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Welcome to the SMOKE ROOM. In December, we had a discussion about cutting down to stop which prompted one thousand one hundred and fifty views and several people to stop. Smoking is an emotive subject that has touched the lives of most of us so any smoking related topic is open for discussion. Please feel free to add your story or comments and try to keep away from scare stories (smokers have heard it all before and they don’t work).

Just to kick things off, let me tell you some things which I hope will provoke discussion.

Smoking does not cure stress, boredom or help relaxation or concentration; it is not a habit and smoking does not keep your weight down. I have long held the belief that withdrawal is 99 per cent in the head and nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) does more harm than good. I also believe that the “experts” are wrong when they say that 70 per cent of smokers want to quit, as I believe it is closer to 98 per cent (2% are kids just starting out). I don’t believe in “once a smoker always a smoker” but I do believe that stopping smoking is easy once you remove the reasons to smoke. How’s that for starters? If you want to know more about me, go to http://www.theeasierwaytostopsmoking.com/

I plan to be hands-on and respond to most posts and hopefully you will keep me busy.

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Comment by Maria Warren on April 7, 2012 at 10:28: I think this is laughable and just an expense to shopkeepers, hiding them wont make smokers stop and might even attract younger people to smoke...I really cant see the point of this...

Comment by Joe Bergin on April 7, 2012 at 9:27: Thanks for the reply Brian. I have moved it to the discussion page where I should have posted it in the first place. Late night Friday is not a good time to play in FSB.

Comment by Joe Bergin on April 6, 2012 at 22:41: The latest attack on smokers by the anti-smoking brigade is to ban displays of cigarettes in shops and supermarkets. Would this have stopped you from starting. Will it help smokers to stop or do you think it will it have the same effect as all prohibition and drive up demand?

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/shops-banned-having-cigarettes-displayed-0...

Comment by Joe Bergin on March 20, 2012 at 13:19: Ooooops! Sorry Lynda. LOL

Comment by Lucinda Hannant on March 20, 2012 at 12:55: Joe, I think you mean Lynda!!! Not me!! lol xx

Comment by Maria Warren on March 20, 2012 at 11:10: Well done Lynda..you seem to be doing really well. I take my hat off to you. Do you get many feelings of wanting a cigarette during the day?? When I have tried to stop all I can think about is having a cigarette...you seem to be doing a lot better than I ever have.Congratulations on becoming a non-smoker. Big Well Done !!

Comment by Joe Bergin on March 20, 2012 at 11:04: Great news Lucinda and glad to hear that you are over the dizziness. Now that you have stopped smoking, and you will never smoke again, I would say you are a non smoker.The difference between a non smoker and an ex smoker is that an ex smoker misses smoking and feels that they have given something up. We all recognise them as being the more anti smoking than someone who has never smoked. Pontificating ex smokers are more likely to put someone off stopping than actually helping them. This is why you will never see me Talk about the evils of smoking or the benefits of stopping in any of my posts.

Non smokers on the other hand realise that they don't need to smoke and get on with life without the constant fear of having to stop one day.

You have found your own way to stop and you and Lynda and Brian and others are proof that it is indeed easy to stop smoking. If you will permit me just a note of caution. In your last post you say that you used a patch when you felt the need. When you think about it you put nicotine back into your system believing that it would give you some sort of benefit - to help you to relax or concentrate or cure stress or boredom but when you analyse it you realise that nicotine can do none of these things. I only caution you because the belief that you are giving something up is what make stopping difficult and why many ex smokers go back to smoking. Congrats again.

Comment by Lynda Busby on March 20, 2012 at 9:32: Great to follow all these comments. Only 2 weeks for me, had a couple of "slips" but don't feel guilty. I am determined not to become a disapprover of smokers, I always found ex-smokers the most obnoxious, even had 1 break my cigs in half once, was not happy!! Have used my patches when I felt the need, but have had days when I haven't used them. Did feel quite ill last week, really dizzy, but thanks to reassurance from you, found this to be a "normal" reaction so stopped worrying and it only lasted a couple of days.

Comment by Brian Milne on March 20, 2012 at 8:48: sorry, 'pontification' meant in first line - missing letters went out for a quick puff I suspect!

Comment by Brian Milne on March 20, 2012 at 8:47: Lucinda, could not agree more about pontication. If I had not been given a reason that stopped me there and then I might well have continued and be just as stubborn about not giving up now. The fact is that now that I do not do it I also see the benefits and have a smug little pride in myself for having stopped from one minute to another without 'just' one last smoke even. I prefer to encourge others that it is possible rather than tell them how to quit, which in all honesty I do not know other than having done it my way and for my reasons. So Karen, whilst different you did similar to me and I am now a decade on, so it can be done without complicated programmes, pills and whatever. I do not advocate smoking, but I also do not knock them. My OH has tried several times and failed dismally and when she tries again I'll support her again but not try to bully her into quitting. It is, I think but disagree if you wish, an attitude as much as anything.