Okay, I get it. It’s hard to stop smoking; however, you want to know the hardest thing? Thinking up excuses for why you can’t quit to everyone you know. How many times a day can you possibly say, “It’s just too hard” without having all your friends turn to you and reply, “Stop being such a wuss and just do it already”? The fact is you’ve got to man up and stop pretending like you can’t quit just because you continue to rely on the nicotine to make you feel better.
Addiction
I don’t mean to be a witch, and I most certainly don’t want to discourage anyone to find a way to quit. But the truth is it pains me to see people who have so much to give in their lifetimes bail out because they can’t find a way to shake the addiction. The fact is addiction is hard on everyone. No matter if it’s a co-worker or it’s a loved one, when you can’t shake the monkey off your back, you continue to push people away. Though is a far less severe addiction than some Class-A drugs out there, it still causes a great deal of physical and emotional pain on everyone involved.
Smoking’s Horrible Effects
You may not want to believe this but every time you light up you’re killing a bit of yourself one puff at a time. It’s a great deal of pressure to put on anyone, but someone’s got to inform you of the consequences of your actions if you’re not willing to see the writing on the wall for yourself. Some of the most horrible effects on one’s life vary from the purely aesthetic to sublimely fatal:
• severe lung trauma
• loss of lung function
• cell death (lack of oxygen reaching the cells)
• increased risks for cancer (because healthy cells are being replaced with toxic cells)
• skin necrosis (again, because of the lack of oxygen reaching skin cells)
• halitosis
• tooth decay (again, lack of oxygen strengthening the enamel)
• gum disease (gum cells dying because of lack of oxygen)
Second Hand Hazard
Before you go thinking that it’s just you that’s being affected, you’ve got to stop and consider what you’re doing to everyone around you. Second hand smoke is as deadly a killer as direct contact with a cigarette. The truth is if you persist on lighting a cigarette in a public place, you’re placing everyone around you at risk for:
• deprivation of oxygen to the lungs
• inducing fits of apnoea (short or loss of breath)
• destructing the lining of the nasal wall
• asphyxiation
Sure you may not think that anyone else should matter, but if you want to be a killer of innocent people, continue to puff on your party sticks.
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Smokers are much more likely to develop some form of cancer than non-smokers. Ninety percent of lung cancer cases are caused by smoking. Smoking tobacco cigarettes can cause all sorts of cancers including mouth, stomach, oesophageal, bladder, kidney and pancreas cancer. At least half of smokers are eventually killed by their habit!
Lower Life Expectancy
Prepare to be shocked by this one. Smokers have an average life expectancy 10 years lower than non-smokers. 10 years! Life is short enough as it is. If this doesn’t make you seriously think twice, thrice and ten times about quitting smoking, we need to talk!
Emphysema
Emphysema is a chronic irreversible lung disease, primarily caused by tobacco smoking, which gradually destroys the lungs and is one of the most common causes of death from respiratory disease. In emphysema, the alveoli (air sacs) in the lungs become over-stretched, destroying the elasticity of fibers that open and close the air sacs during breathing. This results in the smoker having difficulty breathing normally, shortness of breath, difficulty exhaling and wheezing.
Heart Disease
Cardiovascular disease is the most common cause of death and illness in the UK. If you smoke, you have a higher risk of developing a blood clot leading to a heart attack. In fact, the majority of people who have a heart attack before the age of 50 are smokers. Smoking damages the lining of your arteries, leading to a build up of fatty material and a reduced blood flow. The carbon monoxide in cigarette smoke reduces the amount of oxygen that the blood can carry to your heart and body.
Bronchitis
Smoking causes Bronchitis. Bronchitis is an inflammation, or irritation of the air passages in the lungs. These airways are called the bronchial tubes, or the bronchi. When these bronchial tubes are irritated by chemicals released from tobacco smoke, thick mucus is formed in them. The mucus clogs up the air passages and obstructs the passage of air into the lungs. This causes bronchitis and can lead to chronic bronchitis. Symptoms of bronchitis include chronic coughing, breathlessness and tightness and pain in the chest.
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Most people know that smoking is bad for them but many don’t really understand just how bad it is. They know there are health risks but they push them to the back of their minds. If you are a smoker thinking, “well you’ve got to die of something haven’t you” or “it won’t happen to me” then you really should consider the facts and reasons to stop smoking.
A regular smoker is likely to have their life expectancy reduced by up to ten years. Do you really want to lose ten years of your life when you don’t have to? Coupled with this is the likely prospect that the latter few years of your life if you are a regular smoker are likely to be of poor quality due to some heart or lung disease that could have been avoided.
The adverse effects on one’s health through smoking are manifest in the lungs, the blood circulatory system and the heart. In the lungs the constant irritation of inhaled smoke causes damage leading to reduced lung capacity and bronchitis. The lining of the airways tends to lose its cilia, the little hair-like protuberances which help to clear them of mucous and contaminants so that infection in the lungs becomes more likely. Older people who are regular smokers are more likely to succumb to a bout of flu and a secondary infection because of damaged lungs.
The effect of nicotine on the blood vessels is to constrict them, and, since the small blood vessels that supply blood to the heart, are all ready narrow and may have been further narrowed by a build up of plaque (atherosclerosis) which is very common, the last thing you need is further narrowing and restriction of blood flow. Such further restriction can easily lead to arterial blockage and a heart attack.
These serious health risks should be enough in themselves to persuade you to give up smoking but if you are young you may dismiss all this as being too far into the future for you to worry about. If you not heed the advice and give up now though, you will surely regret it in the future.
If you need good reasons to stop smoking right now then there are both social and financial reasons that can affect you right now. Financially you can be surprisingly better off if you don’t buy cigarettes. Most smokers, like most drinkers, seriously underestimate the amount of money they spend on the habit. If you put aside the money you would have spent and save it for two to three months, you could have a sizeable sum – enough to buy a new bike or an Armani suit probably! Your lifestyle would have improved as, not only will you be feeing more fit and healthy but you will have more money in your pocket.
Smoking is generally becoming less and less socially acceptable. It is now banned in many public places including even pubs, once the safe haven for the inveterate smoker. You will not find ash trays in restaurants so much these days, let alone the workplace. You will feel like an outcast if you have to excuse yourself from a social gathering to nip out the back for a quick cigarette.
The anti-social aspect of smoking is heightened by the now recognised threat of passive smoking. People just don’t want to near smokers, especially in confined spaces and this has to be respected.
A smoker on a date should be aware of the possible consequences of bad breath or stained fingers from smoking. Along with hair and fingernails these are things that women tend to notice.
There are then, very good reasons to stop smoking. Quitting now will save you money, make you more socially successful and allow you to live longer. You know the reasons to quit- you must now make the decision to quit.
Robert Schwartz is an author and is passionate about helping others quit smoking forever. He spends his time assisting people to give up smoking. To learn more Smoking visit
There is a simple secret that will help you to finally stop smoking. After smoking for forty years with many attempts to stop, I finally discovered the secret. I stopped smoking immediately (70 to 80 Cigarettes a day) and apart from mild craving occasionally, I have never even contemplated lighting up again.
Smoking has became so unimportant in my life that I do not even remember when I decided to stop smoking, apart from the fact I know it was some years ago. It did not even require will power – or won’t power – or any trauma. Neither do I hate it when people smoke near me.
So what is the secret? No secret actually, but the prequalification to stop smoking is very important.
You Must Truly Want To Stop.
Unless you can convince yourself that you want to stop smoking, no advertisement, exhortation, medical proof or medical advice will sway you from your path of self destruction. I’ve been there.
Ignore the rubbish you tell yourself every day: withdrawal, craving, weight gain, foul moods and all the rest. None of this stuff happens outside of your brain, which is fighting to keep on smoking.
In any case your craving never lasts more than 3 minutes – FACT – if you can’t handle that, you don’t really want to stop smoking.
Having finally cracked the code, I truly feel immensely sorry for smokers – I know exactly how they are kidding themselves and ruining their lungs and their lives. Thank goodness I realised I wanted to stop.
The following herbs can help, but mind the poisonous warnings on some. But they won’t help you stop until you decide to do so yourself and stop worrying about the phantom craving you expect next week or month or year. It doesn’t happen.
St Johns Wort An alternative to commercial anti-depressants, St John’s Wort is believed to increase the level of dopamine, which drops when smokers quit and thereby contributes to cravings.
Lobelia Lobelia will reduce nicotine craving when you stop smoking. Extracts as well as dried lobelia are available. Lobelia contains lobeline – a nicotine substitute with many calming properties. Use of lobelia can be hazardous as it is a extremely toxic. Consult your physician before using lobelia. Lobelia is not addictive like nicotine, but like nicotine, too much can kill you.
Avena Sativa Wild oat plant is the major source of avena sativa. It helps smokers give up nicotine and is used to treat insomnia, feelings of anxiety and nervous tension.
Gotu Kola (Centella asiatica) Gotu kola is useful in restoring memory loss caused by smoking and improves the blood circulation slowed by smoking.
Garcinia Cambogia Effective in combating the unnatural desire to smoke observed in chain smokers. The hydroxycitric acid in garcinia cambogia helps in burning excess calories resulting in weight loss.
Mimosa Tea Provides tranquility and buffers the anxiety and headache symptoms supposedly experienced after quitting smoking and used as an excuse to start again. Non addictive.
Korean Ginseng Natural de-stressor which brings relief to bodily cravings and helps fight off tiredness and anxiety attacks. Good Luck.
Pete Steel has grown herbs for 25 years in several different climates and soils. He reviews herb growing books and writes about herb garden plants and herb usage.
Every mother to be is greatly concerned with the health and well being of her unborn child. For most mothers their children are born perfectly fine because they are considered low risk pregnancies to begin with or they took the necessary steps to achieve a healthy pregnancy. Pregnancy health issues are different for each woman; some suffer from diabetes or high blood pressure, which are easily treatable. However, a mother to be who is addicted to smoking faces a more challenging journey through her pregnancy. The health of her child is entirely up to her, there is nothing a doctor can do to protect the health of that child. Even tobacco companies warn mothers to be against smoking, which says a lot coming from companies that unapologetically sell a product that harms the health of a variety of individuals – yet, they understand the damage that can be done, in particular to an infant. Read on to learn the risks of smoking during pregnancy and the effects it can have on an unborn child.
Warning and Risks of smoking While Pregnant
Before you become pregnant you should be aware of the risks of smoking and pregnancy. Some individuals have trouble conceiving as a result of smoking, and the effectiveness of fertility treatments is greatly lowered. Consider the impact smoking has on your unborn child once they are conceived: - When you smoke your baby smokes – smoking pollutes your baby’s environment (your womb) and limits their intake of necessary nutrients and access to oxygen - If you continue smoking you may never quit and your child will be at risk of health issues after birth due to exposure to second hand smoke - Smoking increases your chances of miscarriage, premature delivery or still birth - Certain methods of smoking cessation can still be harmful to the fetus
The Effects of Smoking while Pregnant
The effects of smoking during pregnancy are abundant and devastating. Here are some of the ways in which smoking can harm your unborn child and ruin their chance of a healthy start: - Low birth weight - Damage to lungs that cause them to not function properly - Smaller than average organs - Higher risk of death from SIDS (Sudden – Infant Death Syndrome) - Sickly child (may become ill frequently) - Psychological and physical disabilities, including learning disorders - Higher risk of becoming smokers themselves
Quitting Smoking
Some smokers who are also mothers to be are under the misconception that smoking fewer cigarettes will lower the risk of their baby developing health issues as a result of their smoking. However, cutting back on smoking is still smoking and the unborn child is still living in a tainted environment. Therefore they can still fall victim to the damaging effects of smoking. The only way to ensure the health of an unborn child is to quit smoking altogether during pregnancy.
Many mothers to be find that concern for the well being of their baby is enough motivation to quit smoking, and some can do so cold turkey. Still, there are those who struggle and require lots of support from their doctor or midwife and family and friends. Ask your doctor what the safest options are for you if you think you cannot quit smoking on your own. Develop a smoking cessation plan and get on your way to a healthy, smoke free pregnancy.
The author had quitted smoking for more 10 years, her hobby is collecting and
If you are not sure what exactly an electronic cigarette is, I will explain it right quick. For those who do know what they are, you can skip this paragraph. Electronic cigarettes or “e-Cigarettes” are just like traditional cigarettes without as many health hazards. They contain no tar, no pollution, no carbon monoxide, and no lit end but they do contain nicotine. They are a safer alternative to traditional cigarettes, cigars, or pipes and can be smoked just about anywhere. Whether you are at a restaurant, in an airplane, on a bus, or anywhere else that prohibits smoking in the area, you are able to enjoy e-cigarettes.
There are many benefits, when it comes to using electronic cigarettes. Here are 10 reasons why electronic cigarettes are better than traditional cigarettes:
10. There are a variety of flavors to choose from. You can choose from apple, strawberry, coffee, vanilla, mint/menthol, cherry, or many other different flavors. This is not including the traditional full flavors and strengths.
9. Better tasting than traditional cigarettes. Even when kissing a non-smoker, they don’t complain about how your mouth tastes like an ash tray. The vapors, which contain the nicotine, does not have the same after taste traditional cigarettes leave in your mouth or on your clothes. When you taste the vapors, it’s like a fresh taste and a fresher smell.
8. Not as messy as traditional cigarettes. No more worrying over ashes getting everywhere or messy cigarette butts laying around in your ash tray or flicking them out of the window. The cartridge, which is the filter part, snaps on and off. Each cartridge lasts about as long as 2 packs of traditional cigarettes. When you change the cartridge, you snap in a different cartridge and throw away the old one.
7. No one complaining about how your smoking habits are affecting them. Don’t you get tired of people saying “Can you move somewhere else? Your smoke is bothering me.”? Well, with electronic cigarettes, the smoke or vapors you exhale smell very pleasant, compared to traditional cigarettes. So, no more worries of people complaining about your habbits anymore.
6. The ability to smoke anywhere such as stores, planes, work places, and many other areas. You are able to smoke electronic cigarettes just about anywhere. I would advise you to mention to the store owner, a manager, or a co-worker, before you do e-smoke though. I wouldn’t want someone getting arrested or kicked out of a place for someone thinking you were actually smoking.
5. No lit end to set fires. No more worries of dropping your cigarette in your car and burn a hole in the floor, or tossing your cigarette out of the window and see it catch something on fire.
4. Cheaper than traditional cigarettes. With cigarette prices, these days, going up in price everyday. Stop paying $50 or more for a carton of cigarettes. Electronic cigarettes cost half that price or less. You can buy a carton of cartridges for about $17 to around $25 and they last just as long. So, you can get about 2 cartons of electronic cigarettes for the same price as one carton of traditional cigarettes.
3. No worries of second-hand smoke. The vapors given off by electronic cigarettes are basically just water vapors with nicotine in them. There is no carbon monoxide found within the vapor, which is better health wise, too.
2. Less health hazards. As stated on the previous reason, electronic cigarettes do not contain any form of carbon monoxide. Also, there is no burning paper fumes going inside of your lungs, either. Although, electronic cigarettes are not healthy or great for your health, they are a better alternative than traditional cigarettes.
1. Better for your health. I’m not saying they are completely safe or healthy but they are a safer alternative.
Electronic cigarettes help you in many ways. You can use them as either a safer way to smoke everyday and anywhere, if you would like to keep smoking, or you can use them to quit smoking. If you choose to quit smoking by using the electronic cigarettes method, my advance to you would be to purchase the same milligram (MG) equal to your current cigarette brand. By this, I mean if you are smoking Full Flavor Marlboro cigarettes, you choose the 16MG cartridges. Once it’s time to buy refills, go to the next lowest MG available and work your way backwards, until you reach the non-nicotine cartridges. Once you are at the non-nicotine cartridges, you can either lay down the electronic cigarette or if you still have that urge of wanting to smoke one, the non-nicotine cartridges are safe enough to use, in order to take away that loss feeling.
In my own personal thoughts about electronic cigarettes, I found them to be a lot more refreshing than traditional cigarettes. I chose to go with the company called “Blu” and bought my starter kit for $59. When they came in the mail, I couldn’t wait to try it out to see what it tasted like. The electronic cigarette, itself, was quiet heavy because of the battery, that is inside of them. When I took the first puff or pull off of the cartridge filter and inhaled, I was quiet amazed. It did not have a bland taste to them or anything nasty tasting. I chose to go with the menthol flavor, since I’m used to smoking Newports. Compared to them, they were actually better tasting and had a fresher feeling to them.
As the time went by, I never had a craving to go back to traditional cigarettes and I have told so many of my smoking friends about the electronic cigarettes and had my friends try a pull off mine. They were so impressed that they ended up buying a starter kit, as well. So, everyone I know is “e-smoking” and it’s so nice. I will never switch back to traditional cigarettes.
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Were you aware that coronary heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S. and the leading cause of death caused by smoking? It’s true. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services smoking and heart disease are strongly related. Smoking is hard on the heart, and the toxins in cigarette smoke cause plaques to form in your arteries, which leads to atherosclerosis, otherwise known as hardening of the arteries.
Atherosclerosis is a progressive hardening of the arteries caused by the deposit of fatty plaques and the scarring and thickening of the artery wall. Inflammation of the artery wall and the development of blood clots can obstruct the flow of blood to the heart and cause heart attacks or strokes.
Cigarette smoking has been associated with sudden cardiac death of all types in both men and women.
Smoking-related coronary heart disease may contribute to congestive heart failure.
Serious consequences arise from smoking cigarettes. My mother smoked most of her life. I lost her just recently and I miss her. Not to lung disease or lung cancer or anything to do with her lungs but to heart disease.
Most people that have smoked for a long time think that smoking is only affecting their lungs. Well, I am here to tell you, that is not the case. I tried and tried to get her to quit but she would always have some reason why she couldn’t. One of the reasons she used was, “I get an x-ray of my lungs every year and it shows nothing wrong.” “I am smoking the lowest tar and nicotine cigarettes available.”
She came to visit us in Nevada in August. She lived in Florida. When she was here on her last visit she said something very peculiar. She said, “Honey, I never knew that smoking affected your heart. I knew it affected my lungs, but not my heart.” I didn’t understand at the time what she was trying not to say. She had just retired. She and my father had plans. She went home and was gone in September. She died of a severe heart attack.
There are so many smokers who do not realize all the damage they are causing in their body and the life they are squandering to cigarettes. Hopefully, this article will enlighten you. I wish my mother would have read an article like this before it was too late. Smoking and heart disease do go hand in hand.
KimberlyAnn
I have never smoked nor do I ever intend to smoke. However, I have been exposed to the most of my life. I lost my mother recently to cigarettes. She was my best friend. I miss her every day. If you don’t want to leave someone missing you, then visit and learn how to quit smoking and stay around to watch your loved ones grow up.
Perhaps you may know that quitting smoking brings great benefits but you may be not be aware how much it brings much benefit and greatly improve your life and health despite the amount of years you’ve been smoking.
So it doesn’t matter whether you’ve been smoking for 1, 3, 10, or 30 years. Your body will experience healing as soon as you cease to smoke. In facts your body will start to heal by itself as soon as you stop smoking for the last 20 minutes.
Below is the breakdown of the benefits that you will experience after you’ve stop smoking.
Time after You’ve Stopped Smoking and Benefits Your Body Will Experience
20 Minutes – Pulse rate and blood pressure returns to normal.
8 Hours – The level of carbon monoxide in your body drops and the level of oxygen in your blood increases.
24 Hours – Chance of heart attack reduces.
48 Hours – Nerve endings regenerates and food smells and tastes better.
72 Hours – Breathing becomes easier as bronchial tubes relax.
2 Weeks to 3 Months – Decrease of tiredness, shortness of breath, coughing, congestion, energy increases and walking and exercising becomes easier.
1 Month to 9 Months – Cilia in the lungs regenerates. Reduction in the shortness of breath.
1 Year – Risk of heart disease decrease by 50% compared to a smoker.
5 Years – Risk of lung cancer decrease by 50%.
10 Years to 15 Years – Regeneration and replacement of pre-cancerous cells. Same health risks of a non-smoker.
Other Benefits of Quit Smoking
More than just health, quitting smoking includes other benefits as well. I’d say that regaining control of your life would be the main one. On top of that you’ll definitely save a bulk of cash and setting a better example to your family and your community.
Ask any ex-smoker about their journey and their benefits and it’s not surprising that you may them say they have a sense of pride and accomplishment, being more positive and productive at work, improved appetite, having better relationships with people, increased energy levels, better appearance, better attraction and the list goes on.
Here’s what you can do, come up with a list of reasons to quit smoking. Think for a moment. What are all the possible benefits, including short term and long term benefits you will experience when you decide to quit smoking.
The more detailed and more specific, the better. Include how you feel about yourself and how you will feel if you’ve succeeded to quit smoking. The clearer you are about your reason, the more focus you will be about quitting.
Tony James is an ex-smoker for 11 years and is currently helping smokers to quit smoking with ease without irritation, discomfort of cravings or withdrawal symptoms.
The simple fact is that you know smoking is not good for you. In fact, nobody has to tell you to quit; you know you ought to quit. The irony is that when more people tell you to quit, you naturally want to quit less.
The truth is that nobody can force you, make you quit and chances are you have already tried more than once to quit. Let me guess, did you smoke the ‘just one’ cigarette?
Before you knew it, you probably started at ground zero again. This cycle can go on and on and many smokers would give up or at least, for a period of time.
Now, if you’re thinking about quitting again. You have definitely made the right choice by not giving up. Besides, did you know that most ex-smokers tried to quit an average for five times before they truly give up the habit?
Tobacco and Its Health Effects
The reason why people who care about you ask you to quit smoking is because they know smoking is bad for your health. Thought it may be irritating at times, you know that they have a point.
I mean of course sure, being pestered all the time is not healthy either but, cigarettes is the number most preventable cause of death in the world and is also the leading cause of illness and death in many other countries.
Emphysema – an abnormal accumulation of air in tissues can damage the air sacs in your lungs, which is difficult for oxygen to be released into the bloodstream from the lungs. On the other hand, chronic bronchitis causes inflammation and irritation to the air ways of your lungs due to cigarette smoking.
Affecting Others with Your Smoking
It’s also not news that people around smokers suffers detrimental effects of smoking from inhaling your smoke.
Secondhand smoke causes many illnesses such as chronic bronchitis, heart disease, asthma and cancer. More than 100,000 people die worldwide because of secondhand smoke.
What’s surprising is that smoke of those who smokes questions whether secondhand smoke brings illness and it may be a lies by public groups who are anti-smokers.
However, many evidence and facts have proofed that secondhand smoke does kills. So make the right choice today by deciding to quit for once and for all.
Tony James is an ex-smoker for 11 years and is currently helping smokers to quit smoking with ease without irritation, discomfort of cravings or withdrawal symptoms.
Mark Twain said, “Quitting smoking is easy. I’ve done it a thousand times.”
He sure had a way of getting to the heart of the matter in a witty way, didn’t he? What long-term smoker has not stopped smoking multiple times? It’s easy to quit. Remaining smoke-free is the hard part.
Once I quit for five years. One moment of weakness, and I was right back in the game, chasing that dragon. Nicotine is powerful stuff, and once your brain is wired for it, you are toast. My best advice would be to never start smoking. You weren’t born addicted to nicotine unless your mother smoked while she was pregnant, as was the case with me. Don’t do this to yourself.
If you’re already addicted and want to quit, I can tell you about the different methods. Any method is as good as the next, but the thing to remember is that once you quit, smoking is no longer an option. It’s just not something you do. If you do it once, you will be hooked again. You’re always hooked. Recovered alcoholics never touch the stuff for that reason. It is exactly the same with nicotine. Once it gets its hooks into you, it does not let go.
Of all the ways of quitting smoking, the one that worked best for me was cold turkey. That was the time I quit for five years. Those first 3-5 days were pure h-e-double-hockeysticks. I never wanted to have to go through that again, and I was proud of myself for having done it. That’s why I stayed off the cigs for so long.
Hypnosis actually works pretty well for me. It makes it easier to get off the cigarettes, but it wears off. Usually hypnosis lasts about ten days for me. I think if you listen to the CDs regularly your results might be better.
Acupuncture does diminish the cravings, but it is very expensive.
Medication works until you go off it. The downfall here is that the medication re-wires your brain and the next time you try to quit will be harder, should you stumble.
Nicotine replacement is the way to go if you’re a hard-core addict like me. It at least minimizes the damage though it is not perfectly safe. Nicotine is a carcinogen. Anyway, of all the nicotine replacement products, the electronic cigarettes are the best. You get 99 percent of the pleasure of smoking with these things and none of the 400-degree smoke blasting into your lungs. They’re also cheaper than the gum, which tastes like doodie anyway.
I hope you enjoy better long-term success at quitting than I have. If you don’t smoke, I hope you never do. If you must smoke to feel normal (like me), give electronic cigarettes a try.
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