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 Quitting Smoking
#6240579
03/29/16 08:21 PM
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retfuz
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I stopped smoking a little over three weeks ago. I took Chantix and it worked. Chantix cost almost $150.00, but thats almost what I was spending monthly on cigs. If anyone is considering it, Chantix was very helpful.
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Re: Quitting Smoking
[Re: retfuz]
#6240586
03/29/16 08:29 PM
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QuitShootinYoungBucks
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Congrats! $150 is cheap in the long run. I quit back in 1997, quit cold turkey and went on vacation so I wouldn't be tempted by co-workers, etc. for nearly two weeks. I had quit before and only been smoking 4-5 years.
Now, if they would just develop Chantix for Dr. Pepper and Mexican food...
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Re: Quitting Smoking
[Re: retfuz]
#6240588
03/29/16 08:30 PM
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Navasot
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Good deal congrats its not an easy task..
I don't miss the headaches each morning or everything smelling and tasting like smoke
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Re: Quitting Smoking
[Re: retfuz]
#6240589
03/29/16 08:33 PM
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Navasot
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Only now i just have to worry about my salt intake with seeds.... never can sit still... eat snack foods constantly
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Re: Quitting Smoking
[Re: retfuz]
#6240603
03/29/16 08:47 PM
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Cast
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Nav, salt is no longer declared bad for you. Really.
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Re: Quitting Smoking
[Re: retfuz]
#6240612
03/29/16 08:54 PM
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CCBIRDDOGMAN
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Good for you. I quit cold turkey on September 1st 1998. Smoked my last cigarette sitting on a camo bucket in a dove field. I had started trying to slow down and that was my 1st cig of that morning and it tasted like crap, about half way through it, I tossed it and said no more. I will say I smoked alot of weed back then and I'm sure that helped with quitting the cigarettes.
Haven't had it in years but never spit any out. I am a sucker for happy endings and strapped cowboys.
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Re: Quitting Smoking
[Re: retfuz]
#6241165
03/30/16 03:46 AM
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I stopped smoking a little over three weeks ago. I took Chantix and it worked. Chantix cost almost $150.00, but thats almost what I was spending monthly on cigs. If anyone is considering it, Chantix was very helpful. Beware of the side effects of chantix.
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Re: Quitting Smoking
[Re: retfuz]
#6241178
03/30/16 04:09 AM
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blackcoal
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What are the side effects?
The Greatest Enemy of knowledge is not ignorance,
it is the illusion of knowledge.--Stephen Hawking
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Re: Quitting Smoking
[Re: retfuz]
#6241180
03/30/16 04:18 AM
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Suicide was the biggest side effect. My dad took it and it worked, but he had nightmares that he said were so real it effected his daily life. This man isn't afraid to walk through the woods in pitch dark, but he couldn't go in tight spaces after Chantix. He could t go in his closet, shower in his bathroom had to use the kitchen sink, couldn't sit in a deer blind, and almost couldn't drive his vehicle except with the windows down. It was interesting for a while, then 1 day he woke up and all was fine. He put his clothes back in his closet and could take a real shower again. He smoked for 40 years, after he quit he became diabetic, has high blood pressure, not sure they were related to the Chantix or the quitting after all those years, could've just been timing
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Re: Quitting Smoking
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#6241607
03/30/16 04:16 PM
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Navasot
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Nav, salt is no longer declared bad for you. Really. I would think 3 bags of seeds a day is a bit much lol
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Re: Quitting Smoking
[Re: retfuz]
#6241643
03/30/16 04:40 PM
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KRoyal
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Congrats sir, I quit smoking and going on 185 days. Started vapeing in its place and started out at 18MG of Nicotine and I'm now down to 6MG of Nic. I could probably do without the Nic really, but Nic by itself really isn't harmful to you, it is a stimulant just like caffeine. Feel better, no shortage of breath anymore, everything tastes better.
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Re: Quitting Smoking
[Re: retfuz]
#6241685
03/30/16 05:26 PM
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soooo
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Today is my last day on Chantix, after 30 days. Don't want to smoke, but I miss doing something with my hands at certain times, like reading or when on the phone.
No suicidal thoughts, but have felt the urge to strangle a few people.
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Re: Quitting Smoking
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#6242168
03/30/16 11:41 PM
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_Lee
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Congrats! I quit smoking last September using chantix as well. One other thing I do now in its place is chew gum. The Chantix was free with my insurance, I have heard several insurance companies are offering it for free these days.
Last edited by _Lee; 03/30/16 11:42 PM.
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Re: Quitting Smoking
[Re: KRoyal]
#6243698
04/01/16 03:27 AM
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but Nic by itself really isn't harmful to you, it is a stimulant just like caffeine. Feel better, no shortage of breath anymore, everything tastes better. Unfortunately this is not true. I smoked my last cig a year ago and still chew nicotine gum all day every day. Nicotine by itself restricts blood flow which can lead to heart failure. Congrats!
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Re: Quitting Smoking
[Re: blackcoal]
#6243790
04/01/16 05:33 AM
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Shotgun Willie
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What are the side effects? A close family member tried Chantix for a few weeks to quit smoking, and had his death planned out to the minute detail. Where it would happen, when it would cause the least inconvenience, how it would happen so it wouldn't be ruled a suicide so that insurance would still pay, and his next of kin wouldn't have to identify the body... Thankfully, he realized what was going on and weaned himself off with the help of his Doc. That Chantix is no joke. There's a lot of success stories with it, but there's a lot of death associated as well. Congrats to the OP, I'm sincerely glad it worked for you. You're a better man than me, I'm going on 20 years of smoking, with good intentions of quitting but no progress.
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Re: Quitting Smoking
[Re: Navasot]
#6245178
04/02/16 07:25 AM
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txtrophy85
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Nav, salt is no longer declared bad for you. Really. I would think 3 bags of seeds a day is a bit much lol You quit dip too? I haven't had a dip since right before Christmas. The first few weeks were tough when on the ranch or driving down the road. After that it gradually got better
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Quitting Smoking
[Re: Navasot]
#6245186
04/02/16 10:08 AM
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Nav, salt is no longer declared bad for you. Really. I would think 3 bags of seeds a day is a bit much lol Nope, the twenty year study is long done on salt and the scientist were wrong again. Salt is needed in the diet and a lack of it is very bad for you. It is pretty hard to intake too much salt. It DOES NOT increase BP significantly. It is actually your friend, take it off your watch list.
Cast I have a short attention spa
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Re: Quitting Smoking
[Re: retfuz]
#6245673
04/02/16 10:08 PM
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It's not news to anyone that smoking is probably the worst thing people do to their health and quitting one of the hardest. Congratulations to all who've done it and to those who've decided to! Nicotine and tobacco in general are deceivers. LIARS. Convincing our bodies and minds that we need them. That everything would be better if we'd just use them. "Just one more time, it'll be okay."LIES! 
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Re: Quitting Smoking
[Re: retfuz]
#6246960
04/04/16 10:59 AM
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SmithR
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Congrats  I quit smoking in may 2015,also with chantix. I never had any of the side effect but I did gain 20lbs.  10 months later I am 60lbs down and feel better than I ever have.
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Re: Quitting Smoking
[Re: CenTex]
#6247740
04/04/16 09:28 PM
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KRoyal
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but Nic by itself really isn't harmful to you, it is a stimulant just like caffeine. Feel better, no shortage of breath anymore, everything tastes better. Unfortunately this is not true. I smoked my last cig a year ago and still chew nicotine gum all day every day. Nicotine by itself restricts blood flow which can lead to heart failure. Congrats! Nicotine does constrict blood flow same as caffeine and other things found in a lot of foods. Inhaling the pure form of Nicotine has been studied and the results have found that there really aren't any real ill effects from it. To much of anything of course could be bad for you. Nicotine gets a bad rap because it is linked with tobacco and cigarettes however it is no worse for you than your morning cup of coffee if you're inhaling its pure form. Research shows that nicotine, used in isolation(pure form), can be effective for brain enhancement and helpful in treating a number of brain-related disorders. Tobacco smoking has been reported to be associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer, particularly of the lungs. In spite of extensive research on the health effects of tobacco smoking, the substances in tobacco smoke exerting these negative health effects are not completely known. Nicotine is the substance giving the subjective pleasure of smoking as well as inducing addiction. For the first time we report the effect on the rat of long-term (two years) inhalation of nicotine. The rats breathed in a chamber with nicotine at a concentration giving twice the plasma concentration found in heavy smokers. Nicotine was given for 20 h a day, five days a week during a two-year period. We could not find any increase in mortality, in atherosclerosis or frequency of tumors in these rats compared with controls. Particularly, there was no microscopic or macroscopic lung tumors nor any increase in pulmonary neuroendocrine cells. Throughout the study, however, the body weight of the nicotine exposed rats was reduced as compared with controls. In conclusion, our study does not indicate any harmful effect of nicotine when given in its pure form by inhalation. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8614291
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Re: Quitting Smoking
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#6247781
04/04/16 09:54 PM
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Congrats on quitting. I stopped 13 years ago. I first tried just cutting back and not carrying them with me. I was able to get down to 10 a day easy, then went on down to 3 a day. That was not so easy. I was at work and my no. 3 cigarette was gone and I was frustrated as heck. A friend came in and I got a cigarette from him and fired up...I realized all the anxiety I had thru was gone with that first puff. I was very disappointed in myself. That was the last one.
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Re: Quitting Smoking
[Re: retfuz]
#6248313
04/05/16 11:19 AM
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 Stick with it I smoked for 55 years up to 3 packs/day and you don't want to have to quit because of heart failure or clogged arteries. It's been 2 years since I got out of the hospital and quit. There supposed to be a point where you start feeling better when you quit...afraid all my damage was done and never had those good feelings after quitting.
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Re: Quitting Smoking
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#6248319
04/05/16 11:28 AM
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I like to have a few cigs when I am having a drink in the evening.
I never let any vice get control over me........
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Re: Quitting Smoking
[Re: retfuz]
#6248469
04/05/16 01:55 PM
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Erathkid
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Weekend smoker here. If I quit alcohol I wouldn't smoke at all. Hard to do. Really enjoy a good cigar with a cold beer. 
Life is too short, as is. Don't chance it.
Don't text and drive.
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Re: Quitting Smoking
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04/05/16 02:03 PM
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Erathkid
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Nav, salt is no longer declared bad for you. Really. You know what they call people that say salt isn't bad for you? Cadavers. Unless you're an athlete that sweats profusely on a daily basis, you don't need extra salt. Plenty of it in the food we eat. No reason to add more to the average person's diet. Cardiologists around the world would agree.
Life is too short, as is. Don't chance it.
Don't text and drive.
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