The Stop Smoking Megathread [ including Champix]

[Bypassblade 10]

Why do you want to stop smoking?

 

Smoking is amazing. It's good for the nervous system. Smokers are far less likely to contract parkingsons. Smoking makes you look cool, and that's a FACT! Put a fag in a rock star or film star's hand/mouth, coolness increases 100%.

 

Plus, if you get ill from smoking, at least you know what's causing it. Plus, there's an endless list of aids available on the NHS for smokers, from an Iron Lung to pioneering surgical procedures.

 

But, the best thing about smoking by a mile, is getting under the skin of none smokers!

 

Stuff em! SMOKE!

 

......and thanks to the unique way this country hads out cash, I get my smokes for free! Thanks![/quote

 

Come on admit it, you're a WUM

[goodies 10]

Why do you want to stop smoking?

 

Smoking is amazing. It's good for the nervous system. Smokers are far less likely to contract parkingsons. Smoking makes you look cool, and that's a FACT! Put a fag in a rock star or film star's hand/mouth, coolness increases 100%.

 

Plus, if you get ill from smoking, at least you know what's causing it. Plus, there's an endless list of aids available on the NHS for smokers, from an Iron Lung to pioneering surgical procedures.

 

But, the best thing about smoking by a mile, is getting under the skin of none smokers!

 

Stuff em! SMOKE!

 

......and thanks to the unique way this country hads out cash, I get my smokes for free! Thanks![/quote

 

Come on admit it, you're a WUM

 

Just had to google WUM. No I'm not. Everything I said, I mean and It's true.

[Bypassblade 10]

 

Just had to google WUM. No I'm not. Everything I said, I mean and It's true.

 

Well I suppose that's your prerogative to do that, I just hope you don't get ill. I have said not all do but hey ho, mind I can't for life of me work out how you get them free

[epiphany 10]

It's good for the nervous system. Smokers are far less likely to contract parkingsons.

 

Nicotine is responsible for that and many other health benefits but there are much healthier ways to intake nicotine - electronic cigarettes give you all the health benefits of nicotine without the hundreds of other chemicals caused by burning tobacco.

 

I mean, there's no point in delaying the onset of Parkinsons if you're going to die of lung cancer a decade prior.

 

In fact, it's partly because of electronic cigs that the benefits of nicotine are now being studied with more rigor.

Edited June 4, 2012 by epiphany

[Bonzo77 13]

 

Well I suppose that's your prerogative to do that, I just hope you don't get ill. I have said not all do but hey ho, mind I can't for life of me work out how you get them free [/QUO

 

Not for free, but you don't work. You mean?

[goodies 10]

 

Well I suppose that's your prerogative to do that, I just hope you don't get ill. I have said not all do but hey ho, mind I can't for life of me work out how you get them free [/QUO

 

Not for free, but you don't work. You mean?[/quote

 

Ok, I mean I get my smokes with the tax payers money.

[bluecrow 10]

To bypassblade:

 

Ah, you must be young and haven't had to gasp for breath yet because of your smoking. Keep smoking--you'll get there, I promise!

 

Or maybe you'll end up with esophageal cancer--that's real cool, too, your skin turns black as coal and you can't breathe or eat, have to be bedridden and fed intravenously. . . betcha can't wait for it!

 

Or you could end up with a brain aneurism or stroke and be paralyzed and/or drooling and unable to speak. . .still going for cool, here?

 

As far as celebs or rock stars with fags looking cool? That's a matter of opinion. To me they just look stupid, like women in spike heels that can barely keep their balance and you know their feet are killing them. They think they look cool, but to me they look ridiculous.

 

Well, kid, rock on, as they say. . .(but I would take some time to re-think your priorities, if ya get my drift. . . )!

[goodies 10]

To bypassblade:

 

Ah, you must be young and haven't had to gasp for breath yet because of your smoking. Keep smoking--you'll get there, I promise!

 

Or maybe you'll end up with esophageal cancer--that's real cool, too, your skin turns black as coal and you can't breathe or eat, have to be bedridden and fed intravenously. . . betcha can't wait for it!

 

Or you could end up with a brain aneurism or stroke and be paralyzed and/or drooling and unable to speak. . .still going for cool, here?

 

As far as celebs or rock stars with fags looking cool? That's a matter of opinion. To me they just look stupid, like women in spike heels that can barely keep their balance and you know their feet are killing them. They think they look cool, but to me they look ridiculous.

 

Well, kid, rock on, as they say. . .(but I would take some time to re-think your priorities, if ya get my drift. . . )!

 

 

I take it that response is aimed at me and not bypassblade?!

 

If so, you couldn't be further from the truth. I'm not going to tell you how old I am, but lets just say, I can remember watching James Dean on screen for the first time.

 

I've smoked 60 a day since I was 14 years old. I still feel fresh as a daisy. If smoking decided to take me tomorrow, I wouldn't care.

[NorthernStar 11]

I take it that response is aimed at me and not bypassblade?!

 

If so, you couldn't be further from the truth. I'm not going to tell you how old I am, but lets just say, I can remember watching James Dean on screen for the first time.

 

I've smoked 60 a day since I was 14 years old. I still feel fresh as a daisy. If smoking decided to take me tomorrow, I wouldn't care.

 

I bet you have the complexion of a dried prune and teeth as white as soot.

[goodies 10]

I bet you have the complexion of a dried prune and teeth as white as soot.

 

I bet you have a face like a slapped back side with teeth like broken fence.

Edited June 5, 2012 by goodies

[willm 10]

I bet you have a face like a slapped back side with teeth like broken fence.

 

Now now...no need for a slanging match!

 

I have been readin a very interesting document all about smoking. It covers the industry itself, tobacco production, advertising and of course, health and social aspects.

 

I think what is the most alarming is some of the facts concerning health implications. I vaguely remember watching some videos at school in a biology lesson about the dangerous health affects of smoking. But let's face it, at 15/16/17 you feel pretty indestructible.

 

I took up smoking when I was about 15/16. Like most people, I never perceived it as an addiction back then, it just seemed to be something to do. The "cool" aspect of it never really existed...I think people were getting wise to the fact that it was distinctly uncool. By the way I am 31 now.

 

So here are some facts about nicotine from the article:

 

How deadly is nicotine? It’s nearly twice as deadly as black widow spider

venom (.5 mg/kg versus .9mg/kg) and at least three times deadlier than diamondback rattlesnake venom (.5mg/kg versus 1.89mg/kg).

 

Drop for drop, that makes nicotine as deadly as strychnine, which also has a minimum adult

LD50 of 30mg, and more deadly than arsenic (50mg),or cyanide (50mg).

 

(info courtesy of http://whyquit.com/FFN/chapters/FFN_01_Nicotine.pdf)

 

There is a great deal more information in the pdf. However I just couldn't get that fact out of my head. More deadly than arsenic and cyanide??? And I am putting this stuff in my body, day in day out? I mean, I am not fool, but this is just ludicrous! I know nicotine addiction is very powerful. It will fool you into thinking that's it's okay..just one fag...

 

To those who have contributed on the thread, saying you are happy to smoke and never have any intention of giving up - that's fair enough. However answer me this; if i approached you with a syringe containing arsenic and asked if it was okay to inject a little bit in you, say 20 times a day, what would your response be? OF COURSE NOT.

 

Once you understand smoking for what it really is, drug addiction in its purest form, you are then a slave. You do not willingly smoke. The addiction wills you to smoke. Smokers are not doing it voluntarily. They are doing it to keep nicotine levels at a certain level, so as to avoid withdrawal. Just like a heroin user.

 

Do not misinterpret me - I am not slating smokers. I have no grounds upon which to do so. It's just that most smokers, if they really thought about what they were doing - they wouldn't do it any more.

[goodies 10]

Now now...no need for a slanging match!

 

I have been readin a very interesting document all about smoking. It covers the industry itself, tobacco production, advertising and of course, health and social aspects.

 

I think what is the most alarming is some of the facts concerning health implications. I vaguely remember watching some videos at school in a biology lesson about the dangerous health affects of smoking. But let's face it, at 15/16/17 you feel pretty indestructible.

 

I took up smoking when I was about 15/16. Like most people, I never perceived it as an addiction back then, it just seemed to be something to do. The "cool" aspect of it never really existed...I think people were getting wise to the fact that it was distinctly uncool. By the way I am 31 now.

 

So here are some facts about nicotine from the article:

 

How deadly is nicotine? It’s nearly twice as deadly as black widow spider

venom (.5 mg/kg versus .9mg/kg) and at least three times deadlier than diamondback rattlesnake venom (.5mg/kg versus 1.89mg/kg).

 

Drop for drop, that makes nicotine as deadly as strychnine, which also has a minimum adult

LD50 of 30mg, and more deadly than arsenic (50mg),or cyanide (50mg).

 

(info courtesy of http://whyquit.com/FFN/chapters/FFN_01_Nicotine.pdf)

 

There is a great deal more information in the pdf. However I just couldn't get that fact out of my head. More deadly than arsenic and cyanide??? And I am putting this stuff in my body, day in day out? I mean, I am not fool, but this is just ludicrous! I know nicotine addiction is very powerful. It will fool you into thinking that's it's okay..just one fag...

 

To those who have contributed on the thread, saying you are happy to smoke and never have any intention of giving up - that's fair enough. However answer me this; if i approached you with a syringe containing arsenic and asked if it was okay to inject a little bit in you, say 20 times a day, what would your response be? OF COURSE NOT.

 

Once you understand smoking for what it really is, drug addiction in its purest form, you are then a slave. You do not willingly smoke. The addiction wills you to smoke. Smokers are not doing it voluntarily. They are doing it to keep nicotine levels at a certain level, so as to avoid withdrawal. Just like a heroin user.

 

Do not misinterpret me - I am not slating smokers. I have no grounds upon which to do so. It's just that most smokers, if they really thought about what they were doing - they wouldn't do it any more.

 

Any chance you could look up a study on alcohol and pass us the results.

 

I bet, drop for drop, pure alcohol is pretty deadly too. It's not going to stop me drinking it though. None of the above is making me want to stop smoking either.