The Bandwagon....
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Wish my Mrs. would stop smoking, she's tried a few times but always falls back...its a "stress relief" thing with her. Good luck to you guys trying to quit...its not easy. I can count on one hand the number of times Ive smoked a cig in my life.
My vices are Diet Pepsi and donuts. Quit for a while, but now they're back. I figure high cholesterol will be my downfall.
My vices are Diet Pepsi and donuts. Quit for a while, but now they're back. I figure high cholesterol will be my downfall.
Nope. :rofl: That was a good one. I have family out around the Jackson Ohio area, so the difference in voices between us goes back and forth. Its all good. Good luck to those trying to quit a habit. :thumb:
I'm with Tom, I can count on how many times I've smoked on one hand. Both parents smoked & I just hate the smell, taste & dry mouth afterwords so I never got hooked, thank God. Never chewed or dipped either. Tried dip pouch once. No thanks! Reg dip was never an option w/ all the little pieces in your teeth & images of folks w/o a jaw ruined that for me. LOL
I never did the chew thing explain how do you chew and eat something? I picture you sitting there with a big lump between your lip and gum and say a bowl of spaghetti and meat-ta-balls in front of you how do you not end up swallowing the tobacco?
Then I thought you were suppose to spit not swallow which is a whole nother subject really!
lmao....
You chew right after eating. That 's when it's the best!
I have quit both over the years. I would dip while working and smoke like a demon when off work. dip was easy, smoking was not. too many ingrained habits with the smoking. I quit smoking 7 years ago now and still crave a smoke at least weekly. I had smoked for 22 years and had quit multiple times before. Each time is harder. Props to all those that can do it. I feel sooooo much better and have not had a bad cold for 5 of the last 7 years.
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So I have decided to quit smoking. Right now I'm between 1 and 2 packs a day, have been for quite some time now. The job I'm at is pretty physical and the air quality isn't the best so that's really not helping me. I have a few packs left (14) and then that's it, hopefully. Man this is going to suck
So I have decided to quit smoking. Right now I'm between 1 and 2 packs a day, have been for quite some time now. The job I'm at is pretty physical and the air quality isn't the best so that's really not helping me. I have a few packs left (14) and then that's it, hopefully. Man this is going to suck
I never smoked or dipped. Watched my dad try to quit more times than I can count. Haven't even had the desire to try one. Don't drink either. Only because I'm a cheap ass. Smoking/dipping and drinking the "normal" amount has got to add up $2-300 a month. $2400-3600 a year buys a lot of Duramax parts, home remodeling or mud truck parts.
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Three guys at work went to the doctor and got on chantex I think its called. And it has been five years or more since I have seen them smoke at work and they were heavy smokers.
The one guy had quite a few times and said after a couple days of taking it he did not have the want to smoke again and hasnt since. He didnt even finish the full script.
The one guy had quite a few times and said after a couple days of taking it he did not have the want to smoke again and hasnt since. He didnt even finish the full script.
Exactly, the money I save will be a big motivator. Right now I spend roughly $450/month on smoking alone, drinking....well I won't go there lol.
I don't know if I'll be able to go cold turkey, my friend told me to start cutting back over a little while, then stop. She feels that will work better since I'm a pretty heavy smoker apparently.
I'm hoping to be smoke free by the end of the month, I'm trying to be realistic and hopefully I can stick to it.
I smoked for 2 years and then chewed for two years. Started smoking my last year of high school, then switched too chewing because I was out of shape, fat and couldn't breathe. I quit chewing 2 weeks ago cold turkey. There never really is a good time to quit any thing, after all it is quitting. But, what I did realize is if you can control yourself more, control you surroundings and stress. Quitting is a breeze, pay attention to things that matter more during work that you missed out on while you were smoking.
I am 23 and manage 14 guys and maintain 9 various excavators and loaders. My job is extremely stressful given that scrap metal industries just aren't easy. College wasn't all that easy for me neither, trust me I get the whole stress thing for sure. Not gonna lie I still like my beer alot. But got that down to 2 days a week.
I say give your cigs to someone, walk to a store, buy lots of gum and start fresh.
I am 23 and manage 14 guys and maintain 9 various excavators and loaders. My job is extremely stressful given that scrap metal industries just aren't easy. College wasn't all that easy for me neither, trust me I get the whole stress thing for sure. Not gonna lie I still like my beer alot. But got that down to 2 days a week.
I say give your cigs to someone, walk to a store, buy lots of gum and start fresh.
I talked to a guy saturday who has been smoking since he was 15 and was in his mid 50s, he said he was up to 3 packs a day every day for the last couple years and one day decided it was going to kill him if he didn't quit soon so he walked into a vape shop and bought a vape and some flavors and hasn't touched a cigarette since. He said he has been slowly lowering his nicotine level and is down to a small amount of nicotine and the same hike that he used to struggle to do every morning he can now do effortlessly with a 50 pound pack on his back!
For the Americans information $450/month is roughly a pack a day up here.
If you told someone in Texas you smoked $450/month they would wonder how you were still alive!!!
