Smoking advice "Help Needed"

[John Cassels]

Thanks all.
Yes Alf , You may call me defeatist , you may be right. Guess you mean filling the bottle with € 's ( while
we still have them , that is !.

[happy daze john in oz]

John as a young man I thought nothing of 100 Chesterfields a day. Then one day not feeling the best I stopped. Yes it was rough for a while, ate a mountain of peanuts, but got over it. You can do anything you want to, all you need to do is tell your brain what you intend to do, do it right then and continue. Do not wait until the new year, it may not come, so STOP NOW, do not put off until tommorow what you can do today.

[Captain Kong]

HI jOHN, DID YOU READ MY LAST MAIL?? THINK ABOUT IT, I AM TRYING TO SAVE YOUR LIFE.

[Gulliver]

HI jOHN, DID YOU READ MY LAST MAIL?? THINK ABOUT IT, I AM TRYING TO SAVE YOUR LIFE.

Brian,as you know even an imminent DEATH SENTENCE can not make some smokers quit.

I nearly cried recently with frustration and pity(mainly pity) when I saw huddled in the cold a group of patients in dressing gowns-some attached to drips- puffing away outside the hospital entrance on the main road-because all smoking is banned anywhere within the hospital grounds.
I would not doubt that those patients were suffering from one of the many smoking-related illnesses...

I wish John C.and his wfe all the best in trying to give up this frequently debilitating and usually fatal form of self harm.

[Captain Kong]

hI Dave, I have just arrived home from the Hospital and whilst there saw many patients in pyjamas some with drips on a stand all shivering with the freezing cold and spitting rain, having ciggies. out side the gate.
These people should be thrown out of the hospital because they do not want to be made better, the waiting list could be shorter because of these idiots.
I DESPAIR.
Brian

[Dennis McGuckin]

In B.C.there is no smoking at hospitals, even in the parking lot.
New law in Vancouver will not allow smoking ANYWHERE outside.
Den.

[Graham Payne]

I have just been to the Doctors this afternoon for my annual check up. and had a Lung Function test.
The Computer said my lungs are the same as a 60 year old, very good considering I am 76. That is what happens when you stop smoking.
I was on up to 80 cigs a day at sea and stopped instantly, 22years, four months and 15 days ago. 4 August 1989.
So there is a Big improvement in the lungs when you stop. The Lungs really do help to keep you alive.
Cheers
Brian.

Bloody hell Brian your still counting after 22 years,
If so that means I'm going to be counting til I'm dead and gone
will it ever end ?

[Captain Kong]

Not counting Graham, I am Celebrating. I am Alive.

[Tony Morcom]

Please read fully before you jump down my throat.

For all those members who have successfully given up the evil weed may I congratulate each and every one of you.I would however respectfully remind you that it was your choice when you did, for what ever reason, decide to give up. Equally it is the right of each and every existing smoker on this site, of which i am one, to decide when and how we choose to give up. Personally I doubt that there is one of us that would not delight in waking up tomorrow as a non smoker. However as you all well know, and if you are honest will agree, it is not always that simple. Different people continue to smoke for different reasons in just the same way that drinkers drink. It is an addition and we are not all strong enough to just quit as and when someone says we ought to. It has to be our decision to be taken when we are ready in just the same way our friend Graham and his wife chose to a few weeks ago.

Yes, I agree with the sentiments expressed that someone who is in hospital because of a smoking related illness is stupid to carry on when they have already had their card marked. However as is well known there are many who live to a ripe old age having smoked all their lives. In just the same way there are many who have given up and yet die at an early age for a non smoking related reason. Whether we like it or not we live in a world where just about anything you do could be construed as being bad for you and dangerous. It is therefore up to the individual to decide how they chose to live their life.

I am NOT advocating a pro smoking forum, merely just reminding members that there are two sides to every coin and many of us are not fortunate enough to have yet been able to quit.As intelligent ladies and gents please respect the fact that it is not as simple for everyone as some on here would like to make out. Thank you.

[Captain Kong]

Point taken Tony,
If I had one cigarette now I would be back on it tomorrow even after all this time.
It is just that I was so shocked at the suffering of two friends this year that I would not like anyone to go through that.
And I appreciate the fact that there is no one worse than a smoker who has packed it in.
All the best
Brian.