swee'pea99
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If so, ever miss it?
Smoking - did but don't. You?
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Mad Doug Biker
Banned from every bar in the Galaxy
- Location
- Craggy Island
I might be daft, but I am not thick, so no, I never have.
gallego1968
New Member
- Location
- East Barnet
I was 13 in 1972 when i started smoking and packed up in 1997 as i felt enough was enough the price of a packet of fags was going up way to much.
ThePainInSpain
Active Member
- Location
- Malaga, Spain
Had smoked 20 - 30 a day since I left school in 1968 (stopped for short periods a couple of times).
Haven't touched one since 22nd December 2008.
When I had a heart problem almost a couple of years ago, I said to the cardiologist (in a sort of superior voice) 'I have stopped smoking', she looked at me and said' yes, but it's the previous 40 years that's done the damage'. Fair enough.
Haven't touched one since 22nd December 2008.
When I had a heart problem almost a couple of years ago, I said to the cardiologist (in a sort of superior voice) 'I have stopped smoking', she looked at me and said' yes, but it's the previous 40 years that's done the damage'. Fair enough.
subaqua
What’s the point
- Location
- Leytonstone
in my dim and distant past I smoked a "bit" of weed every saturday . Stopped about 10 years ago. as for the ciggies, well I didn't start till I was 18 ( yes I know what a feckin Muppet) and have been smoke free now for 2 .5 years. there are times when I could happily have a ciggie, but I just think back to how bad they taste and smell and the feeling soon goes away.
sitting back and looking at what i haven't spent on Ciggies also gives me smile working on £6 a pack which is nowhere near what they cost now. especially on 30 a day.
sitting back and looking at what i haven't spent on Ciggies also gives me smile working on £6 a pack which is nowhere near what they cost now. especially on 30 a day.
asterix
Comrade Member
- Location
- Limoges or York
Had my first ciggie at school. It was the same one as my last ciggie.
Although 3 of my grandparents smoked, one died of lung cancer in his 40's, my parents did not. My sister-in-law also died of lung cancer in 2009 after a terrible battle to recover. After finding part of her lung affected they removed it by cutting through her rib cage from the back, a very unpleasant operation. Sadly it did not work and the cancer spread to other parts of her body and within 18 months she died.
Knowing the addictiveness of the weed I have a lot respect for those able to give it up. A colleague announced one Friday that he had just smoked his last cigarette. He was a heavy smoker and we didn't believe him. We expected him to be difficult to live with while he struggled but no, it didn't change him a bit and to my knowledge he never smoked another fag.
Over to Smokin Joe..
Although 3 of my grandparents smoked, one died of lung cancer in his 40's, my parents did not. My sister-in-law also died of lung cancer in 2009 after a terrible battle to recover. After finding part of her lung affected they removed it by cutting through her rib cage from the back, a very unpleasant operation. Sadly it did not work and the cancer spread to other parts of her body and within 18 months she died.
Knowing the addictiveness of the weed I have a lot respect for those able to give it up. A colleague announced one Friday that he had just smoked his last cigarette. He was a heavy smoker and we didn't believe him. We expected him to be difficult to live with while he struggled but no, it didn't change him a bit and to my knowledge he never smoked another fag.
Over to Smokin Joe..
upsidedown
Waiting for the great leap forward
- Location
- The middle bit
20 a day from the age of 13. Stopped on new years day 2009. If I'd known how easy it was going to be I'd have done it 20 years ago.
funnymummy
A Dizzy M.A.B.I.L
- Location
- Lancing West Sussex
I started smoking at a ridicuoulsy young age of 11, because my mates big sister did & we all thought it was cool!
My mum found out about a year later, I had been using my dinner money to buy them, she agreed to buy me a packet a week if I took a packed lunch (She figured she couldn't get me to quit -I'm stubborn! but didn't want me skipping meals!) As I grew older I switched from tailor mades to rolling my own.
I cut down to a couple a day while pregnant but always started again after. I enjoyed smoking and TBH had no desire to actually quit. Although I never smoked indoors, in the car or in close proximity to my children.
After #3 was born he used to get really wheezy, i asked gp if he could be asthmatic, but was told no just a 'bit chesty' Woke one night to hear the starngest sound, thought it was foxes in the garden again, after about 30 min I went to look out the window & realised the noise was coming from my bubs room - Fynn was on his bed gasping for air & his lips were blue - 999!!
He had, had a massive asthma attack & was kept in hospital for 2 days, first 24 hrs on a nebulizer.
On coming out his dad took him to see his parents, only for an hour - My bubba came home stinking of tobacco - I was furious!! How could they have been smoking a round him after he'd just been in hospital all weekend??
I had a hissy fit & quit there n then - I declared that if i could quit after 24 years then they could manage a few hours while their grandson visited....
That was 5 years ago, no cravings, no temptations... and I put the money i'd saved into a jar every week - It became my cycling kitty LOL!
My mum found out about a year later, I had been using my dinner money to buy them, she agreed to buy me a packet a week if I took a packed lunch (She figured she couldn't get me to quit -I'm stubborn! but didn't want me skipping meals!) As I grew older I switched from tailor mades to rolling my own.
I cut down to a couple a day while pregnant but always started again after. I enjoyed smoking and TBH had no desire to actually quit. Although I never smoked indoors, in the car or in close proximity to my children.
After #3 was born he used to get really wheezy, i asked gp if he could be asthmatic, but was told no just a 'bit chesty' Woke one night to hear the starngest sound, thought it was foxes in the garden again, after about 30 min I went to look out the window & realised the noise was coming from my bubs room - Fynn was on his bed gasping for air & his lips were blue - 999!!
He had, had a massive asthma attack & was kept in hospital for 2 days, first 24 hrs on a nebulizer.
On coming out his dad took him to see his parents, only for an hour - My bubba came home stinking of tobacco - I was furious!! How could they have been smoking a round him after he'd just been in hospital all weekend??
I had a hissy fit & quit there n then - I declared that if i could quit after 24 years then they could manage a few hours while their grandson visited....
That was 5 years ago, no cravings, no temptations... and I put the money i'd saved into a jar every week - It became my cycling kitty LOL!
gb155
Fan Boy No More.
- Location
- Manchester-Ish
I smoked 20 a day, then 7 years ago, one day I said "Im bored" not touched one since.
Scotmitchy
Senior Member
- Location
- Scotland
I smoked three cigarettes on one drunken night out abuot 25 years ago.
Other than that, no.
The hangover the next day meant that when I smelt someone's cigarette smoke the next morning I nearly threw up, and effectively ruled it out forever more.
Other than that, no.
The hangover the next day meant that when I smelt someone's cigarette smoke the next morning I nearly threw up, and effectively ruled it out forever more.
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Guest
Smoked for 10 years, stopped in 1977 and haven't smoked since.
Hacienda71
Mancunian in self imposed exile in leafy Cheshire
- Location
- Wilmslow, Cheshire
I smoked until about 4 years ago. Was smoking about 20 a day. I quit using will power alone, I had tried gum, lozenges and cessation classes but in the end will power seems to have been the best. I still view myself as a smoker who has chosen not to smoke, the longer I stop the less appealing it seems.
G-Zero
Guru
- Location
- Kirkcudbright, SW Scotland
Started smoking at school and carried on well in to my work career.
Looking for a complete change of career and wanting to get fitter, I stopped smoking around 1991/2
and have never fancied one since. In fact, I have become one of the "anti smoking brigade"
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