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16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 84

Hi this is my first post!!

GOOD FOR YOU! YOU CAN DO IT. wish i was smart and started when i was young like you are....just think of the long and healthy life you will have.....be proud and stay strong! WE ARE HERE FOR YOU. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]2/7/2008 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 61 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,830 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $777.75 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 7 [B]Hrs:[/B] 0 [B]Mins:[/B] 8 [B]Seconds:[/B] 5

This site has helped me tremendously - I have been a non-smoker for 12 years....it hasn't been easy every day but absolutely worth it....I've had 4,022 smoke free days -I saved $5,228.60 in wasted funds, I saved 528 days/1 hour/18 minutes and 3 seconds of my life....4022 cigarettes not smoked! I was a smoker from 12 years old to 50 years old....if I can do it - anyone can!

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 84

Truthful antismoking ads...shocking?

I was becoming an expert at jumping up and turning the dial before the family truly understood what was being said on the ads...i would talk soooo loudly through them that finally my daughter said "we get what you're doing - the ad makes you uncomfortable...why is that?" and she knew why it was...because i WAS a smoker and it shamed me. did it make me stop? no. did it scare me enough to stop? no. what made me stop? ME. the ads, the tax, the cost...the lack of places in new york city to smoke in...nothing did it. i woke up one morning and said 'enough'. i look for the ads now...so i can say to myself and my family..."that is not me anymore...i am over it". *there is a new ad coming out today/tomorrow which is supposedly very difficult to watch....but not for us, non-smokers...right? NOT ONE PUFF EVER. GO US! [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]2/7/2008 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 69 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 2,070 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $879.75 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 7 [B]Hrs:[/B] 21 [B]Mins:[/B] 34 [B]Seconds:[/B] 46

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 84

Pregnant Smoker - need support

I know how difficult this is for you....you are not just quitting for yourself now...you are quitting for the wonderful life inside of you...my mother smoked when she was pregnant with me - 50 years ago - sure, i survived it - but i went on to becoming a smoker at age 12 and here i am, counting my quit days all these years later...my mother didn't know the dangers then (and yes, i was smaller than i should have been at birth..) now that we know so much - how can we not give ourselves and our unborn children a little more than we had ourselves? everytime you reach for a cigarette...go for a walk, take a nap..call a friend...read a book - write a poem...your child will thank you...your body will thank you. Good Luck..you can do it! [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]2/7/2008 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 71 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 2,130 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $905.25 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 8 [B]Hrs:[/B] 3 [B]Mins:[/B] 8 [B]Seconds:[/B] 12

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 84

Coughing?

thank you for this important message...i am on day #75 and never thought i would get here...i am finally able to make a doctor's and dental appointment without the guilt "so...you're still smoking?" now i can say "no, i am a non-smoker.." i feel better than i did when i was a smoker and for the first time in a while...have no funny aches or pains that i was just used to having...i wonder how much of it came from smoking.....every night when i run to my bus i am thankful for the 75 days and the support of this group...it's time to take stock in ourselves physically, mentally, spiritually.... [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]2/7/2008 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 75 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 2,250 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $956.25 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 8 [B]Hrs:[/B] 13 [B]Mins:[/B] 47 [B]Seconds:[/B] 15

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 84

Patting my self on the back

congrats to all of us! i am on day 91 today and never thought i would get here without cheating...but i did it. i actually go through days without thinking of smoking anymore and when i walked by someone this afternoon who was smoking outside the building...i actually coughed. whoo hoo! thanks to everyone who has been an encouragement and support...we all rock!

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 2/7/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 91
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 2,730
Amount Saved: $1,160.25
Life Gained:
Days: 10 Hrs: 9 Mins: 55 Seconds: 30

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 84

Would like to hear from people who smoked for many years

except for a few brief years...i smoked for 35 years...always Marlboro...i have stopped cold turkey and am on day #98..i feel better than i ever did before (yes, i still miss it) my hair looks better - skin looks smoother - i can run to the bus without being winded...food taste better and worse, smells are stronger and i have already added 11 days to my life. each day is still a test but i am passing it - this will be the first summer in a long time that i am not trying to light a cigarette on a windy beach... as Billy Collins said in "The Best Cigarette"...."...How bittersweet these punctuations of flame and gesture..." To stop smoking has been the most difficult and the most rewarding decision i have made as i approach my 50th year on this earth.

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 2/7/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 98
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 2,940
Amount Saved: $1,249.50
Life Gained:
Days: 11 Hrs: 4 Mins: 12 Seconds: 6

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 84

Would like to hear from people who smoked for many years

ha ha.....Billy Collins is still a non-smoker (i know this because he was my professor in college and we keep in touch..his poem The Best Cigarette is actually about his LAST cigarette - he is a huge non-smoker now and very proud of me) I only wrote 2 poems to my Marlboro's....saying goodbye, etc.etc...but i am over that now and no more Odes to Bad Stuff...nice to know that we are all such big supporters of one another...nothing slips by.....tough crowd. ;)

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 2/7/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 98
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 2,940
Amount Saved: $1,249.50
Life Gained:
Days: 11 Hrs: 4 Mins: 51 Seconds: 27

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 84

Would like to hear from people who smoked for many years

Good for you! And you don't mess around with the bold type either! I spent the first few days of my quit crying and wondering how i was going to get through.....everything....without a cigarette....how can i make a phone-call, answer mail, make a decision, walk to the bus after work...how do i blink without a cigarette? So i agree about the 'freeing' part...you no longer have to figure out how to smoke and/or cover up the smoke and/or desire to smoke...i remember standing out in the blinding snow to have a cigarette - 'would walk a mile for a camel'. I am proud of you and your family is proud of you...being in awe is a good thing....Congratulations!

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 2/7/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 98
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 2,940
Amount Saved: $1,249.50
Life Gained:
Days: 11 Hrs: 4 Mins: 55 Seconds: 26

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 84

Would like to hear from people who smoked for many years

Oh Wow and Golly...

This Made Me Jolly

So Thanks a bunch

Cos this packs a punch!

And That Ali is cool...he knows his stuff

Life's so neat when we don't take a puff!

thanks for the awesome poem.. ...major smile here!!!!

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 2/7/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 98
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 2,940
Amount Saved: $1,249.50
Life Gained:
Days: 11 Hrs: 5 Mins: 0 Seconds: 58

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 84

Chantix and FAA

hi there....just read in the New York Post...."hundreds of patients taking Pfizer's anit-smoking drug Chantrix have reported serious accidents, vision problems and heart trouble...researchers at the non profit Institute for Safe Medication Practices at Wake Forest Univ. said they found hundreds of reported problems since the drug's 2006 approval..." not sure how this will change anyone's 'quit practices' but i am sure there is much more info about Chantrix on line, if you are concerned...Pfizer spokesperson believes that nicotine withdrawal - along with Chantrix - will cause certain symptoms that are hard to pin to either chantrix or smoking...it is a mixture of both. i would think each of us needs to do a little more research to find the 'quitting tool' that works best and has the least negative side effects....i have done this cold turkey so i am just too busy eating and whining and forgetting things to keep up to date on anything else. NOPE is all i know.....

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 2/7/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 105
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 3,150
Amount Saved: $1,338.75
Life Gained:
Days: 11 Hrs: 23 Mins: 46 Seconds: 12

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