Who managed to quit smoking? or is trying to quit?

[farouk]

50 minutes ago, warrior12 said:

I smoked for about 25yrs, maybe more can't really recall.  I tried so many times ot quit and I did once for a month, then won a bottle of rum in a raffle and woke up the next day with a pack at my bedside.  I did like to smoke and I knew it was harming my lungs, but the addiction was so huge, that is was irrestiable when that smoke hit your nostril and lungs.  

I quit when I almost died. Not by any natural force like accidents or other, but by discovering the spiritual evil that came to kill or mame.  It is a longer story of how that took place, but the point is I stopped that very day and also alcohol, mainly beer which I had started to drink more often.  I was not saved or followed the bible as I did gave my life to the Lord, but always found myself doing those things.

Till today , I never touched a cigarette or a beer and also any swear words.  Not saying , I am perfect, but strive to walk in the straight and narrow pathways.  The trials that followed that fateful day, kept me at the beginning in fear and as I read the word more and more and saw the truths of what it said of evil and how belivers have to live , the care for those things went away like I never used them.  

All glory and praise to the Lord for the breaking the chains and bondages that I was under. I still have battles, but they are of the spiritual ones that I have to trust in the Lord for him to show me the path foward and takes it day by day.

Glad you were able to quit..........

[farouk]

Any more quit smoking stories, ppl?

[farouk]

On 5/10/2025 at 11:23 AM, kwikphilly said:

I remember those ads for Virginia Slims with the glamorous ladies- very chic! Rofl

Hi @kwikphilly Yes, well, but it's not just men that smoke short, stubby cigars like Al Capone............

[kwikphilly]

44 minutes ago, farouk said:

Hi @kwikphilly Yes, well, but it's not just men that smoke short, stubby cigars like Al Capone............

The craze or fashionable thing now is " vaping" - people insist it's less harmful than cigarettes but that's not entirely true,nicotine is still addictive no matter how it's packages plus adding vitamin E acetate,formaldehyde,scrolling and other chemicals pose their own risks harmful to the lungs & heart,blood vessels etc. It reminds me of hearing people defend beer or wine because it has less alcohol than hard liquor.... it's all the same,things to avoid that are not good for us

[farouk]

2 minutes ago, kwikphilly said:

The craze or fashionable thing now is " vaping" - people insist it's less harmful than cigarettes but that's not entirely true,nicotine is still addictive no matter how it's packages plus adding vitamin E acetate,formaldehyde,scrolling and other chemicals pose their own risks harmful to the lungs & heart,blood vessels etc. It reminds me of hearing people defend beer or wine because it has less alcohol than hard liquor.... it's all the same,things to avoid that are not good for us

Good to have your perspective, @kwikphilly............

(I don't advocate vaping, either........)

[farouk]

4 minutes ago, kwikphilly said:

The craze or fashionable thing now is " vaping" - people insist it's less harmful than cigarettes but that's not entirely true,nicotine is still addictive no matter how it's packages plus adding vitamin E acetate,formaldehyde,scrolling and other chemicals pose their own risks harmful to the lungs & heart,blood vessels etc. It reminds me of hearing people defend beer or wine because it has less alcohol than hard liquor.... it's all the same,things to avoid that are not good for us

PS: @kwikphilly Apparently in the 19th century snuff was really popular in the South.....

Vicki Betts has written:

https://scholarworks.uttyler.edu/pres_pubs/56/

[kwikphilly]

1 minute ago, farouk said:

Good to have your perspective, @kwikphilly............

(I don't advocate vaping, either........)

The worst part imo is that you can walk in any smoke shop and buy straight THC vape inhaler- and get it your car,drive & vape and it looks the same as a nicotine device

Now if you want to drive puffing on an e cig then be my guest regarding what you yourself are willing to risk but being stoned & driving is an entirely different story-everyone on the road is at risk

I often see smoke pouring out of a car window & see the driver puffing away,I think to myself" what is he/she vaping" Now imo that's far more dangerous than someone smoking a cigarette

[farouk]

5 minutes ago, kwikphilly said:

The worst part imo is that you can walk in any smoke shop and buy straight THC vape inhaler- and get it your car,drive & vape and it looks the same as a nicotine device

Now if you want to drive puffing on an e cig then be my guest regarding what you yourself are willing to risk but being stoned & driving is an entirely different story-everyone on the road is at risk

I often see smoke pouring out of a car window & see the driver puffing away,I think to myself" what is he/she vaping" Now imo that's far more dangerous than someone smoking a cigarette

Yes, a sobering thought indeed, @kwikphilly................

[farouk]

On 5/10/2025 at 11:26 AM, Anne2 said:

SHHH. we are giving our age away. @kwikphilly

Well, actually @Anne2, by the 1920s already it was very widespread for women to smoke. Cigarettes, that is.

(Whereas in the Antebellum South when a lot of women smoked, it was pipes.)

[farouk]

Hi @warrior12 Do let us know if you have anything else to remember about your quitting success.....