Fraser	Date: May 25, 2006 @ 3:55 PM Go to a hypnotist. Tell them to hypnotize you so that everytime you put a cigarette in your mouth, it feels like a worm squirming around. That should stop you
Alecs	Date: May 25, 2006 @ 8:35 PM Force yourself to. When I was losing weight, I had to get myself to the point where I felt horrible if I ate junk or didn't exercise and where skipping a snack or two and going for a run made me feel awesome. You have to get to the same point with smoking. Also, in case it hasn't "hit home" what smoking does to you, put a bunch of cotton balls in an empty 2-liter bottle, toss in a lit cigarette and let it burn out. Take a look at those cotton balls and imagine that 2-liter bottle as your lungs. Hope any of that helps.
GTOriginal	Date: May 26, 2006 @ 2:47 AM I stared smoking at age 9. They cost 50 cents a pack then. I went on the patch at age 32 and smoked while wearing the thing. This triggered a heart attack due to nicotine OD. Halfway to heaven, the angels told me "Quit or Else" then booted my ass back to Earth. I quit at age 36 in 1999. How? By being a full contact fighter and getting my ass kicked every day in round 3 cuz I had no endurance. For about a year I went thru all kinds of hell, allergies and shit, but I began winning my fights, anyway. When I quit smokes were about four bucks a pack. Marijuana contains about 4 times as much tar as tobacco, and is also inhaled more deeply it does not cause cancer. Scientists are very interested in that fact. Problem is you can't win fights while high either, so my consumption is at an all time low lol. + =
Intergalacti...	Date: May 26, 2006 @ 5:29 AM Patches do help. seek help off professionals they may cost money now but you'll end up savin a lot more in the long run
Intergalacti...	Date: May 26, 2006 @ 5:30 AM also avoid pubs for a few weeks its upto you to do this no one else no matter how your life is what shit is goin on its your will power that will stop and no one elses.
BIR	Date: May 26, 2006 @ 6:59 AM ^ Hilberts response. But it has to be the bobby brown.. That way you will not want to smoke it at all. I hear that hypnotist can do this and be effective. Run a few miles..Your lungs will be on fire,try smoking then.. haha it makes you feel sick. Become super active in a sport,write a thousand songs. Just Stay away from Buying any More Smokes.
K3VIN	Date: May 26, 2006 @ 8:10 AM Marijuana doesnt cause cancer??? so bob marley got it from somethin else?? anyways " MetalAlecs Date: May 25, 2006 @ 8:35 PM Force yourself to. When I was losing weight, I had to get myself to the point where I felt horrible if I ate junk or didn't exercise and where skipping a snack or two and going for a run made me feel awesome. You have to get to the same point with smoking. Also, in case it hasn't "hit home" what smoking does to you, put a bunch of cotton balls in an empty 2-liter bottle, toss in a lit cigarette and let it burn out. Take a look at those cotton balls and imagine that 2-liter bottle as your lungs. Hope any of that helps." this MAY work unless u like changing colours...
TonyV	Date: May 26, 2006 @ 8:41 AM The best way to stop smoking is to cut off your hands.... or sew your lips closed...
zedsalt	Date: May 26, 2006 @ 10:51 AM Man, Gary's story really drives the point home about how tough it is to give up tobacco! It came very close to killing him, so he quit...about FOUR YEARS LATER! It's tough to quit tobacco and a lot of people still refuse to educate themselves about hemp. I can't see how the former topic led to the latter...we're talking apples and oranges, or more appropriately, poison and vitamins. I guess there is one small connection, though: I've heard it said that folks find it tougher to stay off tobacco while intoxicated. A friend of a friend of mine went to a hypnotist, and told her, "I want to quit smoking TOBACCO. You get what I'm sayin'? I don't want to quit smoking, necessarily; I just want to quit smoking TOBACCO". It worked for him. Best of luck!
ScienceHarbor	Date: May 26, 2006 @ 1:32 PM My dad quit smoking after seeing a hypnotist, he is in the air guard and is quite conservative, so you don't have to have a hippy/moon child mentality to have hypnosis work for you. On the pot causing cancer thing... http://www.webmd.com/content/article/122/114805.htm The link is a health news website. What is says is that pot smoking does not cause cancer in even the heaviest smokers (22,000 joints in their lifetime). If fact, the study also suggested that it has preventative capabilities, though no test was done on that specific end. However, as a pot smoker I will add that some of the shit the DARE people say is true. You can smoke the brains from your head, even though you might not have cancer you'll be a dumbo. Especially before 20-22, when the body finishes developing, because pot impairs brain cell growth. You only get one chance to grow em! Now I'm on a different subject. Sorry :\ Quit cigarettes! YAY!
K3VIN	Date: May 26, 2006 @ 3:49 PM thats for lung cancer... what about brain cancer... and especially the shit people put windex on
leedsquietman	Date: May 26, 2006 @ 5:20 PM Good luck with the quitting smoking - I saw a survey that placed cigarette addiction as the highest depency addiction (the user is more dependent on this than cocaine, heroin or alcohol) and 3rd worst withdrawal (just behind alcohol and heroin). this link has more information http://retrospectacle.blogspot.com/2006/01/most-addictive-substances.html
INoxx	Date: May 26, 2006 @ 9:44 PM thanx leeds ure survey is very...encouraging...anyway i can do it...i should do it, i'll do it...just a last one (yeah, it's always the last one...)
K3VIN	Date: May 26, 2006 @ 10:15 PM be real with urself... ciggerettes are mroe esily accesable... if you gave a person with no sense of consequence a pack of ciggerettes and some heroin.. tehy did both.. then had the choice of inifinite heroin or infinite ciggerretes heroin would be ahead.. same with cociane. crack what have you
Woof	Date: May 26, 2006 @ 11:03 PM Not to be facetious, but this last winter I was outside of our office in zero degree weather having a smoke. This guy walks past me towards the door, and says: "When it's this cold out, and you're still out here smoking, it's time to quit". And all I could think of was: "Yeah... right. I should quit so that I can die from some wholesome, healthy disease".
Distilled1	Date: May 26, 2006 @ 11:38 PM Lasick
Distilled1	Date: May 26, 2006 @ 11:38 PM And Vicoden
BIR	Date: May 27, 2006 @ 3:05 AM cancer... you can get that from alot of things,from plastic cups to the siding on your house. "because pot impairs brain cell growth" :what?: It makes the fat content rise around the brain.. I know some smart smokers.
Fraser	Date: May 27, 2006 @ 3:27 AM Sorry to say this, but the brain doesnt grow more brain cells. What youre born with you have. Oh, and the brain is practically made out of fat. Smoking is a mutenagen. It causes cancer. The siding in your home and a plastic cup wont cause it, unless you still live in one of those homes that have lead lining the walls of the home.
TruonGLe	Date: May 27, 2006 @ 3:44 AM pick up a new hobby. cuz i kno i be stoggin when im bored or got notin to do. so pick up a hobby er somein that wil keep u busy, constanly. when u feel like stoggin, .. eat er somin. lol try it.
leedsquietman	Date: May 27, 2006 @ 3:50 AM The major comparison was the 'dependency' factor with nicotine and cocaine/heroin. The table shows that heroin is harder to withdraw from and that as a mood effector nicotine is way less, so you don't get the euphoria/hallucinations/intoxication factor with nicotine but people who are addicted NEED it just as much and in fact more and this is something that has been researched by several eminent doctors/neuroscientists and psychologists etc in paid research at major universities. In other words, you wouldn't choose nicotine to get out of your box, so it's use a a party 'buzz' drug or a sedative etc doesn't exist but the physical craving for it for many smokers is as strong as heroin and stronger than cocaine (and crack is not included in the study, which is known to be more potent and addictive than nasally ingested coke). People also build a tolerance for it faster than snorting cocaine, meaning they need to take more and more to get the same effect sooner, which is why many smokers go from having the occasional drag at the pub to being 2 pack a day smokers in rapid time. If you did this exponentially with cocaine or heroin, you'd be in a body bag pretty quick, so it's a good thing that people 'with no sense of consequence' cannot get unlimited free heroin or coke !!
zedsalt	Date: May 27, 2006 @ 10:41 AM All this talk about how tough it is should have one important influence on your quitting process, INoxx- it should remind you that relapse is NOT complete failure. A moment of weakness is part of the process for most people; it's not the end of the road.
jacobOS	Date: May 27, 2006 @ 12:02 PM smoking is really bad and can influence the way you act, think, talk, listen, and learn. If you want to not smoke I suggest you take up other activities. You should try to forget smoking and take up sports or dancing. If you continue smoking now you wont be able to stop for the rest of your life. You should look up to a friend for help. They know you best and look for a non-smoker to help you quit. I dont smoke, I never smoked, but I knew a few people who did, and no matter who they were, I still wouldnt talk to them until they quit. People who have tolerance for smoking smoke too much I think that you should not smoke at all.
lookin4romeo	Date: May 27, 2006 @ 10:05 PM when you go to smoke a cigarette... think of the worst taste you ever had in your mouth you know that one that makes you nauseous.. every single time and it will help you quit...trust me.
K3VIN	Date: May 28, 2006 @ 12:06 AM inhaling smoke kills brain cells and fucks up ur lungs msot of the time
zedsalt	Date: May 28, 2006 @ 10:28 AM Lookin's suggestion reminds of a friend of mine who is of the opinion that the folks who are striving to make nicotine gum taste better are headed down the wrong path. He had failed countless times before using a horrible-tasting gum. Now, whenever he feels the urge smoke tobacco, he just thinks of the awful, awful flavor of that gum...tobacco free for fourteen years and counting! And y'know, INoxx, this topic isn't necessarily unrelated to music. A lot of folks assume my wind instrument lines are synths, because they've never heard anyone play who has my lung capacity. And singing- I can sustain a note for over two minutes. True, it's more of a parlor trick than it is musically useful, but I can do it when I want to.
lookin4romeo	Date: August 28, 2006 @ 12:22 AM I smoked for a long time and quit when I turned 30 and met a guy that I thought was worth quitting for ended up he quit me and left me with an awful taste in my mouth
jewsus	Date: August 28, 2006 @ 12:33 AM fuck stopping smoking. i smoke, and i play soccer and hockey. don't give me that shit about it killing your lungs. just don't be a lazy bastard and you'll be fine.
imemine	Date: August 28, 2006 @ 12:35 AM Yea---fuck all that Scientific evidence! It’s all Voodoo!
jewsus	Date: August 28, 2006 @ 12:36 AM YEAH!!!! science is gay anyway, who needs it?
imemine	Date: August 28, 2006 @ 12:42 AM …and Kevin---you freaking moron! Bob Marley had cancer in his big toe! NOT his lungs! He would likely still be alive but he refused to have it amputated because of “religious” reasons---it did later spread but there is no evidence that the cancer was in anyway related to smoking the Ganja! “Rasta no abide amputation. I don't allow a man to be dismantled.”
shouhei	Date: August 28, 2006 @ 6:57 AM the way to win is to have willpower, imho. start doing pressups every time u want a fag, if you get a craving, do 10. soon u'll be buff, and not addicted. win win and yeh, don't go to pubs. stop drinking alchohol for a bit. I've been smoking for years now - but never become addicted to tobbacco. I really don't see the point in it, tastes awful, smells worse, doesn't do anything, costs a lot of money, you do it all the time and it gives you cancer of the lungs/throat/mouth. YAY
Intergalacti...	Date: August 28, 2006 @ 8:52 AM take a five pound/dollar note, roll it up light the end on fire stick it in your mouth and you should get the same feeling: I'm an idiot.
GeneHilbert	Date: August 28, 2006 @ 10:48 AM LOL
zedsalt	Date: August 28, 2006 @ 10:50 AM Yet another thing that Bob Marley had more of in his big toe than I'll ever have in my whole body! Hopefully.