this is what is on the front of cig packets here.
and may I say to my friends here, for your health, Please Stop Smoking. I have lost enough friends.

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this is what is on the front of cig packets here.
and may I say to my friends here, for your health, Please Stop Smoking. I have lost enough friends.

Looking at the same image on my pack of rollies.
My granddaughter saw this and some of the other images and freaked out !

Smoking IS a bad habit but I can't stop no matter what I try.

Roll another smoke ... Oh bugger, where's my lighter gone ?

Nice to see ya Sixpack! I'd like to hear more about the laser therapy if you don't mind. I've heard of it but never knew anyone who tried.

Basically it's a variation of acupuncture with a laser opposed to needles hehe. What they do is use laser on several acupuncture points and it helps to balance endorphin levels, thus helping to control the nicotine equation and the fits you experience within the first 36 hours or so after kicking the habbit. After 36 hours or so it's essentially flushed from your system.

(Now on too what I think after a year smoke free now . )

What they ( the cigarette companies ) don't want you to know, is after this period of time, that lovely feeling of anxiety you experience (which most automatically assume is a nic fit) is a result of sugar not nicotine. Why do ya think cigarette companies invest so much in certain non-smoking aides? Hmmmmm food for thought.

You see, cigarettes are packed full of sugar, and sends your system in to total chaos when you quit. On a certain level when one thinks about it, what a smoker trying to quit experiences is a lot like a what a diabetic may experience with not enough sugar in their system (just not as severe). Kinda makes sense why all those times before I tried to quit, I craved anything sugar. This is where that hypnosis factor comes in or for some its more a meditation technique if you will by helping you understand and deal with the sugar withdrawal and not go diving for a pack of smokes. They suggestions vary a bit but most suggest drinking large amounts of water to help flush the system, a lot of juices such as orange or grapefruit or natural tropical blends ( you do want to avoid most natural sugar in foods and drink for a while until your system adjusts after quitting).

Now that's what they told me, and that's what sold me on it. I am sure people can debate some of my thoughts, but the bottom line is it worked for me, it's worked for friends and family and I figger it really can't hurt for someone to try. At the end of it all, it's no more expensive to get laser/hypnosis as it is to buy the cigarettes themselves or they money wasted in the more popular nicotine replacement products. Bottom line is never quit trying to quit....

Remember it was YOUR mind that got you into smoking. It was yyour choice to start, we all had to teach ourselves to smoke, we were all born smoke free. So it's easy to realize it's your mind that has to get ya out of this mess.

Good Luck :D

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Nice to see ya Sixpack! I'd like to hear more about the laser therapy if you don't mind. I've heard of it but never knew anyone who tried.

Basically it's a variation of acupuncture with a laser opposed to needles hehe. What they do is use laser on several acupuncture points and it helps to balance endorphin levels, thus helping to control the nicotine equation and the fits you experience within the first 36 hours or so after kicking the habbit. After 36 hours or so it's essentially flushed from your system.

(Now on too what I think after a year smoke free now . )

What they ( the cigarette companies ) don't want you to know, is after this period of time, that lovely feeling of anxiety you experience (which most automatically assume is a nic fit) is a result of sugar not nicotine. Why do ya think cigarette companies invest so much in certain non-smoking aides? Hmmmmm food for thought.

You see, cigarettes are packed full of sugar, and sends your system in to total chaos when you quit. On a certain level when one thinks about it, what a smoker trying to quit experiences is a lot like a what a diabetic may experience with not enough sugar in their system (just not as severe). Kinda makes sense why all those times before I tried to quit, I craved anything sugar. This is where that hypnosis factor comes in or for some its more a meditation technique if you will by helping you understand and deal with the sugar withdrawal and not go diving for a pack of smokes. They suggestions vary a bit but most suggest drinking large amounts of water to help flush the system, a lot of juices such as orange or grapefruit or natural tropical blends ( you do want to avoid most natural sugar in foods and drink for a while until your system adjusts after quitting).

Now that's what they told me, and that's what sold me on it. I am sure people can debate some of my thoughts, but the bottom line is it worked for me, it's worked for friends and family and I figger it really can't hurt for someone to try. At the end of it all, it's no more expensive to get laser/hypnosis as it is to buy the cigarettes themselves or they money wasted in the more popular nicotine replacement products. Bottom line is never quit trying to quit....

Remember it was YOUR mind that got you into smoking. It was yyour choice to start, we all had to teach ourselves to smoke, we were all born smoke free. So it's easy to realize it's your mind that has to get ya out of this mess.

Good Luck :D

Definately something to think about. All people have differing specific body chemisties and if it worked for you then maybe it will work for others.

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I've given up smoking for two years now.I used to be like you Pawly; smokers have rights! Of course I'm glad I gave up for health and money in my pocket reasons. Now I just constantly chew on wine gums and spend my money on more expensive holidays. I used to enjoy the end of a holiday where you brought back loads of tax-free cigs and felt as though by going on holiday you were saving money - now I don't save but just spend more

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Well, I quit smoking in the beginning of 1993 when everything was fine for me and I had the power to quit.
Then I was silly enough to take a cigarette in a situation of real emotional stress two years and a half ago, now I'm at one pack per day again... the old vice has me in it's fangs :D

Five (or was it six?) years ago my grandfather was told to stop smoking, because he would develop a "smoker leg" - but: he had never ever smoked in his entire lifetime. My own brother died aged 15 on cancer in 1987, without having smoked one single cigarette - so deadly sickness can hit both, smokers and non-smokers. Go figure.

But the worst thing of being a smoker here is that you are more and more discriminated everywhere. That really sucks!

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Ostrasized while subsidizing Govenment. Sounds like Patiotism. I should quit but I have a very big hurdle.........I enjoy smoking. I do. No kidding. I'm just waiting for a study to come out saying" Ooops! We goofed. It's the brocolli that's killing you!"

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As a nonsmoker, Zwerg8 thorin, the worst thing is the, ahhh, shall we say, breath issues.
Trust me, pop a mint before you kiss your significant other.
Same to you, Pawly. By the way, loving the Captain Canuck thing!

As a nonsmoker, Zwerg8 thorin, the worst thing is the, ahhh, shall we say, breath issues.
Trust me, pop a mint before you kiss your significant other.
Same to you, Pawly. By the way, loving the Captain Canuck thing!

I usually have gum handy. As for the Cap'n, I have a bunch of avatars for when I'm feling Patriotic! Checked out the Oh! Canada Forum yet?

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As a nonsmoker, Zwerg8 thorin, the worst thing is the, ahhh, shall we say, breath issues.
Trust me, pop a mint before you kiss your significant other.
Same to you, Pawly. By the way, loving the Captain Canuck thing!

I usually have gum handy. As for the Cap'n, I have a bunch of avatars for when I'm feling Patriotic! Checked out the Oh! Canada Forum yet?

Just gave it a quick glance. I'll give it a serious (serious? here?) look when I get time. Fair warning though, I've never been a "team" kinda person.

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As a nonsmoker, Zwerg8 thorin, the worst thing is the, ahhh, shall we say, breath issues.
Trust me, pop a mint before you kiss your significant other.

Thanks for the advise, dear. But I always had the luck to have a girl who also was smoking so it wasn't that terrible for both of us :D

But I use spearmint chewing gum before each appointment anyway, just for the case.

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As a nonsmoker, Zwerg8 thorin, the worst thing is the, ahhh, shall we say, breath issues.
Trust me, pop a mint before you kiss your significant other.

Thanks for the advise, dear. But I always had the luck to have a girl who also was smoking so it wasn't that terrible for both of us :D

But I use spearmint chewing gum before each appointment anyway, just for the case.

Ahh, so you German guys are like guys from Quebec over here. You figure cigarettes are the cure for cancer;-)
Bad breath isn't the only reason to consider quitting.

As a nonsmoker, Zwerg8 thorin, the worst thing is the, ahhh, shall we say, breath issues.
Trust me, pop a mint before you kiss your significant other.

Thanks for the advise, dear. But I always had the luck to have a girl who also was smoking so it wasn't that terrible for both of us :D

But I use spearmint chewing gum before each appointment anyway, just for the case.

Ahh, so you German guys are like guys from Quebec over here. You figure cigarettes are the cure for cancer;-)
Bad breath isn't the only reason to consider quitting.

Well, no, but I think it doesn't matter: you can get sick whether you're smoking or not. I considered quitting already, and I think, when (not if) my situations are again the way they were back in 93 I will be able to quit smoking again. But before that... Well, still it is a tempting vice (okay, it's an addiction, too) - but more or less my only one.

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As a nonsmoker, Zwerg8 thorin, the worst thing is the, ahhh, shall we say, breath issues.
Trust me, pop a mint before you kiss your significant other.

Thanks for the advise, dear. But I always had the luck to have a girl who also was smoking so it wasn't that terrible for both of us :D

But I use spearmint chewing gum before each appointment anyway, just for the case.

Ahh, so you German guys are like guys from Quebec over here. You figure cigarettes are the cure for cancer;-)
Bad breath isn't the only reason to consider quitting.

Well, I considered already, and i think, when (not if) my situations are again the way there were back in 93 I will quit again. But before that... Well, still it is a vice (okay, an addiction, too) - but more or less my only one.

I live in a neighborhood that has more than a few crack addicts. There are worse things than cigarettes to be addicted to. And there are those who say I’m a little too fond of the grape…

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This one belongs in the Evil thread, don't ya think?

Jane's not a witch, but the chimp is suspect.

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I envy people like you Fuzzy. My father (when he was smoking) was the same way. And when he decided to quit it was "Cold Turkey" with no problems! It has such a hold on me. Pack a day since 14 years old.

Same with my dad. He smoked Cool "regulars" (the ones without a filter) for 50 years the just quit one day. I smoked for 4 years and quit cold turkey, but life was continual "rat beastard day" for about half a year!

"rat beastard day"

What's a beastard? ;)

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It may not be 1984 but George Orwell sure did see the future . . .

"rat beastard day"

What's a beastard? ;)

A beast with unmarried parents ??