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Title: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: cireksu on February 07, 2009, 09:19:24 PM: anyone done this?
Title: Re: quitting smoking
Post by: Rick Daris on February 07, 2009, 09:20:26 PM: yeah bro, pretty sure people do it every day. :users:
Title: Re: quitting smoking
Post by: steve dave on February 07, 2009, 09:22:32 PM: get Zyban
Title: Re: quitting smoking
Post by: cireksu on February 07, 2009, 09:28:12 PM: Quote from: Rick Daris on February 07, 2009, 09:20:26 PM
yeah bro, pretty sure people do it every day. :users:

ksufanners darshe.
Title: Re: quitting smoking
Post by: cireksu on February 07, 2009, 09:31:48 PM: quitting right now.

using the gum, works pretty good, except in the morning. this week cut back from about 12 a day to about 2-3 a day. also got crapfaced last night and didn't have one, but basically passed out before I could cheat and have one.
Title: Re: quitting smoking
Post by: steve dave on February 07, 2009, 09:32:54 PM: Quote from: cireksu on February 07, 2009, 09:31:48 PM
quitting right now.

using the gum, works pretty good, except in the morning. this week cut back from about 12 a day to about 2-3 a day. also got crapfaced last night and didn't have one, but basically passed out before I could cheat and have one.

you'll never quit cutting back to fewer a day. You have to stop completely. If you can't and the gum doesn't work get the Zyban.
Title: Re: quitting smoking
Post by: chum1 on February 07, 2009, 09:36:29 PM: Just stop doing it. After you run out of cigarettes, don't buy any more. Remember that choosing not to buy more at any given moment is much easier then choosing not to smoke. Tell yourself that if you can't stop, you're a weak willed POS and probably don't deserve to live anyway.
Title: Re: quitting smoking
Post by: cireksu on February 07, 2009, 09:37:04 PM: been doing it for a week, read some stuff about the gum and it said that It's ok to cheat in the beginning so you don't go crazy, plus I need the "oral fixation of the gum". even when I cheat it's not good and I don't finish the cig which is good.

still sucks though, I'm so pissed I started in the first place.
Title: Re: quitting smoking
Post by: Rick Daris on February 07, 2009, 09:38:17 PM: Quote from: cireksu on February 07, 2009, 09:28:12 PM
Quote from: Rick Daris on February 07, 2009, 09:20:26 PM
yeah bro, pretty sure people do it every day. :users:

ksufanners darshe.

wow. just a joke. no need for namecalling here. you seem a little on edge. maybe go have a cigarette to help you relax.
Title: Re: quitting smoking
Post by: cireksu on February 07, 2009, 09:44:39 PM: Quote from: Rick Daris on February 07, 2009, 09:38:17 PM
Quote from: cireksu on February 07, 2009, 09:28:12 PM
Quote from: Rick Daris on February 07, 2009, 09:20:26 PM
yeah bro, pretty sure people do it every day. :users:

ksufanners darshe.

wow. just a joke. no need for namecalling here. you seem a little on edge. maybe go have a cigarette to help you relax.

NO! :angry:
Title: Re: quitting smoking
Post by: Trim on February 07, 2009, 09:45:27 PM: Use your will power to not smoke for a few hours when you go out, hook up with a chick who's been smoking. Quit.

That's if chum1's strategy doesn't work.
Title: Re: quitting smoking
Post by: cyclist on February 07, 2009, 09:51:26 PM: cire,

Take heart. Everyone stops smoking eventually.

:smoking: :smoking: :smoking: :smoking:
Title: Re: quitting smoking
Post by: fatty fat fat on February 07, 2009, 09:52:19 PM: good luck. keep trying.
Title: Re: quitting smoking
Post by: cireksu on February 07, 2009, 09:55:15 PM: Quote from: fatty fat fat on February 07, 2009, 09:52:19 PM
good luck. keep trying.

:thumbsup:
Title: Re: quitting smoking
Post by: sys on February 07, 2009, 09:59:57 PM: if it's something you enjoy, i wouldn't bother quitting.
Title: Re: quitting smoking
Post by: cireksu on February 07, 2009, 10:11:03 PM: Quote from: sys on February 07, 2009, 09:59:57 PM
if it's something you enjoy, i wouldn't bother quitting.

I enjoy it. But I think that I would enjoy my grandkids more.
Title: Re: quitting smoking
Post by: chum1 on February 07, 2009, 10:15:29 PM: People have conflicting desires. Happens all the time. Reconciling them can be difficult.

It's really too bad that smoking is unhealthy. It's definitely enjoyable. And it's very, very cool. Don't let anyone tell you it's not. It is stinky, though.
Title: Re: quitting smoking
Post by: fatty fat fat on February 07, 2009, 10:18:53 PM: Quote
And it's very, very cool.

qffft!! my god is it cool. i saw a certain ksufan'er.com'er smoking in a leather jacket and the dude looked absurdly cool. i felt like a turd standing next to him.
Title: Re: quitting smoking
Post by: cireksu on February 07, 2009, 10:20:46 PM: I feel like fracking liam gallagher everytime I light one up and am getting wasted.

cool as frack.
Title: Re: quitting smoking
Post by: sys on February 07, 2009, 10:21:45 PM: Quote from: cireksu on February 07, 2009, 10:11:03 PM
I enjoy it. But I think that I would enjoy my grandkids more.

my grandfather smoked. lived a long time. seemed happy. smelled really good (pipe, not cigarettes).
Title: Re: quitting smoking
Post by: cireksu on February 07, 2009, 10:23:38 PM: Quote from: sys on February 07, 2009, 10:21:45 PM
Quote from: cireksu on February 07, 2009, 10:11:03 PM
I enjoy it. But I think that I would enjoy my grandkids more.

my grandfather smoked. lived a long time. seemed happy. smelled really good (pipe, not cigarettes).

my grandfather died of lung cancer before I was born.

:ohno:
Title: Re: quitting smoking
Post by: sys on February 07, 2009, 10:32:58 PM: did he smoke cigs? sounds like you might want to switch to a pipe.
Title: Re: quitting smoking
Post by: cireksu on February 07, 2009, 10:44:45 PM: Quote from: sys on February 07, 2009, 10:32:58 PM
did he smoke cigs? sounds like you might want to switch to a pipe.

think so. Heard pipe tastes gross.
Title: Re: quitting smoking
Post by: sys on February 07, 2009, 10:51:21 PM: Quote from: cireksu on February 07, 2009, 10:44:45 PM
think so. Heard pipe tastes gross.

hey man, you said you didn't want lung cancer. but whatever, you know?
Title: Re: quitting smoking
Post by: cireksu on February 07, 2009, 10:57:49 PM: Quote from: sys on February 07, 2009, 10:51:21 PM
Quote from: cireksu on February 07, 2009, 10:44:45 PM
think so. Heard pipe tastes gross.

hey man, you said you didn't want lung cancer. but whatever, you know?

I don't want any cancer. I'd rather have lung cancer than mouth.

(http://library.thinkquest.org/trio/TTQ03034/mouth_cancer_cr.jpg)
Title: Re: quitting smoking
Post by: Rick Daris on February 07, 2009, 11:15:04 PM: Quote from: cireksu on February 07, 2009, 10:57:49 PM
Quote from: sys on February 07, 2009, 10:51:21 PM
Quote from: cireksu on February 07, 2009, 10:44:45 PM
think so. Heard pipe tastes gross.

hey man, you said you didn't want lung cancer. but whatever, you know?

I don't want any cancer. I'd rather have lung cancer than mouth.

(http://library.thinkquest.org/trio/TTQ03034/mouth_cancer_cr.jpg)

maybe try chewing tobacco?
Title: Re: quitting smoking
Post by: cireksu on February 07, 2009, 11:32:52 PM: ???
Title: Re: quitting smoking
Post by: Thin Blue Line on February 07, 2009, 11:42:52 PM: Quote from: cireksu on February 07, 2009, 10:44:45 PM
Quote from: sys on February 07, 2009, 10:32:58 PM
did he smoke cigs? sounds like you might want to switch to a pipe.

think so. Heard pipe tastes gross.

Used to smoke a pipe. Try the cherry of vanilla flavors. They actually taste kind of good.
Title: Re: quitting smoking
Post by: Rick Daris on February 07, 2009, 11:55:22 PM: Quote from: cireksu on February 07, 2009, 11:32:52 PM
???

:confused:
Title: Re: quitting smoking
Post by: Thin Blue Line on February 07, 2009, 11:57:09 PM: You might try filtering it through a tall cylinder filled with water.
Title: Re: quitting smoking
Post by: cireksu on February 08, 2009, 12:07:20 AM: Quote from: Rick Daris on February 07, 2009, 11:55:22 PM
Quote from: cireksu on February 07, 2009, 11:32:52 PM
???

:confused:

as in, I'd rather have certain death than have my face look like

(http://www.airahospital.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/inoperabel-maxill-cancer-1.jpg)
Title: Re: quitting smoking
Post by: sys on February 08, 2009, 12:16:42 AM: how 'bout you just man up and smoke what you want, when you want, how you want?

push comes to shove, you're either more of a man than the cancer or less. and not smoking certainly isn't going to make you more of a man.
Title: Re: quitting smoking
Post by: cireksu on February 08, 2009, 12:24:09 AM: I just don't want to die before my parents.
Title: Re: quitting smoking
Post by: Rick Daris on February 08, 2009, 12:27:29 AM: Quote from: cireksu on February 08, 2009, 12:07:20 AM

as in, I'd rather have certain death than have my face look like

(http://www.airahospital.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/inoperabel-maxill-cancer-1.jpg)

doubtful. please pm when you find out you're dying and we'll revisit. also, there is about as much research that says that smokeless tobacco isn't harmful as there is that says it is. just trying to provide a good alternative for you.
Title: Re: quitting smoking
Post by: cireksu on February 08, 2009, 12:31:44 AM: meh, don't want to chew. have friends that do, and I make fun of them too much to start myself.
Title: Re: quitting smoking
Post by: Rick Daris on February 08, 2009, 12:38:02 AM: Quote from: cireksu on February 08, 2009, 12:31:44 AM
meh, don't want to chew. have friends that do, and I make fun of them too much to start myself.

maybe this then. pretty impossible to make fun of this incredibly cool thing...

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.18431~r.53733725
Title: Re: quitting smoking
Post by: cireksu on February 08, 2009, 12:47:14 AM: Quote
- Simple to use and very cool too

hmm
Title: Re: quitting smoking
Post by: waks on February 08, 2009, 02:39:02 AM: Quote from: fatty fat fat on February 07, 2009, 10:18:53 PM
Quote
And it's very, very cool.

qffft!! my god is it cool. i saw a certain ksufan'er.com'er smoking in a leather jacket and the dude looked absurdly cool. i felt like a turd standing next to him.
I happen to know a certain smoking ksufan'er.com'er that wears a leather jacket. Same guy?
Title: Re: quitting smoking
Post by: jmlynch1 on February 08, 2009, 02:44:06 AM: Quote from: waks on February 08, 2009, 02:39:02 AM
Quote from: fatty fat fat on February 07, 2009, 10:18:53 PM
Quote
And it's very, very cool.

qffft!! my god is it cool. i saw a certain ksufan'er.com'er smoking in a leather jacket and the dude looked absurdly cool. i felt like a turd standing next to him.
I happen to know a certain smoking ksufan'er.com'er that wears a leather jacket. Same guy?
:peek:

EDIT: For the record, this is why I will never be able to stop smoking. Gotta give the people what they want.
Title: Re: quitting smoking
Post by: Dirty Sanchez on February 08, 2009, 09:05:35 AM: What if we don't want to enjoy your grandkids?
Title: Re: quitting smoking
Post by: cireksu on February 08, 2009, 11:06:38 AM: get some gum dude, you chew like 2 times and stick it under your lip like a dip. might help with the chew.
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: steve dave on February 08, 2009, 11:41:07 AM: Yeah, when you're young the future is to worry about later.
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: Winters on February 08, 2009, 11:41:37 AM: I got a question for you d00dz, which is worse to smoke cigs or weed? :confused:
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: cireksu on February 08, 2009, 11:52:19 AM: Quote from: Winters on February 08, 2009, 11:41:37 AM
I got a question for you d00dz, which is worse to smoke cigs or weed? :confused:

weed has the same carcinogens(?) but people don't usually smoke a pack of joint's a day.
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: steve dave on February 08, 2009, 11:54:30 AM: Quote from: cireksu on February 08, 2009, 11:52:19 AM
Quote from: Winters on February 08, 2009, 11:41:37 AM
I got a question for you d00dz, which is worse to smoke cigs or weed? :confused:

weed has the same carcinogens(?) but people don't usually smoke a pack of joint's a day.

yep, plus weed isn't physically addicting....though prolly mentally more addicting. But, you still get stuff done while smoking cigarettes. I would call it a push.
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: Rick Daris on February 08, 2009, 01:27:53 PM: cigs are prob worse overall but neither should be tried before you're about twenty. much, much less likely to become addicted if you initially try these things later in life (not in your teens).
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: Pett on February 08, 2009, 01:53:31 PM: Come on guys!!! Quit smoking!! We're are all in this together!!! :ksu:

(http://home.comcast.net/~ssame/PhotoChange/HighSchoolMusical_Jewel.jpg)
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: QuinnMac on February 08, 2009, 02:02:27 PM: (http://www.quitsmoking.com/images/dental/toothpicks/cinnamon-toothpicks.gif)
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: yoga-lika_abana on February 08, 2009, 06:19:49 PM: I've never smoked a cigarette, whoa glad I got that off my chest.
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: cyclist on February 08, 2009, 09:21:03 PM: Ok, true story:

Mom had smoked since she was in her teens (at least 55 years). In March, 2004, she had a heart attack. She had two stents put in. A young intern was trying to talk to her about smoking cessation programs.

Well, Mom being Mom didn't like the way this 'young' doctor was talking to her and decided to quit cold turkey. And did. She even had her sister and others come to the house and she allowed them to smoke. She didn't start smoking. At all.

Now, I will tell you, in April, 2007, she was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer. Small cell lung cancer is almost always associated with smoking. It is a very fast cancer and she had tumors in her brain and it had spread elsewhere. She lost her battle in July, 2007. Thankfully, she did not suffer for an extended period.

I never did try to talk Mom out of smoking. Maybe I should have tried. But knowing Mom, she was going to quit when she wanted to quit.

So cire, it is up to you. If you want to quit, you can. I've had two cousins (and Mom) quit and stay off cigarettes. There are a lot of different things out there to try. You can find the one to help you if you truely want to quit.

Good luck. You can do it.

:cyclist: :cyclist: :cyclist: :cyclist:
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: chum1 on February 08, 2009, 09:38:35 PM: Flush the butts (Keith Olbermann)

SECAUCUS — I wrote here yesterday of Peter Jennings’ death from lung cancer. The entry yesterday — as nearly all the talk - was, suitably and appropriately, about the man.

Now, about the disease — and you.

The statistics are staggering. By the time this day is over, just in this country, 447 people will have died of lung cancer — 1,562 from all forms of cancer. Nobody did a better job of remembering the part of this sadness that we are trying to forget than Tom Brokaw, yesterday morning, on the Today show: "To go through this difficult time seemed particularly cruel to me. But I know Peter would want us to say, this happens to families every day, and we can't forget about them either."

To that point, the story now of somebody who quite probably should've been in Peter Jennings' shoes, except for dumb, undeserved luck.

Me.

‘So,’ I thought, as I was hunched over, spitting blood into the garbage can in my office, half an hour before the newscast, ‘this is it — this is cancer.’ It gets uglier, I understood that — so ugly that those who've survived can't even describe how much uglier it gets.

Still, that imagery that I want to have stick in your mind, is pretty good: They've just had to cut something out, from inside your body because they think it's cancer. And because it doesn't heal up right away, every couple of hours the coagulation breaks and your mouth fills up with blood — and all of a sudden, hunching over a garbage can, spitting it out, is the best available option.

I'm not doing some sort of bad taste ‘what-if’ on the passing of Peter Jennings — I have had a tumor removed from the roof of my mouth.

It was benign — that makes all the difference in the world, of course.

Except for the part — where it doesn't make any difference. Because, I was in that position — spitting globs of myself into a garbage can in Secaucus, New Jersey, entirely through my own doing, my own fault.

And maybe there's the chance that if the loss of Peter Jennings hasn't impacted you, that maybe if you listen to my story you might get smart enough in a hurry — or scared enough in a hurry — so that you don't wind up spitting blood into the garbage can, and spending five days like me, thinking you had cancer — or actually having it.

There are some things in life you don't have much control over — terrorism, lightning, and even cancer when it runs in your family or when you just get it.

But that's not what this tumor was — the one that for five very long days had me convinced I had cancer. This is from me smoking pipes and cigars for 27 years. And if you work for a company that produces or sells pipes and cigars and you are recoiling defensively and saying ‘you don't know that’... well, let me quote Robert Novak — "bull" — I do too know that.

The place where this thing grew on the roof of my mouth, is precisely above the spot where the end of the cigar, or the tip of the pipe, would sit, nearly every time I've smoked. I've been smoking — with the first place the smoke connects with my tissue, right in this one spot in my mouth — since Jimmy Carter was President.

So, yes, biologically speaking, smoking caused that tumor. Behaviorally speaking, I caused that tumor — period.

It's not like this thing that they cut out of me a week ago last Friday just appeared overnight, either. It was there no later than 1991, and a dentist told me then: either quit smoking or keep an eye on this — or both — because that could be pre-cancerous.

But no — until my current dentist Bob Schwartz said "this has changed, go see an oral surgeon" — I knew better. Both my grandfathers, I liked to say, lived into their 80s and in the last weeks of their lives, both of them walked into town to get a haircut and some cigars — and that would be good enough for me.

Well, maybe that would have been good for me. Except, the point is this: they cut something out of your mouth; it's a benign fibrous tumor; they have to cauterize it with a laser; you wind up spitting blood like Rocky Balboa in front of Burgess Meredith; you spend five days thinking about the radiation and the chemo to come; and — by the way — ten days later, your mouth still hurts and it'll probably be all healed in six weeks.

And that's if you're lucky — so lucky that you start jumping up and down and singing "Happy Days Are Here Again."

Imagine… if it were bad news.

My oral surgeon, Andrei Mark, admits now he feared the worst. And worse still, the last guy in to see him, before me, the last smoker with a tumor in his mouth — his was Lymphoma "B" — Cancer. No unexpected good luck for him.

Maybe, if you're sitting there smoking right now, it'll make you think.

And even if you sense there's already something wrong, don't wait. Oral cancers are survivable at a rate of 80 to 90 percent — get your dentist to give you a simple screening. Even lung cancer, you can do something about — if you do something about it.

Since that lovely evening I spent hunched over my garbage can, I have changed in a couple of ways, but most notably this way: when I see somebody smoking, I want to smack the cigarette or the cigar or the pipe out of their mouth. And then I want to smack them. I understand about the addiction and how they hook you and all of that. I'm a smoker — remember?

But consider something - I had to consider this, last week. It would be terrible enough to have cancer. But on top of it, you'd have cancer and you'd have to stop smoking. Guess what? It's easier to stop smoking while you don't have cancer. Ever thought of that before?

Anyway. We're all sad about Peter Jennings. Me, I feel sad and guilty. But if his death has saddened you, and you smoke, and you want to do something about it, something for him — stop smoking. Or get somebody else to stop.

Break the pipe or throw away the chaw, or flush the butts, or leave the cigar in the cigar store. Buy the gum, buy the patch, get them to tie your arms behind your back until you stop smoking. Do whatever you have to do to stop smoking — now. While it's easier.

So you don't have to stop smoking while you have cancer. Or while you're sitting there, spitting into a garbage can, praying that you don't.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8514671/ (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8514671/)
Title: Re: quitting smoking
Post by: Winters on February 08, 2009, 09:44:18 PM: Quote from: Bosz56 on February 08, 2009, 10:51:48 AM
Great thread fellas... I have to pin this up because I am in the process of doing the same thing. I smoked black and mild since I was 19 and chewed tobacco since I was 14. It sucks to quit but I feel so much better. I have been an entire month without smoking which is awesome. The skoal gives me issues but i've only had one chew in the past week. :banghead: its still a work in progress.
I encourage anyone who is trying to quit to post to this thread so that we can share stories and help each other out. Is it possible to have a nicotine free ksufans.com? :scared:
Anyway let's try and see... :cheers:
Your a good human, you can do it. :popcorn:
Title: Re: quitting smoking
Post by: Pike on February 08, 2009, 10:57:24 PM: Quote from: steve dave on February 07, 2009, 09:32:54 PM
Quote from: cireksu on February 07, 2009, 09:31:48 PM
quitting right now.

using the gum, works pretty good, except in the morning. this week cut back from about 12 a day to about 2-3 a day. also got crapfaced last night and didn't have one, but basically passed out before I could cheat and have one.

you'll never quit cutting back to fewer a day. You have to stop completely. If you can't and the gum doesn't work get the Zyban.

QFT. That is absolutely true. I've done the patch, gum, and lozenges and nothing works. However, I have only bought two packs since September so I'm doing better.

It also doesn't help to have 3 out of 5 roomates that are regular smokers.
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: Kat Kid on February 08, 2009, 11:19:31 PM: I never really started or stopped smoking. Don't think it is addicting at all really. Sometimes I will smoke for a weekend or something, but I'm usually sick of it by the next day or couple of days. Too expensive. I seriously don't understand the whole addiction thing (except ksufans).
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: willie83 on February 08, 2009, 11:22:28 PM: I quit 8 years ago, and whenever I see some older, wrinkled up person smoking I think to myself how glad I am that I was able to stop. I went cold turkey, and the most difficult was the time from about three months to a year, but the only way to stop is as chum mentioned, just don't buy them. I bummed a cig now and then while drinking (hardest time), but never bought any. I can say I haven't craved one for about 5 years now.

I have had friends use the gum, but none has been able to quit, they just get addicted to the gum and eventually go back to the cigs, trading one nicotine source for another.
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: MOKSUAZ on February 08, 2009, 11:31:43 PM: i quit a couple of times back in college for extended periods of time, but have since gone back to the wonderful/hated addiction (my goal is to quit before i have children). some things that worked for me was to keep myself busy with things that wouldn't cause anxiety/unneeded pressure, stay at the rec an extra hour (time permitted), etc. but the thing that worked best for me was to make it known to everyone i knew that i was quitting and would need any and all assistance to keep me from smoking.
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: AzCat on February 09, 2009, 12:03:48 AM: Quote from: Winters on February 08, 2009, 11:41:37 AM
I got a question for you d00dz, which is worse to smoke cigs or weed? :confused:

Cigs lead to all sorts of cancers & other health problems. Getting caught smoking weed can lead to AIDS.

Take your pick.
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: willie83 on February 09, 2009, 12:20:45 PM: Quote from: AzCat on February 09, 2009, 12:03:48 AM
Quote from: Winters on February 08, 2009, 11:41:37 AM
I got a question for you d00dz, which is worse to smoke cigs or weed? :confused:

Cigs lead to all sorts of cancers & other health problems. Getting caught smoking weed can lead to AIDS.

Take your pick.

You have to get caught doing more than smoking it to get anything more than a ticket in most states, outside of Arizona.
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: Winters on February 09, 2009, 10:01:58 PM: Quote from: AzCat on February 09, 2009, 12:03:48 AM
Quote from: Winters on February 08, 2009, 11:41:37 AM
I got a question for you d00dz, which is worse to smoke cigs or weed? :confused:

Cigs lead to all sorts of cancers & other health problems. Getting caught smoking weed can lead to AIDS.

Take your pick.
AIDS
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: steve dave on February 10, 2009, 11:14:30 AM: Quote from: Winters on February 09, 2009, 10:01:58 PM
Quote from: AzCat on February 09, 2009, 12:03:48 AM
Quote from: Winters on February 08, 2009, 11:41:37 AM
I got a question for you d00dz, which is worse to smoke cigs or weed? :confused:

Cigs lead to all sorts of cancers & other health problems. Getting caught smoking weed can lead to AIDS.

Take your pick.
AIDS

Question: Is AIDS even that bad anymore? I mean, I never hear people bitching and whining about it like I used to.
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: waks on February 12, 2009, 03:02:14 AM: Quote from: steve dave on February 10, 2009, 11:14:30 AM
Quote from: Winters on February 09, 2009, 10:01:58 PM
Quote from: AzCat on February 09, 2009, 12:03:48 AM
Quote from: Winters on February 08, 2009, 11:41:37 AM
I got a question for you d00dz, which is worse to smoke cigs or weed? :confused:

Cigs lead to all sorts of cancers & other health problems. Getting caught smoking weed can lead to AIDS.

Take your pick.
AIDS

Question: Is AIDS even that bad anymore? I mean, I never hear people bitching and whining about it like I used to.
Not anymore now that the Super High Tech Bio Security ZOMG Lab is coming to Manhattan, KS*. Say goodbye to pretty much all diseases now, Mr. Steve Dave.

*Pending AZCat being wrong like always, of course.

Quote from: AzCat on December 03, 2008, 05:02:17 PM
90% chance it's built elsewhere. The incoming administration will take this away from Roberts and reward a faithful leftist Congressional district. :flush:
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: jmlynch1 on February 12, 2009, 04:17:21 PM: Quote from: waks on February 12, 2009, 03:02:14 AM
Quote from: steve dave on February 10, 2009, 11:14:30 AM
Quote from: Winters on February 09, 2009, 10:01:58 PM
Quote from: AzCat on February 09, 2009, 12:03:48 AM
Quote from: Winters on February 08, 2009, 11:41:37 AM
I got a question for you d00dz, which is worse to smoke cigs or weed? :confused:

Cigs lead to all sorts of cancers & other health problems. Getting caught smoking weed can lead to AIDS.

Take your pick.
AIDS

Question: Is AIDS even that bad anymore? I mean, I never hear people bitching and whining about it like I used to.
Not anymore now that the Super High Tech Bio Security ZOMG Lab is coming to Manhattan, KS*. Say goodbye to pretty much all diseases now, Mr. Steve Dave.

*Pending AZCat being wrong like always, of course.

Quote from: AzCat on December 03, 2008, 05:02:17 PM
90% chance it's built elsewhere. The incoming administration will take this away from Roberts and reward a faithful leftist Congressional district. :flush:
major lolz @ AZCAT

http://www.themercury.com/News/article.aspx?articleId=96d6df612f804593ba5f1090c5b0a3ee
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: cireksu on February 13, 2009, 09:09:13 PM: update

barely smoked a cig in a week then got shwasted last night and totally fell off the wagon.

:banghead:
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: The42Yardstick on February 15, 2009, 06:04:23 PM: Quote from: cireksu on February 13, 2009, 09:09:13 PM
update

barely smoked a cig in a week then got shwasted last night and totally fell off the wagon.

:banghead:

You should consider the Electro Shocker treatment. Every time you smoke a cigarette, you have to sit down and listen to The Shocker tell you about his nosehairs for 5 hours, and your ensuing insanity will lead you to believe that a nearby power cord is a deliciously edible string of licorice, hence the "electric" part of the treatment.

(where'd that dude go anyway?)
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: cireksu on February 15, 2009, 09:40:05 PM: tomorrow is D-day for cireksu and cigs.

:ohno:
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: Pike on February 15, 2009, 09:45:40 PM: Quote from: cireksu on February 13, 2009, 09:09:13 PM
update

barely smoked a cig in a week then got shwasted last night and totally fell off the wagon.

:banghead:

Exactly what happened to me this weekend. Damn

:banghead:
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: cireksu on February 15, 2009, 09:48:06 PM: Quote from: Pike on February 15, 2009, 09:45:40 PM
Quote from: cireksu on February 13, 2009, 09:09:13 PM
update

barely smoked a cig in a week then got shwasted last night and totally fell off the wagon.

:banghead:

Exactly what happened to me this weekend. Damn

:banghead:

It's ok, felt so horrible in the morning that I didn't want one anyway.
Title: Re: quitting smoking
Post by: FelixRex on February 15, 2009, 09:59:58 PM: Quote from: cireksu on February 07, 2009, 10:20:46 PM
I feel like fracking liam gallagher everytime I light one up and am getting wasted.

cool as frack.

Unless they changed the profanity filter, you typed "frack" instead of "&@#%". That's funny.

Quote from: cireksu on February 13, 2009, 09:09:13 PM
update

barely smoked a cig in a week then got shwasted last night and totally fell off the wagon.

:banghead:

I quit chewing after 8 years on Feb 17 2006. Before that, I'd quit about twice a month for 6 months. For me, the trick was don't quit quitting. You're gonna &@#% up a few times. Just quit again the next day.

Also, make a point to do crap you used to do WHILE smoking WITHOUT smoking. Got to break the mental habit. It was video games for me. Luuuuuuuuuuv to throw in a huge chaw while workin' the stix (thanks for the lingo, Freemaw).

Oh, and drink coffee ALL THE TIME. Can't emphasize that one enough.

When you quit long enough for your sense of smell and taste to come back, you'll prolly never go back. The first thing you eat when that happens will be RIDICULOUSLY delicious, because you haven't actually tasted anything in a long time. Then the first time you drink a huge cup of coffee without nicotine coursing through your veins, you'll realize that caffeine is pretty awesome, too.
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: Pike on February 15, 2009, 11:38:43 PM: Quote from: cireksu on February 15, 2009, 09:48:06 PM
Quote from: Pike on February 15, 2009, 09:45:40 PM
Quote from: cireksu on February 13, 2009, 09:09:13 PM
update

barely smoked a cig in a week then got shwasted last night and totally fell off the wagon.

:banghead:

Exactly what happened to me this weekend. Damn

:banghead:

It's ok, felt so horrible in the morning that I didn't want one anyway.

Exactly how I felt, only I wasnt awake till like 1:30 today

I have a chew in right now
:banghead:
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: cireksu on February 15, 2009, 11:56:34 PM: Quote from: Pike on February 15, 2009, 11:38:43 PM
Quote from: cireksu on February 15, 2009, 09:48:06 PM
Quote from: Pike on February 15, 2009, 09:45:40 PM
Quote from: cireksu on February 13, 2009, 09:09:13 PM
update

barely smoked a cig in a week then got shwasted last night and totally fell off the wagon.

:banghead:

Exactly what happened to me this weekend. Damn

:banghead:

It's ok, felt so horrible in the morning that I didn't want one anyway.

Exactly how I felt, only I wasnt awake till like 1:30 today

I have a chew in right now
:banghead:

LOL, I woke up at 1:00, thought it was like 8:00 and was all WTF? when I looked at the time.
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: cireksu on February 18, 2009, 09:09:41 AM: haven't had one since Saturday. Feels longer than that. Gum helps but it appears I have "quitters flu"

also the lack of concentration issues are suprisingly real.

http://quitsmoking.about.com/cs/cravingsandurges/a/withdrawal.htm
Title: Re: quitting smoking
Post by: LimestoneOutcropping on February 18, 2009, 09:21:38 AM: Quote from: FelixRex on February 15, 2009, 09:59:58 PM
Quote from: cireksu on February 07, 2009, 10:20:46 PM
I feel like fracking liam gallagher everytime I light one up and am getting wasted.

cool as frack.

Unless they changed the profanity filter, you typed "frack" instead of "frank". That's funny.

Quote from: cireksu on February 13, 2009, 09:09:13 PM
update

barely smoked a cig in a week then got shwasted last night and totally fell off the wagon.

:banghead:

I quit chewing after 8 years on Feb 17 2006. Before that, I'd quit about twice a month for 6 months. For me, the trick was don't quit quitting. You're gonna frank up a few times. Just quit again the next day.

Also, make a point to do crap you used to do WHILE smoking WITHOUT smoking. Got to break the mental habit. It was video games for me. Luuuuuuuuuuv to throw in a huge chaw while workin' the stix (thanks for the lingo, Freemaw).

Oh, and drink coffee ALL THE TIME. Can't emphasize that one enough.

When you quit long enough for your sense of smell and taste to come back, you'll prolly never go back. The first thing you eat when that happens will be RIDICULOUSLY delicious, because you haven't actually tasted anything in a long time. Then the first time you drink a huge cup of coffee without nicotine coursing through your veins, you'll realize that caffeine is pretty awesome, too.

I have long heard the story that sense of taste/smell come back after quitting. Cannot find a single piece of medical literature that supports this. It is in your head.
Title: Re: quitting smoking
Post by: FelixRex on February 18, 2009, 10:24:40 AM: Quote from: LimestoneOutcropping on February 18, 2009, 09:21:38 AM
Quote from: FelixRex on February 15, 2009, 09:59:58 PM
Quote from: cireksu on February 07, 2009, 10:20:46 PM
I feel like fracking liam gallagher everytime I light one up and am getting wasted.

cool as frack.

Unless they changed the profanity filter, you typed "frack" instead of "frank". That's funny.

Quote from: cireksu on February 13, 2009, 09:09:13 PM
update

barely smoked a cig in a week then got shwasted last night and totally fell off the wagon.

:banghead:

I quit chewing after 8 years on Feb 17 2006. Before that, I'd quit about twice a month for 6 months. For me, the trick was don't quit quitting. You're gonna frank up a few times. Just quit again the next day.

Also, make a point to do crap you used to do WHILE smoking WITHOUT smoking. Got to break the mental habit. It was video games for me. Luuuuuuuuuuv to throw in a huge chaw while workin' the stix (thanks for the lingo, Freemaw).

Oh, and drink coffee ALL THE TIME. Can't emphasize that one enough.

When you quit long enough for your sense of smell and taste to come back, you'll prolly never go back. The first thing you eat when that happens will be RIDICULOUSLY delicious, because you haven't actually tasted anything in a long time. Then the first time you drink a huge cup of coffee without nicotine coursing through your veins, you'll realize that caffeine is pretty awesome, too.

I have long heard the story that sense of taste/smell come back after quitting. Cannot find a single piece of medical literature that supports this. It is in your head.

:dunno:

"smokeless tobacco" + "sense of taste" + google?

In my head or not, it was a nice surprise when the ol' buds came back out of hiding.
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: cireksu on February 18, 2009, 10:38:28 AM: I do have an outstanding ability to withstand super hot spicy foods and stuff. didn't care for spicy before I started smoking.
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: catdude33 on February 18, 2009, 10:50:58 AM: Quote from: Pike on February 15, 2009, 11:38:43 PM
Quote from: cireksu on February 15, 2009, 09:48:06 PM
Quote from: Pike on February 15, 2009, 09:45:40 PM
Quote from: cireksu on February 13, 2009, 09:09:13 PM
update

barely smoked a cig in a week then got shwasted last night and totally fell off the wagon.

:banghead:

Exactly what happened to me this weekend. Damn

:banghead:

It's ok, felt so horrible in the morning that I didn't want one anyway.

Exactly how I felt, only I wasnt awake till like 1:30 today

I have a chew in right now
:banghead:

Why do people chew? It doesn't even look cool.
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: steve dave on February 18, 2009, 10:52:33 AM: baseball
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: cireksu on February 18, 2009, 11:13:35 AM: Quote from: steve dave on February 18, 2009, 10:52:33 AM
baseball

same reason people have goatees(?).
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: catdude33 on February 18, 2009, 11:24:40 AM: These seem like they would work:

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28975 (http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28975)
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: cireksu on February 20, 2009, 09:37:05 AM: 6 days going strong.

out of gum though, have to buy more.

:angry:
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: steve dave on February 20, 2009, 09:44:48 AM: Quote from: cireksu on February 20, 2009, 09:37:05 AM
6 days going strong.

out of gum though, have to buy more.

:angry:

(http://www.rapidmedsonline.com/shop/images/zyban.gif)
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: FelixRex on February 20, 2009, 10:53:15 AM: Quote from: cireksu on February 20, 2009, 09:37:05 AM
6 days going strong.

out of gum though, have to buy more.

:angry:

Have you tried drinking more? Pretty effective IMO. Plus, Bailey's is actually more socially acceptable in a lot of offices around America (<--unfounded but deeply held belief).
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: cireksu on February 20, 2009, 08:22:48 PM: Quote from: steve dave on February 20, 2009, 09:44:48 AM
Quote from: cireksu on February 20, 2009, 09:37:05 AM
6 days going strong.

out of gum though, have to buy more.

:angry:

(http://www.rapidmedsonline.com/shop/images/zyban.gif)

Need something to do with my mouth. :blush: got some today though.

gum will be about 240$ for the whole treatment but it's all good. I figured I spend about 800$ a year on cigs.
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: cireksu on February 20, 2009, 08:24:50 PM: also, have completely noticed a diff in sense of smell. very weird.
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: FelixRex on February 21, 2009, 08:55:00 AM: Quote from: cireksu on February 20, 2009, 08:24:50 PM
also, have completely noticed a diff in sense of smell. very weird.

nice, huh?
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: cireksu on February 21, 2009, 01:15:03 PM: It is, we've got a bunch of those scented candles/oils and stuff around the house. never could smell them before, thought they were a waste.
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: steve dave on February 21, 2009, 01:17:49 PM: Quote from: cireksu on February 21, 2009, 01:15:03 PM
It is, we've got a bunch of those scented candles/oils and stuff around the house. never could smell them before, thought they were a waste.

It also has it's downsides....don't go to Rusty's.
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: Pike on February 22, 2009, 07:55:19 PM: Quote from: catdude33 on February 18, 2009, 10:50:58 AM
Quote from: Pike on February 15, 2009, 11:38:43 PM
Quote from: cireksu on February 15, 2009, 09:48:06 PM
Quote from: Pike on February 15, 2009, 09:45:40 PM
Quote from: cireksu on February 13, 2009, 09:09:13 PM
update

barely smoked a cig in a week then got shwasted last night and totally fell off the wagon.

:banghead:

Exactly what happened to me this weekend. Damn

:banghead:

It's ok, felt so horrible in the morning that I didn't want one anyway.

Exactly how I felt, only I wasnt awake till like 1:30 today

I have a chew in right now
:banghead:

Why do people chew? It doesn't even look cool.

Good question.
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: raquetcat on February 23, 2009, 03:06:50 PM: Something kind of "new" out there is Snus (http://tobaccoproducts.org/index.php/Camel_Snus) . I studied abroad in fall of 2006 and it was everywhere in Sweden, basically it's a little tobacco pouch you put in your upper lip, requires no spitting, keep it in for 20-30 minutes gets a nice little buzz going. Camel is making it now here, bought a tin at Dara's the other day, I never liked smoking/chewing but snus is dangerous stuff for me. Had a buddy that started in 2006 now he's putting in 3 pouches at a time and goes through 1.5 tins a day (1 tin = 15 pouches). Just another way the tobacco companies are trying to get at us.
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: cireksu on February 25, 2009, 12:52:32 PM: update

9 days

feels like 409 days but going strong.

:thumbsup:
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: FelixRex on February 25, 2009, 12:53:56 PM: How long does it take to break the physical addiction with cigs? With chew, they say it takes 10 days. Prolly about the same.

God damn if this thread doesn't make me want to crank a dip.
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: cireksu on February 25, 2009, 01:03:37 PM: Quote from: FelixRex on February 25, 2009, 12:53:56 PM
How long does it take to break the physical addiction with cigs? With chew, they say it takes 10 days. Prolly about the same.

God damn if this thread doesn't make me want to crank a dip.

dunno, i've heard up to several weeks. haven't really had anything that I'd call a strong craving however I do miss the feeling of having one after a long day.
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: Pike on February 25, 2009, 01:14:34 PM: Quote from: cireksu on February 25, 2009, 01:03:37 PM
Quote from: FelixRex on February 25, 2009, 12:53:56 PM
How long does it take to break the physical addiction with cigs? With chew, they say it takes 10 days. Prolly about the same.

God damn if this thread doesn't make me want to crank a dip.

dunno, i've heard up to several weeks. haven't really had anything that I'd call a strong craving however I do miss the feeling of having one after a long day.

Longest I ever made it was a little over two weeks. It's because I went home for spring break and didn't smoke amongst my family (which was about ten days). Then once I made it back to school I only lasted like 4 more days of that two weeks.

It's rough. Two weeks of no tobacco was hard, and it didn't even do the trick
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: Thin Blue Line on February 25, 2009, 01:19:35 PM: Quote from: FelixRex on February 25, 2009, 12:53:56 PM
How long does it take to break the physical addiction with cigs? With chew, they say it takes 10 days. Prolly about the same.

God damn if this thread doesn't make me want to crank a dip.

Forever.
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: FelixRex on February 25, 2009, 01:29:51 PM: Nah, they say the actual physical addiction to nicotine can be broken in 10-14 days I think. After that, it's the habit that's hard to break.
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: cireksu on March 04, 2009, 06:33:27 PM: over 2 weeks.
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: FelixRex on March 05, 2009, 09:03:00 AM: Impressive, cire. Just stay focused on that goal of feeling superior to all your weak smoker friends who couldn't pull it off.

And Terry, you only lose money if you sell, bro (that's what I keep telling myself between shots). Just look at the whole economic disaster thing as a yard sale for rich dudes like you.
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: KSt8er on March 05, 2009, 12:26:06 PM: Quote from: FelixRex on February 25, 2009, 01:29:51 PM
Nah, they say the actual physical addiction to nicotine can be broken in 10-14 days I think. After that, it's the habit that's hard to break.

I've always heard that doing anything 21 days in a row is now an addiction, so quitting and not smoking for 21 days is how long it takes. I know when I have quit before, the first week was tough, the second okay, the third living hell, and the fourth no problem. Although, my first draw sitting in a bar and I was borrowing smokes and back on the horse.
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: BigCat on March 05, 2009, 04:02:08 PM: Chewing is easier to quit than smoking, imo. Smoked like a train (unfiltereds) in college for a couple years, used chew to quit smoking, then quit chew after just a couple months. If you don't like chewing and want to quit smoking, then chew. Which sounds dumb but not liking chew will help you quit that pretty easy. Now that I've quit both, I can still go back from time to time (mostly when drinking) and not want to buy a pack/tin and start again full time.
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: FelixRex on March 05, 2009, 08:00:49 PM: I loved chewing as deeply as I've ever loved any person. It was fantastic. God I miss it*.

*don't pay attention to that cire. I'm sure it'll be entirely different for you.
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: waks on March 05, 2009, 08:20:31 PM: Quote from: raquetcat on February 23, 2009, 03:06:50 PM
Something kind of "new" out there is Snus (http://tobaccoproducts.org/index.php/Camel_Snus) . I studied abroad in fall of 2006 and it was everywhere in Sweden, basically it's a little tobacco pouch you put in your upper lip, requires no spitting, keep it in for 20-30 minutes gets a nice little buzz going. Camel is making it now here, bought a tin at Dara's the other day, I never liked smoking/chewing but snus is dangerous stuff for me. Had a buddy that started in 2006 now he's putting in 3 pouches at a time and goes through 1.5 tins a day (1 tin = 15 pouches). Just another way the tobacco companies are trying to get at us.

It eats holes in your stomach and throat. But my friends tell me at least it's not gross... :dunno:

Edit to include: chewing is easier to quit than smoking because you don't go out back and have a chew with your friends or go outside and take a dip to avoid someone at a party. The physical addiction to smoking is the least difficult thing to overcome.
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: FelixRex on March 06, 2009, 06:15:48 AM: Quote from: waks on March 05, 2009, 08:20:31 PM
Edit to include: chewing is easier to quit than smoking because you don't go out back and have a chew with your friends or go outside and take a dip to avoid someone at a party. The physical addiction to smoking is the least difficult thing to overcome.

The fact that you can chew almost anywhere makes it even harder to quit IMO. You could crank a dip at the movie theater, on the plane, playing video games on the coach, on the can, in bed, during road trips in the car with other people, in class, in church...

I worked for a lawyer here in DC who used to throw in a dip during the trial.

You don't have to take a "smoke break" or walk outside in the rain/snow/cold/heat whatever. You don't have to roll down the window and you don't force everyone around you to partake.

Goddamn it was a fantastic vice.
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: jmlynch1 on March 06, 2009, 12:57:23 PM: Quote from: FelixRex on March 06, 2009, 06:15:48 AM
you don't force everyone around you to partake.

Thats the best part about smoking.
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: BigCat on March 06, 2009, 01:21:33 PM: Quote from: jmlynch1 on March 06, 2009, 12:57:23 PM
Quote from: FelixRex on March 06, 2009, 06:15:48 AM
you don't force everyone around you to partake.

Thats the best part about smoking.

lol yeah true my roommate and I through no fault of our own turned like half a dozen people into smokers.
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: FelixRex on March 06, 2009, 02:46:50 PM: Quote from: jmlynch1 on March 06, 2009, 12:57:23 PM
Quote from: FelixRex on March 06, 2009, 06:15:48 AM
you don't force everyone around you to partake.

Thats the best part about smoking.

I had a cheap roommate who said he couldn't afford cigs so he exclusively second-hand smoked.
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: cireksu on March 06, 2009, 05:12:32 PM: At happy hour. Want to have a cigarette. Help !
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: FelixRex on March 06, 2009, 06:02:24 PM: Leave.

Srsly. That's the best advice.
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: powercatmiller on March 06, 2009, 08:35:54 PM: A. Chewing is a Habit
I play golf I want a dip
I play softball I want Redman
I drink beer I want dip
I drive in my car I want dip

B. You cant chew on a airplane I got my ass ripped by a flight attendant on the way to the bahamas
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: cireksu on March 07, 2009, 09:11:41 AM: I made it. didn't have any, probably would have if I had some. whew.
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: FelixRex on March 07, 2009, 05:27:52 PM: Quote from: powercatmiller on March 06, 2009, 08:35:54 PM
A. Chewing is a Habit
I play golf I want a dip
I play softball I want Redman
I drink beer I want dip
I drive in my car I want dip

B. You cant chew on a airplane I got my ass ripped by a flight attendant on the way to the bahamas

:dunno: I chewed on airplanes for 5 years. Never had any problems.
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: Thin Blue Line on March 07, 2009, 10:51:14 PM: Quote from: powercatmiller on March 06, 2009, 08:35:54 PM
A. Chewing is a Habit
I play golf I want a dip
I play softball I want Redman
I drink beer I want dip
I drive in my car I want dip

B. You cant chew on a airplane I got my ass ripped by a flight attendant on the way to the bahamas

Don't spit on the aisle.
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: waks on March 10, 2009, 01:29:41 AM: Quote from: powercatmiller on March 06, 2009, 08:35:54 PM
A. Chewing is a Habit
I play golf I want a dip
I play softball I want Redman
I drink beer I want dip
I drive in my car I want dip

B. You cant chew on a airplane I got my ass ripped by a flight attendant on the way to the bahamas
You realize with the exception of softball, every single one of those things are associated with smoking as well....
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: FelixRex on March 10, 2009, 05:44:03 AM: Chewing was better for video gaming. And unless you were in South America, you couldn't smoke in class or the library or the movie theater, etc.
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: cireksu on March 15, 2009, 10:01:35 PM: 4 weeks.
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: Thin Blue Line on March 15, 2009, 10:09:26 PM: Quote from: waks on March 10, 2009, 01:29:41 AM
Quote from: powercatmiller on March 06, 2009, 08:35:54 PM
A. Chewing is a Habit
I play golf I want a dip
I play softball I want Redman
I drink beer I want dip
I drive in my car I want dip

B. You cant chew on a airplane I got my ass ripped by a flight attendant on the way to the bahamas
You realize with the exception of softball, every single one of those things are associated with smoking as well....

:thumbsup: Cire. Obviously waks hasn't seen many softball games in redneck country. Prolly hasn't seen a working keg used as 2nd base either.
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: Thin Blue Line on March 15, 2009, 10:31:55 PM: Feeling like this guy, cire?

(http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s313/jbleinweber/Mini-Figurine-Art-04.jpg)
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: cireksu on March 15, 2009, 10:36:21 PM: ha,

wierd. 4 weeks has gone by really fast. i still want them but since I started chewing the gum before I quit totally my last memories of having one were totally unsatisfying because of the gum. If that makes sense.
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: Thin Blue Line on March 15, 2009, 10:40:41 PM: Quote from: cireksu on March 15, 2009, 10:36:21 PM
ha,

wierd. 4 weeks has gone by really fast. i still want them but since I started chewing the gum before I quit totally my last memories of having one were totally unsatisfying because of the gum. If that makes sense.

nico overload
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: LimestoneOutcropping on March 23, 2009, 01:04:44 PM: Quote from: FelixRex on March 07, 2009, 05:27:52 PM
Quote from: powercatmiller on March 06, 2009, 08:35:54 PM
A. Chewing is a Habit
I play golf I want a dip
I play softball I want Redman
I drink beer I want dip
I drive in my car I want dip

B. You cant chew on a airplane I got my ass ripped by a flight attendant on the way to the bahamas

:dunno: I chewed on airplanes for 5 years. Never had any problems.

I've done it for 15 years. They don't love it but Frank 'em.
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: Rick Daris on March 23, 2009, 01:32:27 PM: Quote from: FelixRex on March 06, 2009, 06:15:48 AM
Quote from: waks on March 05, 2009, 08:20:31 PM
Edit to include: chewing is easier to quit than smoking because you don't go out back and have a chew with your friends or go outside and take a dip to avoid someone at a party. The physical addiction to smoking is the least difficult thing to overcome.

The fact that you can chew almost anywhere makes it even harder to quit IMO. You could crank a dip at the movie theater, on the plane, playing video games on the coach, on the can, in bed, during road trips in the car with other people, in class, in church...

I worked for a lawyer here in DC who used to throw in a dip during the trial.

You don't have to take a "smoke break" or walk outside in the rain/snow/cold/heat whatever. You don't have to roll down the window and you don't force everyone around you to partake.

Goddamn it was a fantastic vice.

i know a couple of medical type people who will see patients with a chew in. gotta be against the law and stuff. also kind of cracks me up everytime i see it. but goes to show that yeah...you can pretty much chew whenever you want to.
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: cireksu on April 01, 2009, 09:07:20 PM: 6 weeks

8-)
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: cyclist on April 01, 2009, 09:28:33 PM: Quote from: cireksu on April 01, 2009, 09:07:20 PM
6 weeks

8-)

:clap:
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: cireksu on April 16, 2009, 05:34:01 PM: Alright, I'm off the gum now for 2 days. Going strong. I think I'm done forever. About 8 weeks total. 200 $ worth of gum. Wife did the patch and she's done better than I have. I'm still kind of in a stage where I don't want to be around smoke at all and haven't gone out much.

Definite changes I've noticed
Taste
Smell
most importantly though is my energy levels have gone up tremendously especially waking up in the morning.
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: cireksu on May 22, 2009, 11:36:11 PM: :AA:
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: steve dave on May 22, 2009, 11:37:44 PM: Quote from: cireksu on May 22, 2009, 11:36:11 PM
:AA:

Went to CCR concert tonight and Cody smoked about 5 an hour.
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: Thin Blue Line on May 22, 2009, 11:44:55 PM: This one's for you, Cire

(http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s313/jbleinweber/smoking.jpg)
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: pwrcat1 on May 22, 2009, 11:54:13 PM: :eek:
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: cireksu on March 17, 2010, 01:40:56 AM: still a quitter.
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: cyclist on March 17, 2010, 07:28:40 AM: Quote from: cireksu on March 17, 2010, 01:40:56 AM
still a quitter.

Good job ! :thumbsup:
Title: Re: The Official KSUfans.com Quit Smoking Help Thread
Post by: mike4ksu on March 17, 2010, 09:34:50 AM: I've been of Copenhagen for 45 days now, time to quit the smokes. Last one this morning (I hope). :ohno: