As If You Needed More Science...

p3skyking

...telling you smoking tobacco is best given up.

No preaching, just a good, concise article to give fence sitters a push.

Going on two years without a puff and wish I'd done it a lifetime ago.

https://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm568923.htm

Smoke is smoke when inhaled and I can't help but feel Colorado, California, Oregon, and other states are condemning yet another generation to addiction for tax money regarding legalized reefer.

Between the reefer and cellphones, a lot of * are going to an early grave.

He Dog

They are smoking cell phones now?

remingtonoaks

they are ignoring the fact that 90% of smoking is mental not physical. so how is lowering nicotine going to help the majority problem

interstatepawnllc

Bad stat Rem, everyone's chemistry is NOT alike.

roswellnative

Im so glad I quit that crap about 4 years ago. It was tough but I used some nicotine gum instead of switching to dip... that was the end of the cigs for Ros

mlincoln

Doctor gave me a script for Wellbutrin, and that got me off dip after chewing on and off for 20+ years. I'd stopped even for years before but always would go back. The Wellbutrin got rid of that heavenly nicotine rush, and without that you're just sticking some dead leaves in your mouth and spitting a lot.

That and a whole lot of pictures of people who'd had half their face cut off from cancer surgery did the trick for me. It's been over seven years now and every week or two I'll still get a twinge. Those tobacco hooks sink in deep.

Rocky Raab

Good on ya, all who have quit. I seem to be among the very lucky without the "addiction" gene. I tried smoking and even chew in earlier years. Didn't really like either one, and never got hooked. Both my parents were heavy smokers, though. Dad died with his second heart attack and Mom had mini-strokes for years, one of which finally killed her. She quit smoking cold turkey at age 80 or so, but not soon enough, apparently.

Ironically, it was a doctor who told her to start smoking. This was during WWII when she was a sergeant, and the Doc told her smoking would help calm her nerves. Boy, how times and medical practices have changed, huh?

grumpygy

quote:Originally posted by remingtonoaks
they are ignoring the fact that 90% of smoking is mental not physical. so how is lowering nicotine going to help the majority problem


And where did you get that figure.

mogley98

Eventually the fall out from the chemical in the Vape will become another issue.

I hated smoking and yet still miss it sometimes.

I am glad to no longer be a slave to the butts though, I often didn't smoke when I wanted to but just because.

I fear trying to enjoy a cigar due to the possibility of falling off the wagon

nmyers

All cigarette smoke is not the same. The manufacturers control the amount of nicotine in each brand. The government is not considering a requirement that they lower the nicotine in all cigarettes. Nicotine is what gets you addicted. Maybe that will help those who want to quit.

Neal

spasmcreek

everybody has to die of something...many accelerate the process..i look forward to the social costs down the road over tax money to waste now

bpost

Getting a divorce was child's play compared to giving up smoking for good 19 years ago. I thought stopping smoking was the hardest thing I ever did. Now I find something much harder to accomplish. Losing the weight I gained (42 pounds) after I quit. Give or take a few it is constant 265-270 pounds.

grumpygy

quote:Originally posted by bpost
Getting a divorce was child's play compared to giving up smoking for good 19 years ago. I thought stopping smoking was the hardest thing I ever did. Now I find something much harder to accomplish. Losing the weight I gained (42 pounds) after I quit. Give or take a few it is constant 265-270 pounds.


Have to agree, I kept the weight off for many years. But with decreased activity the weight started adding up.