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Post by dreamawake » Fri May 14, 2010 1:46 pm

So I am somewhat curious, how many of us are nicfit-fags?

How much do you hate it and how hard are you trying to quit?
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Post by Nessephanie » Fri May 14, 2010 3:06 pm

I wouldn't call myself what you did, but I do smoke. I don't hate it and I don't want to quit. I smoke because I enjoy it, when it comes time that I decide I don't want to anymore, I won't.

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Post by CodeZTM » Fri May 14, 2010 3:25 pm

Me, personally, no, because I have so many health issues already, I don't want to add to them. But pretty much everyone in my family does. They all want to quit, but lack the will-power or desire to do so. I see nothing wrong with smoking, personally, if people want to do it, let them do it. It's their body, their health and their decision on what's important.

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Post by dreamawake » Fri May 14, 2010 4:00 pm

Nessephanie wrote:I wouldn't call myself what you did, but I do smoke. I don't hate it and I don't want to quit. I smoke because I enjoy it, when it comes time that I decide I don't want to anymore, I won't.
How long have you been smoking? If you still enjoy it I'd wager you haven't been smoking very long so you still get that little nicotine buzz. If you have been, I'd probably wager you're smoking to feel normal rather than feel good, gets your dopamine levels up to normal etc.
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Post by Garylisk » Fri May 14, 2010 5:56 pm

http://www.amazon.com/Easy-Way-Stop-Smo ... 142&sr=8-1

That book helped me quit for a long time, but I started back up again. It was really weird. I am a sucker for gadgets, and I decided to buy an eCigarette from Eluma. Anyway, I loved that thing, I could use it at my desk at work, gave me nicotine, but I set myself up for a fall with it. Sometimes I forgot it at home, and having hooked myself on nicotine again, I started bumming off people at work, then buying Camels again. Then instead of walking on my breaks at work, I was back to just smoking.

Right now, to be honest, I don't plan on quitting even though I know I should. I even still have the ecig, but my cartridges are ultra light, and I just don't want to work my way down to them again at this point.

Just like the book I linked to tells you, it's all just excuses. Smokers will make up any sort of nonsense so they can keep smoking, "feeding the little monster inside you" as it were. The main problem I have is that I know it's all just excuses, and that is the biggest ecuse of all. I say to myself "It's just an excuse, and you know, I'm OK with that." - pretty lousy.

I agree with the statement that no smoker who's been smoking for any long period of time enjoys it anymore. It's just normal. It's like breathing or eating. It's not like we get anything out of it. Just another excuse to get away from my desk at work. I smoke hourly or so at work, but it's pretty spread out when I'm at home. Let's face it, I have better stuff to do when I'm not at work.

So yeah, you know, it's a pretty stupid habit, but I'll keep doing it for the forseeable future. If I had, say, a girlfriend who wanted me to quit, or something like that, I probably would. I didn't quit when my previous girlfriend wanted me to, and it was one of the things that ended up driving a wedge between us - she hated the smell. Can't blame her.

I could go on about it for much longer, but I will spare you all.
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Post by JaddziaDax » Fri May 14, 2010 6:27 pm

I never have, and probably never will.. I managed to exasperate my Asthma without smoking...

I've no real problem with people smoking, it's just when they purposefully blow smoke in my face or leave their cig butts everywhere that it pisses me off.. (My sister does the second one).

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Post by Nessephanie » Fri May 14, 2010 7:03 pm

Arashinome wrote:How long have you been smoking? If you still enjoy it I'd wager you haven't been smoking very long so you still get that little nicotine buzz. If you have been, I'd probably wager you're smoking to feel normal rather than feel good, gets your dopamine levels up to normal etc.
I'd say about...oh...7-8 years? But I'm not and never have been a pack a day kind of smoker. I limit myself 3-5 on a normal day and always have. I don't believe I'm addicted to the nicotine, I believe I'm addicted to the habit, and right now I enjoy that habit *shrugs*.
I'm not the kind of person who gets addicted to things and can't stop even if they want to. I have a hell of a lot of will power when I put my mind to something, I get 'addicted' to things because I like them and don't feel the need to give them up when I still enjoy them (like coca-cola or my computer). When it comes time that we (me and brad) decide to quit, we will. :3
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Post by Garylisk » Fri May 14, 2010 7:06 pm

Nessephanie wrote:(like coca-cola or my computer).
I read that as "coca-cola on my computer" and thought "You like to spill soda on your computer? That's weird..."
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Post by Nessephanie » Fri May 14, 2010 7:13 pm

Garylisk wrote:I read that as "coca-cola on my computer" and thought "You like to spill soda on your computer? That's weird..."
Haha, I don't like to, but I have a really bad habit of doing it anyways XD Thats the habit I should be trying to kick! :p

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Post by Kionon » Fri May 14, 2010 10:45 pm

Deathly allergic to cigarettes and consider them a menace to society. Smoke them on your private property and absolutely no where else. Smoking "sections" do not adequately contain the smoke in restaurants, bars, or clubs. If the latter two allow smoking, I am prevented from enjoying those spaces because within two hours of second hand smoke inhalation, I will be very ill. In addition, the stench on your hands, clothing, and from your mouth is bad enough to cause me issues when I am in close proximity to you. Pack-a-day smokers are overpowering.

Your right to smoke is your right to smoke, but much as your right to move your hand forward ceases when it hits me in the face, so to does your right to smoke end when it is a direct threat to my well being in a public or publicly accessible place.
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