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12-05-2003, 11:01 AM
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Any ex-smokers?
Well, I'm approaching the 2-year anniversary of the day I smoked my last cigarette. Quitting smoking was among the most difficult things I've ever accomplished -- I averaged better than 2 packs/day for many years.
While I have no regrets about my decision, I'm surprised by the "results". I know that I'm healthier for quitting -- that's just common sense, but I don't really feel any different. My weight has stayed constant, my stamina seems about the same (I've always hiked and biked), my senses of taste and smell seem unchanged -- not what I expected. Has anyone else noticed significant physical changes after quitting, or is my experience status quo? Ron http://germanstar.net 
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12-05-2003, 11:19 AM
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I smoked from high school until I was 41. I just ran out of cigs one night and never bought or bummed anymore. I had no serious health problems before or after. I have always had sinus attacks and continue to do so. I gained weight over several years and could stand to lose a few.
It has been 10 years since I had one and have never really missed them. For a few years it didn't bother me to be around other people smoking and then one day they just started STINKING to me. In all I don't feel any better or worse for quitting. My family and friends have probably benefitted more from my quitting than me. I saved a LOT of money but I spent it on Mercedes parts!!! 
Last edited by Cap'n Carageous; 12-05-2003 at 12:47 PM.
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12-05-2003, 11:25 AM
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i smoked a pack a day of GPC 100's for five years, then one day they just started to make me feel sick at about jalf way through the cig. the one big difference i have noticed (besides the fact that i can run 12 miles a week, is that i can smell the cigarette stink on people now. i nver new people smelled that bad from cigarettes. oh, its been a little over two years since i quite.
will
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12-05-2003, 11:33 AM
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Smoked Camels for 15 years. Accidentally burned my toddler on her little arm 22 years ago and quit. I still want a cigarette every once in a while. I think I'll start smoking again when I'm in my mid-70's or so. WTF?
Botnst
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12-05-2003, 12:16 PM
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I smoked upwards of 3 packs (on a busy day) of camel filters between the late 70s and the early 90s. Quit cold turkey, about 11 or 12 years ago. I had chronic fatigue for about a year afterward. Finally I got used to life without cigs. Now all I have to show for it is heart disease.....
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12-05-2003, 12:46 PM
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Quote:
Ron http://germanstar.net
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12-05-2003, 12:59 PM
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I can say this. It would be impossible to quit unless you really wanted to. I had an aunt that lost a lung and an eye to cancer. Cancer finally killed her. She wouldn't stop smoking and wanted one on her death bed. My stepmother died from emphysema. Bedridden for five years. She did quit but it was too late.
Smoking is a bad habit. No if's, ands or butts.
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12-06-2003, 02:24 PM
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12-06-2003, 03:16 PM
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Germanstar, The major improvement I felt and still feel is that I am not dependent on them anymore - meaning I don't plan my day around when I can have a cigarette. My mood doesn't change because I don't have the opportunity to smoke one. Nicotine is a highly addictive drug that reaches your brain in ~7 seconds. It has been shown to improve memory but in high doses it is one of the most lethal natural compounds around. The cancer associated with smoking comes from it and the other ~214 other compounds that enter your lungs when you smoke. All broad leaf products that catch rain water on their leaves will do that to you if smoked them. They contain isotopes of elements such as polonium 210 which is highly toxic and even radioactive, emitting alpha particles. The human lung is an awesome filter with even more awesome surface area to trap such compounds.
You did the right thing by quitting, don't ever doubt that.
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