Question for Cig smokers/exsmokers

[NextLineIsMine]

Ive consistently only had 1 or 2 in a day, with no compulsion to have more. People can enjoy them on a minor level like I do and other seem to have this compulsion to smoke fight against it and fail constantly; for example an annoying buddy who tells me that I need to quit in front of other people yet is the most addicted and spastic 8yearold of a man I have seen

[oldhippie56]

My God, quit now. Been smoking now for 30+ years, hardest habit to quit.

[Tmar.aLL.DaYmar]

My God, quit now. Been smoking now for 30+ years, hardest habit to quit.

i know it is. and i knew these were the kinds of replies i would get. i guess ill try to keep it to 4 a week, and just on weekends.

the reason i asked was because i was hoping that when i started getting cravings, then i could recognize them and realize that it was time to take a break.

[TakeFlight]

toke a bowl when your craving buddy, weed is my anti-drug

[realgood]

I like this post. I started smoking butts back when I was 14. Ciggarettes for myself just kind of worked into my life I smoked them casually with friends then when I got bored then when I felt "Stressed" whatever that is at age 15, then around 17 I felt a heavy need for nicotiene and was chain smoking half out of addiction half out of this compulsive behavior to keep smoking and smoking then at 18 I quit for a month cold turkey after I was having awful chest pain and felt some wierd lump in my throat. Stupidly I am smoking again but one thing that I have noticed with smoking ciggarettes is it puts a burden on eating well and leading a healthy life because mentally it's almost like society has impounded the idea ciggarettes are so horrendous for your health that it is hard to smoke ciggarettes and then do anything positive for your health like eat a salad excersize ( minus the obvious reasons with this one)etc They are just bad bad bad really stop smoking them tell your friends your done smoking butts and stick to it it feels phenomenal to be butts free.

[briman]

oldhippie 56 smoking isnt the hardest habbit to quit trust me

[hellomandude]

How gradually did you become addicted? How long before you started getting cravings, etc.

Im a social smoker, but im beginning to worry that im getting hooked, because i have a very addictive personality. I smoke maybe 5 or 6 a weekend at parties and with friends.

The only time i really have a craving to smoke is right after i finish a cig off, i get the urge to pick another right up again. That, and when im on my way to school in the morning because im bored.

yea you're getting sucked into the vicious cycle lol

you tell yourself its just a social thing at first... and for the most part, it is... but after a few months you will want them all the time, for a ton of different reasons

i remember the first time i realized i was addicted. i was like "WTF?!" lol yea those tobacco companies get ya good

[Breukelen advocaat]

It's not very well known, but the tobacco growers use Polonium 210, which is radioactive, to help grow. This is what causes the majority of tobacco-related cancer cases. Even former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop acknowledged this.
I quit over 15 years ago.

http://www.acsa.net/HealthAlert/lungcancer.html

http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...bacco+polonium

[yoda]

yea you're getting sucked into the vicious cycle lol

you tell yourself its just a social thing at first... and for the most part, it is... but after a few months you will want them all the time, for a ton of different reasons

i remember the first time i realized i was addicted. i was like "WTF?!" lol yea those tobacco companies get ya good

lol, right on man.

[Tmar.aLL.DaYmar]

eh i dunno. i still have absolutely no craving for them. I have a pack in my car all the time, and the only time i pick them up is when my friend asks if i have any.