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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: alunonhisown on 17 March 2010, 13:26:08
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How many of our members now smoke.
I have been at it since I was 18. and I smoke about 30 a day.
Filthy habit I know.
Was thinking of going onto hand rolling as £9 a day for fags is silly.
I tried giving it up all to no avail.
D.
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How many of our members now smoke.
I have been at it since I was 18. and I smoke about 30 a day.
Filthy habit I know.
Was thinking of going onto hand rolling as £9 a day for fags is silly.
I tried giving it up all to no avail.
D.
If I can give it up after 35 years at 40 a day, so can you. Do it now, or else you will die horribly and be destitute and lots of other bad things. :P
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Best not give up Diane......you are rude and bad- tempered .......even with the gaspers.... ::) ::) :P
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How many of our members now smoke.
I have been at it since I was 18. and I smoke about 30 a day.
Filthy habit I know.
Was thinking of going onto hand rolling as £9 a day for fags is silly.
I tried giving it up all to no avail.
D.
If I can give it up after 35 years at 40 a day, so can you. Do it now, or else you will die horribly and be destitute and lots of other bad things. :P
Stop ' DISSING ' me ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Best not give up Diane......you are rude and bad- tempered .......even with the gaspers.... ::) ::) :P
Giving up hasn't made me rude or bad tempered......arsehole ;D
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Ive never smoked, never would. My mum does and despite it causing her ill health she refuses to give up. ::)
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Like many of my generation i smoked since i was 14, 10 a week, then went up to 40 at one period, though 15-20 a day on average over 35 odd years. After trying to stop for three 2-year periods within that time i eventually stopped in 2007 and haven't touched a fag since, i used that nice gum for a long time but need to stop them completely.
It is always hard, nicotine is a very strong addiction, i have bronchitis which may never clear up and lost a few teeth but apart from that no permanent damage :)
i hope :-/
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When I started taking singing lessons at 12yo my teacher frightened me with pictures of lungs of a smoker and tales of early death from terrible diseases. Have to say I never even considered it an option, and 30-odd years later, performing with my guitar in pubs and clubs my voice is still good........glad I didn't try it now!
Respect a persons right to smoke if they want to, as long as its not in my house or car. Must be terrible trying to quit.
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Like many of my generation i smoked since i was 14, 10 a week, then went up to 40 at one period, though 15-20 a day on average over 35 odd years. After trying to stop for three 2-year periods within that time i eventually stopped in 2007 and haven't touched a fag since, i used that nice gum for a long time but need to stop them completely.
It is always hard, nicotine is a very strong addiction, i have bronchitis which may never clear up and lost a few teeth but apart from that no permanent damage :)
i hope :-/
I gave up OTC medicines quite easily, well, it was a struggle over a single weekend, but fags, I have tried, tried everything.
Not a chance.
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from 18 up to now.. nearly 20 per day.. :(
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Best not give up Diane......you are rude and bad- tempered .......even with the gaspers.... ::) ::) :P
Giving up hasn't made me rude or bad tempered......arsehole ;D
......you've really upset me now.....I'm very sensitive you know.......you Northern sheep shagger... ;D ;D ;) :P
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Best not give up Diane......you are rude and bad- tempered .......even with the gaspers.... ::) ::) :P
Giving up hasn't made me rude or bad tempered......arsehole ;D
......you've really upset me now.....I'm very sensitive you know.......you Northern sheep shagger... ;D ;D ;) :P
Is that any different to a welsh sheep shagger?
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Best not give up Diane......you are rude and bad- tempered .......even with the gaspers.... ::) ::) :P
Giving up hasn't made me rude or bad tempered......arsehole ;D
......you've really upset me now.....I'm very sensitive you know.......you Northern sheep shagger... ;D ;D ;) :P
Is that any different to a welsh sheep shagger?
Oh yes. We do it with panache, and Welsh people don't even know what that is. Look it up quick Di. ;D
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.......last ciggy on 7th October 1980....Gold Leaf....51p.....for twenty.... :y :y :y
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.......last ciggy on 7th October 1980....Gold Leaf....51p.....for twenty.... :y :y :y
Never even heard of them.
Heard of Amber Leaf. But that is tobacco.
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You can do it Di.....you just need a good reason, like impending poverty, or having children around you again, or even being told by someone you like that you smell of fags and your clothes smell like a ashtray.......worked for my son!!!
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I dont smoke and never will and i bet i die before the ones who smoke cause we have to breath it in ::)
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i have been smoking since i was 13, 35 years, smoke between 10 and 40 a day. used to be more till the assoles got smoking banned from the pubs. and they are the ones who never go in the pub. so now most pubs are either always empty or closing down, because of the people who dont smoke who dont go in the pubs.
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unfortunately i do and i hate it. i hate the taste, the smell, i hate not being able to run for 5 mins without being nackered. im barely on 10 a day but still... ive tried giving up, managed about 2 months, had major mood swings and gained like 2 stonne.
Started for the wrong reason as well (yes i was dumb enough to start cuz i liked at the time did it... i was young shhh) but yeh, would really love to jus quit
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50g of tobacco is £6 or 200 fags are £25 round here. or pay over double in the shops. ;)
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50g of tobacco is £6 or 200 fags are £25 round here. or pay over double in the shops. ;)
What fags are £25 I'll have some of that ;D ;D ;D ;D
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i have been smoking since i was 13, 35 years, smoke between 10 and 40 a day. used to be more till the assoles got smoking banned from the pubs. and they are the ones who never go in the pub. so now most pubs are either always empty or closing down, because of the people who dont smoke who dont go in the pubs.
I cannot agree more, within a week of smoking ban in pubs my takings were down £1300 a week. and climbing.
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50g of tobacco is £6 or 200 fags are £25 round here. or pay over double in the shops. ;)
What fags are £25 I'll have some of that ;D ;D ;D ;D
marlboro, rothmans and and them shite ones that make you wanna throw up. cant think of the name, in a red pkt. lol. surely there must be people near you selling them.
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i have been smoking since i was 13, 35 years, smoke between 10 and 40 a day. used to be more till the assoles got smoking banned from the pubs. and they are the ones who never go in the pub. so now most pubs are either always empty or closing down, because of the people who dont smoke who dont go in the pubs.
I cannot agree more, within a week of smoking ban in pubs my takings were down £1300 a week. and climbing.
my pub used to be packed solid, there is only 3 non smokers in there now. also brown put the duty up so much not many can afford to go out to the pubs now. he has totally killed the pub scene. 18 shut down here last year. i use the legion when i want to do a big session as its a quid a pint cheaper. :)
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I was selling Carling at 99p a pint before I left, still people would not come in, they preferred to stay at home and smoke at will in the house. I gave in and cut my losses.
There is no-one selling fags here, I have 150 packs of GV but cannot sell them for love nor money, not that I care .
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I smoked fro 18 to 40, up to 40 a day
Gave up 18 months ago with the help of Niquitin Lozenges, only thing that did it for me - That and getting out of breath so fast playing footie with my boys
Do it, it's not easy as some say but the benefits are huge. I can run around with the lads, smell things I didn't notice before (herbs in the garden) and have a sense of taste back I didn't realise I'd lost.
Set a date, work towards it and put a good portion of the money you've saved aside and treat yourself - don't let it just disappear to other commitments ( I paid for my Ducati partly through doing this)
Be determined, but don't stop till you're ready. Good luck
ps You'll get fat ;), but that comes oof
Did'ya see that, i did a gag ;D
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50g of tobacco is £6 or 200 fags are £25 round here. or pay over double in the shops. ;)
What fags are £25 I'll have some of that ;D ;D ;D ;D
marlboro, rothmans and and them shite ones that make you wanna throw up. cant think of the name, in a red pkt. lol. surely there must be people near you selling them.
lucky strike's? i know they are nasty
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I gave up 13 years ago after smoking Camel, B & H, and the strong stuff in tins from FOB restaurants, plus 7 years of cigars only.
Once decision made never touched any tobacco again.
If you are going to do it though then combine with taking up some physical activity eg walking, cycling.
Walking is pretty good at our age - choose good location etc but have a purpose.
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Nope I don't, my eldest does which is a shame, neither me nor his mum do, youngest doesn't but he does flog them at school ;D
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I gave up 13 years ago after smoking Camel, B & H, and the strong stuff in tins from FOB restaurants, plus 7 years of cigars only.
Once decision made never touched any tobacco again.
If you are going to do it though then combine with traking up some physical activity eg walking, cycling.
Walking is pretty good at our age - choose good location etc but have a purpose.
smoking isnt good,it is bad for you of course it is. i love smoking. i love the taste of a fag. i love drinking and i love pubs. i wont let some assole who sits in doors 7 days a week,waiting for her hip replacement which my smoking caused , who doesnt smoke or drink herself tell me my lifestyle offends them.
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I gave up 13 years ago after smoking Camel, B & H, and the strong stuff in tins from FOB restaurants, plus 7 years of cigars only.
Once decision made never touched any tobacco again.
If you are going to do it though then combine with traking up some physical activity eg walking, cycling.
Walking is pretty good at our age - choose good location etc but have a purpose.
smoking isnt good,it is bad for you of course it is. i love smoking. i love the taste of a fag. i love drinking and i love pubs. i wont let some assole who sits in doors 7 days a week,waiting for her hip replacement which my smoking caused , who doesnt smoke or drink herself tell me my lifestyle offends them.
Well said that man. RICHIERICH for PM
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It is a shame about the Pub scene, most of my "locals" have gone. At one time there was nothing better i liked than relaxing outside a quaint country pub, sitting in the afternoon sun by a babbling stream with a pint of best and a ciggy....the end of an era :(
though wait, the quaint country pub, the sunshine, the babbling stream, the pint of best are all still there! :)
yippeee off i go ::)
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i smoke, unfortunately, maybe 10 a day? have to agree with Richie on the smoking ban - not only has it killed off so many pubs but it looks terrible all these gangs of smokers hanging around outside the pub - if the tories said they would lift the ban i'd maybe vote for them :o
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I stopped 17 years ago from 40 a day .. so it can be done .. hard work .. but do-able.... no patches/gums .. just will power and discomfort.
I am now the worlds worst ex-smoker .. I hate the smell of smoke and would never go into a pub that allowed smoking again.
The pleasure of enjoying the smell and taste of food and beer without the overpowering stench of stale tobacco is wonderful.
I can only apologise to all those who had to put up with my stinking habit for the previous 20 odd years.
IMHO the tax on tobacco should be tripled by any government .. now that WOULD get my vote .. :y :y :y
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You're more than welcome to smoke near me, I gave up 8yrs ago. But I did enjoy it at the time.
For the very first time the other week I could smell smoke on my daughter's clothes, she doesn't smoke, but had been stood with some who were smoking at the door of the civic hall before they all went home. It does stink!
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Gave up in 2001 after 38 years @ about 15 - 20 Dunhill Kings a day.
One packet of patches was enough. No longer tempted to put anything in my mouth and set fire to it, but I love the smell of other people's smoke, while hating the smell of other people who have just smoked.
Admittedly, the spur to giving up was having an operation on my nose which put paid to smoking for a week, but the hacking cough was pointing me that way anyway.
Downside - I've put on 3 stone, only sleep 3 hours a night and have become increasingly intolerant of absolutely everything. :(
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I have 150 packs of GV but cannot sell them for love nor money
I'll have some Di as i'm having to go to the local shop for my baccy :'(
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Downside - I've put on 3 stone, only sleep 3 hours a night and have become increasingly intolerant of absolutely everything. :(
I thought that was generally down to getting older! ::) ;) ;) :y
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Jereboam, same here its the smallist things that wind me up but glad i did it
I smoked to 26years mostly rollies, went to the docs because of stomach trouble and just mentioned to him that i wanted to give up and that was it.
Booked in to see nurse and she put me on the patches. I came off the patches three months later and been clean ever since.
Mind you there are times, not stressed time, when out of the blue i get a craving, only for a minute but they are still there.
Worst thing though is i've got a proper big Cuban Cigar at home the cost about 50USD which was brought for me a few years back............
Good luck to anyone trying to give up, as they say don't give up giving up
Cheers
Andy
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who was it said if you quit drink, quit fags and quit good food you don't live any longer.....it just seems that way ;D ;D
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I've managed 38 years on the planet and never had the urge to have one.My mum stopped about twenty years ago for lent and she still died of cancer,my dad has cut down a lot but both my sisters still are chimneys.I don't like the smell and it has no appeal to me what so ever.If I really wanted to set fire to my money then I would roll up a tenner set it alight and watch it go up in smoke with a smug grin knowing that Gordon Brown is getting nothing in tax from me for doing it.I prefer to burn my money by paying for petrol for the car or bike ;)
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i am perfect example that smoking stunts your growth, 6ft4, and never smoked in my life, don't plan to either, not at £6 feking quid a box!
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i am perfect example that smoking stunts your growth, 6ft4, and never smoked in my life, don't plan to either, not at £6 feking quid a box!
I only six foot tall and as you say too feking expensive ;D
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Here's the thing, to stop smoking you must get it out of your head that you are GIVING UP. It is a habit and must be stopped. i've read a book on this by Alan Carr IIRC and it's very good :y. I just stopped though way before reading his book. I ran out of fags one day and thought I would get some more later but never did. They were about £3 a pack then :o
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I smoke a few roll ups a day & admit it is a ridiculous, unhealthy expensive thing to do. The only time i stopped was in the early 80's when i was sentanced to 3 months detention centre (William Whitelaw's short sharp shock) & Haslar, Gosport & you simply were'nt allowed to. However the screws smoked around you all day & as said i loved the smell at the time but afterwards it was rank so understand where non smokers are coming from. I still enjoy it though, i could give up & get killed at work tomorrow.
Pubs? I don't bother anymore. I think every publican should be given the choice to allow or not. This would give the patrons the choice instead of smug know alls deciding for us. Lastly i but off the boat baccy & am sick of folk saying i'm doing the government out of revenue. To that i say if they were'nt so fricking greedy & fell in line with the rest of the EU we've been forced into then i would'nt have to & folk would'nt smuggle back from said EU countries to sell on here. Too many fat hands in the pot trying to compensate for thier cock ups.
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Never wanted to, didn't like the smell and a waste of drinking money
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ive smoked for 27 years and enjoyed some of them but tbh i wsish i could just smoke the fags i enjoy like morning coffee and after a meal and have a nice cigar and a pint inside by the bar cos most fags i smoke are just habit and i dont enjoy them ones and i smoke 15/20 a day
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I wish i'd never started so would be a non smoker. I'll never be an ex smoker because even if i managed to give up i'd always miss it.
I can resist anything but temptation. :(
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my parents are in there late 70s, father 80 this year.smoked since they were kids. they say people are living longer now but thats people born in the 30's not born in the 60s or 70s or even 80s, how old will we live to having to eat the shite were told to eat. my parents grew there own fruit and veg, naturally grown not grown with pesticides to make them grow bigger or quicker.i never had fizzy drinks and chocolate for breakfast,didnt have junk food for lunch or tea.we all sat down as a family for a proper dinner. thats gone out the window because of mans greed for money.parents cant be bothered or havent the time to cook proper meals or cannot afford it. how many families have a proper sunday roast. sunday dinner is a curry or a takeaway for lots of people. if i make 60 that'll do for me i reckon. i will never bow down to any govt telling me what to eat drink or if i shouldnt smoke. its my desicion and mine alone. :)
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..... how many families have a proper sunday roast. .....
We do! :y :y :y
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..... how many families have a proper sunday roast. .....
We do! :y :y :y
So do we...yum yum roast dinner :y :y :y
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..... how many families have a proper sunday roast. .....
We do! :y :y :y
So do we...yum yum roast dinner :y :y :y
my kids dont, i rarely do now as im on me own, and half the pub dont bother as its all day sunday session now cause footballs on all weekend. i prefered 3pm closing when i was with my x. nice roast, sleep on sofa and back in pub for 7pms session ;D
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..... how many families have a proper sunday roast. .....
We do! :y :y :y
And us....... :y :y
Smoking got me when I was 44, Lung Cancer and I had no idea I was ill, discovered almost by accident ::) ::) After some Major surgery and a few spells in hospital I am still around, but physically shot for much of the year get a lot of chest infections which 'wipe me out' for around a month at a time. Lost my HGV and PSV licences for a few years but got them back a couple of years ago :) :( Still holding down a Job though....... :y :y
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I recently had a full medical, ecg, blood /urine tests, blood pressure cholesteral the works. I'm fine, don't deserve to be but i am. I was born in 1963. My Mum drank milk every day (she hates it) for calcium, teeth bones etc. I was fed proper home cooked food which i still eat now.
Dad's 80, Mum's 70. Mum has a couple of ciggies with a drink or two every evening as does Dad with a cigar. Unlike me they are well to do respectable folk who have lived through everyone being an expert in what is & what is'nt good for you & proved all our tax paying wages wrong.
Living proof. I rest my case. :y
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MY Dad's 73 next July, has smoked since he was about 12 (& supped more than his fair share of booze) & is fit as a flea. Still goes out to work most days, he helped me back with a door & frame in the back of his works car today. He's a medical mystery! :-? ;D ;D ;D
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MY Dad's 73 next July, has smoked since he was about 12 (& supped more than his fair share of booze) & is fit as a flea. Still goes out to work most days, he helped me back with a door & frame in the back of his works car today. He's a medical mystery! :-? ;D ;D ;D
My Dad, the same age, is like that, only gave up his pipe a couple of years ago, a bit slower but still going well....... :y