Have You Quit Smoking thread
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I smoked about 18 yrs.
Quit a little over 5 yrs. ago
Attempt:1
You must really want to before even trying
Myself,I spent a week in the hospital,Doc said quit,I said no problem. I guess sometimes it takes a scary moment to get you to do things -
I also used a very bad cold I got in lte Nov '07 as the springboard to quitting. When you feel like your nose is double fisted and you are fighting for your breath (was in my chest too), having a smoke was the LAST thing on my mind!
YankPolk Monitor 7
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Best non-smoking policy, which is no longer allowed, was in NJ. Smoking in public places (bars, resturants, etc.) was banned in 2006. BUT, if you went into the casinos you could smoke in the designated areas (marked by thick red lines painted onto the floor). Now the casinos are not making as much money because the smokers have to go outside!
In CA, since 1997, smoking in restaurants was banned, so you have cigar bars there which is okay for CA but try that in New England!
Bottom line is smoking is 100% legal and should be policed by the establishment's owner NOT the government! If the owner want's to make an establishment non-smoking, more power to them! If a non-smoker is offended by smoke, go someplace else.
Personally, I never liked the smell of cigarettes when I am easting, even when I smoked, so I like smoke free establishments.
YankPolk Monitor 7
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I smoke, I like it, it's my damn choice, I'm not quitting and I find this thread offensive.
I'm not surprised that you find socially unacceptable behavior restrictions that impede on normal people's sensibilities offensive. :cool: -
I don't know what the hell you just said there Ron, but while smoking may be socially unacceptable in "your" world it is a "right, freedom and choice" in ours.I'm not surprised that you find socially unacceptable behavior restrictions that impede on normal people's sensibilities offensive. :cool:~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~ -
wingnut4772 wrote: »I have never once tried a cigarrette. True story. Are you going to quit, Candy?
In high school someone tried to tell the principal that I didn't smoke but he didn't believe it because all of my buddies smoked including his son. So no I've never smoked. -
ronnie, ronnie, ronnie, are you saying that you are normal? If so, thanks for the laugh.Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
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Why, that would be illegal in the USA!halenhoang wrote: »The guys with cigars for several years, any of them Cuban by chance?
... though I did visit England, Switzerland, and Russia several years ago...
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Socially unacceptable? Cigarette smoking? Please explain.
Caugh, hack, sneeze, ha-choo, ick, stinky, smelly, car-stench, etc.
Yep... smoking is a disgusting habit. Totally socially unacceptable. -
ronnie, ronnie, ronnie, are you saying that you are normal? If so, thanks for the laugh.
Confirms my hypothesis... people who laugh for no reason are abnormal. -
Socially unacceptable? Cigarette smoking? Please explain.
Nobody likes inhaling smoke against their will. its disgusting and unhealthy,and it should be banned.
but there's a long way from that simple to understand fact, to the relentless witch hunt that has been going on.
I really don't get whats the big deal with designating areas for smokers "If the global crisis continues, by the end of the year Only two Banks will be operational, the Blood Bank and the Sperm Bank. Then these 2 banks will merge and it will be called 'The Bloody **** Bank'" -
Caugh, hack, sneeze, ha-choo, ick, stinky, smelly, car-stench, etc.
Yep... smoking is a disgusting habit. Totally socially unacceptable.
And yet you seem to believe you taunting everyone here with your obvious baiting is socially acceptable. Funny.If you will it, dude, it is no dream. -
bobman1235 wrote: »And yet you seem to believe you taunting everyone here with your obvious baiting is socially acceptable. Funny.
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Damn man, thanks for the chuckle!~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~ -
Confirms my hypothesis... people who laugh for no reason are abnormal.
Oh, there's a reason ronnie, you're the joke.Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
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It would however be "socially unacceptable" to light up in a movie theater or the new baby wing at a hospital. THAT, I'm sure we could all agree with being socially unacceptable. Smokers or not.OK, sure I agree that cigarettes are unhealthy and for people who don't smoke and don't want to be around 2nd hand smoke that's their a choice. But to define cigarette smoking as socially unacceptable is incorrect. Cigarettes are not totally illegal. IMO, socially unacceptable would be like smoking crack, robbing banks, cattle rustling, that sort of thing.
You're talking about 2 entirely different issues here.~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~ -
I remember when I could smoke in theaters, planes, malls.........
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I remember when I could smoke in theaters, planes, malls.........
The good old days.
Hey I remember smoking in the corporate Datacenter when I worked for General Eelectric!:eek:
YankPolk Monitor 7
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I remember being able to smoke in Intermediate and High School and hospitals, all designated areas of course. Ah, yes.....the good ol' days.~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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I smoke the occasional cigar, although at one point it wasn't occasional...Being in the military kinda harbored the habit too....I find it funny that you can't smoke in a bar now though.....As far as socially acceptable goes, I could give a damn if someone wants to smoke cigarettes, that is their choice....I think all this hyper-sensitivity crap needs to stop, and this whole baiting thing is far less acceptable to me than smoking in a public place...
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I'm not surprised that you find socially unacceptable behavior restrictions that impede on normal people's sensibilities offensive. :cool:
Then why do you still smoke pole? -
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Then why do you still smoke pole?
Theorists including Calvin Thomas and Judith Butler have suggested that homophobia can be rooted in an individual's fear of being identified as ****.[citation needed] At least one study indicates that homophobia in men is correlated with insecurity about masculinity.[30]
They have argued that a person who expresses homophobic thoughts and feelings does so not only to communicate their beliefs about the class of **** people, but also to distance themself from this class and its social status. Thus, by distancing themself from **** people, they are reaffirming their role as a heterosexual in a heteronormative culture, thereby attempting to prevent themself from being labelled and treated as a **** person. -
Theorists including Calvin Thomas and Judith Butler have suggested that homophobia can be rooted in an individual's fear of being identified as ****.[citation needed] At least one study indicates that homophobia in men is correlated with insecurity about masculinity.[30]
They have argued that a person who expresses homophobic thoughts and feelings does so not only to communicate their beliefs about the class of **** people, but also to distance themself from this class and its social status. Thus, by distancing themself from **** people, they are reaffirming their role as a heterosexual in a heteronormative culture, thereby attempting to prevent themself from being labelled and treated as a **** person.
What does this have anything to do with your smoking problem? -
What does this have anything to do with your smoking problem?
What smoking problem? -
Theorists including Calvin Thomas and Judith Butler have suggested that homophobia can be rooted in an individual's fear of being identified as ****.[citation needed] At least one study indicates that homophobia in men is correlated with insecurity about masculinity.[30]
They have argued that a person who expresses homophobic thoughts and feelings does so not only to communicate their beliefs about the class of **** people, but also to distance themself from this class and its social status. Thus, by distancing themself from **** people, they are reaffirming their role as a heterosexual in a heteronormative culture, thereby attempting to prevent themself from being labelled and treated as a **** person.
$10 bucks says you don't even know what you just said.~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~ -
People here are no longer allowed to smoke in bars and restaurants. Everyone must go outside. Which still sucks as they all huddle around the door ways so we must hold our breath when walking into a building.
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Get back on topic. This is about quitting smoking, not **** people or hot dogs..
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I'm not surprised that you find socially unacceptable behavior restrictions that impede on normal people's sensibilities offensive. :cool:Then why do you still smoke pole?
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