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Yes... It's happened... I've started smoking!

Does anyone know how to give up quickly? I need some advice!
Thx
Lchadd_uk

Er... Not smoking might be a good start...

Congratulations!! ! I hope it brings you years of happiness!

(Sorry for the lame joke)

Do you really want to stop? Why did you start? If you want to stop so soon after starting, then I don't understand why you started in the first place. If you don't really want to stop then you may not be able to until you start feeling the negative effects of it and you have to stop. If you REALLY want to stop and you JUST started then it shouldn't be too difficult to stop. I know from my experiences with smoking that I never wanted to stop right after starting and when I did decide to stop, I just decided I didn't want to do it anymore and I stopped.

Because we all do things that we regret afterwards.

No it's not that, I know I shouldn't coz I mean I'm only just turned 16!
I've been so stressed out lately that I've kept thinking about smoking, then today my best friend Ryan started back at school coz he's been in Cyprus for god knows how long! Anyway I spent the whole of second lesson with him and he was cheering me up and giving me really big hugs and stuff, then it was break, then we had the same lesson again after break so we were doing the same thing... Then it was lunch and we both stayed to finnish what we were doing (we were in music btw composing a piece.) Then Ryan said he was going for a fag and wanted me to go with him, so I did coz I didn't want to be on my own. We went on the field and Ryan lit a fag. I then asked him what it was like. He told me it tasted minty, which it did, so I asked him if I could have a drag. I had a try, thinking I would probably choke on it, but I didn't and it actually made me feel good, so I ended up sharing the rest of the fag with him! But after I realised my breath stank of smoke. And if my Grandma finds out...
I'M DEAD!! !! But it made me feel better!

May I suggest a visit to the cancer ward? Watching people smoke through the hole in their necks where their larynxes used to be has a very sobering effect,

They shoud show Joe Camel with a mouth full of brown teeth, a tube in his Larynx, and wheezing from one lung, and let people see the real glory of the smoking experience..............................

OK............

That's the nicotine. Nicotine can have some positive effects on mood (I am on nicotine therapy for Tourette's and synthetic nicotine that doesn't have the negative side affects is prescribed as a mood stabilizer - I am looking into that because the lozenges aren't covered by health insurance). However, the stink part of smoking can be stressful in itself, especially if you are trying to hide it. Trying to mask the odor in your breath and clothes and can be very stressful and time consuming and the criticism others can give you because of it can be frustrating as well. Once you are hooked on it you will try to find ways to get out of doing things just so can smoke and a great portion of your time will be wasted just standing, or sitting somewhere smoking. Eventually your stamina will decrease and you will start coughing stuff up and possibly having chronic sinus problems as your system tries to clean itself out. If you smoke indoors it will eventually turn everything yellow (as it will your teeth and fingers after a while) and that is hard to remove. It can lower the value and shorten the life of electronic equipment as well. I didn't even bother to mention how expensive it can be. I completely understand why you enjoyed the experience though, but for me the health effects and overall messiness of smoking is enough to deter me.

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Also, if you aren't allowed to smoke you will always be paranoid about getting caught.

I've actually quit twice. The first time for about four years. I used nicotine gum, but it's hard to keep the darn things lit. I've been smoke-free for around 6 years now with the nicotine patch, they should be larger, because it took three to cover my mouth.

I no longer smoke, not even smoulder.

PMSL, oatwillie!

erm... lchadd - you've had a whole half a fag, yes?

i should think you're safe from developing a 60 a day habit in the very near future.

might help if you don't do it again.

This place is funner than cable television today...


seriously... it is...

I don't mean to sound like I'm discouraging you or anything, but smoking is a habit that many of us find almost impossible to break. Sure many people do break it with no real problems, but for many others (Myself included) the habit is very difficult to break. I've tried to break it several ties, but I've always wound up going back to it. Part of it is the Nicotine addiction, another part of it is the Hand to Mouth action inherant with smoking. --I've had freinds who wound up getting involved with Heroin, and they said that Heroin addiction was an easier addiction to break than smoking.

In saying the above, I don't mean to discourage you from quitting smoking, I'd just like to point out to you that for people who have been smoking for quite a while, it is a VERY difficult habit to shake. If you havn't been smoking for too long, it may be easier for you. --I wish you the best of luck.

Do you think smoking could in some ways be a form of stimming?

YES.