Non smoking

[dreadnut]

Coming up on 25 years of non-smoking. At 1.5 packs a day, that's 300,000 cigarettes I have not smoked. Almost 14,000 packs. Avg $6/pk, that's $84,000.

Based upon those figures, I told my wife I should be able to buy any guitar I want.

She told me to go ahead if I could lay my hands on the cash.

Well, at least I'm alive! Had I continued down that smoking path, ol' Dread likely wouldn't be here talkin; at ya.

 

[Guildedagain]

Shop til you drop ;[]

 

[JohnW63]

Look in the sock drawer. That's where people hid things that don't take up much space.

 

[RBSinTo]

Dreadnut,
Well done you!
I too am a recovering smokeaholic, and have been clean since 1990.
I smoked 2 packs per day, but despite an addictive personality, no longer have any desire to take it up again.
But the money I didn't spend for cigarettes is unfortunately gone, as it was spent on trivial things like food, clothing and shelter.
RBSinTo

 

[dreadnut]

Yeah RB, I get that. The money went for things that are actually essential. I quit in "98/

Can't even stand the smell of them anymore. I'm glad they pretty much banned indoor smoking.

Remember when airline flights had open smoking in the passenger areas?.

In high school, I was getting 4 packs of "Boros for under a buck.

On board the USS Ranger in the early 70's, cigs were $2,00 per carton. At those prices, you couldn't afford not to smoke, LOL.

 

[DrumBob]

Good for you. I have never smoked a cigarette in my entire life. I always thought it was disgusting habit. Unfortunately, my mother didn't, and it cost her her life.

 

[dreadnut]

My dad died from smoking at the tender age of 56. Stupidly, I continued to smoke for years after that.

 

[Rich Cohen]

Look in the sock drawer. That's where people hid things that don't take up much space.

Like 500ml of merlot wine!

 

[Rich Cohen]

Coming up on 25 years of non-smoking. At 1.5 packs a day, that's 300,000 cigarettes I have not smoked. Almost 14,000 packs. Avg $6/pk, that's $84,000.

Based upon those figures, I told my wife I should be able to buy any guitar I want.

She told me to go ahead if I could lay my hands on the cash.

Well, at least I'm alive! Had I continued down that smoking path, ol' Dread likely wouldn't be here talkin; at ya.

I quit at the age of 34 after smoking from college (1965 onwards) in 1984...two packs a day. Got pneumonia and coughed for ten days...couldn't sleep a wink, but didn't smoke, and after the ten days of abstinence, I was over the urge to smoke, thus decided not to go back, and am I grateful. The urge to smoke is worse than alcoholism, though not much better.

 

[twocorgis]

June 28, 2002 for me, and it's the best thing I ever did for myself!

 

[RBSinTo]

I quit at the age of 34 after smoking from college (1965 onwards) in 1984...two packs a day. Got pneumonia and coughed for ten days...couldn't sleep a wink, but didn't smoke, and after the ten days of abstinence, I was over the urge to smoke, thus decided not to go back, and am I grateful. The urge to smoke is worse than alcoholism, though not much better.

I originally quit in 1974, while working at The Sick Childrens' Hospital, here in Toronto. The hospital was giving the staff 'flu shots, and I had a very bad reaction (as I do to all anti-viral shots).
I was so sick that I stopped smoking until I recovered, and reasoned if I could go a week without smoking, I could last even longer. And for a long time, rather than saying I quit, I just told people I was just seeing how long I could without cigarettes.
I lasted seven years. Started again, and quit for good in 1990.
RBSinTo

 

[JohnW63]

"I lasted seven years. Started again,"

That always baffles me.

 

[Rich Cohen]

I originally quit in 1974, while working at The Sick Childrens' Hospital, here in Toronto. The hospital was giving the staff 'flu shots, and I had a very bad reaction (as I do to all anti-viral shots).
I was so sick that I stopped smoking until I recovered, and reasoned if I could go a week without smoking, I could last even longer. And for a long time, rather than saying I quit, I just told people I was just seeing how long I could without cigarettes.
I lasted seven years. Started again, and quit for good in 1990.
RBSinTo

Good for you. I'm sure you're better off.

 

[RBSinTo]

"I lasted seven years. Started again,"

That always baffles me.

John,
I was the one who did it, and it baffled me as well.
Monumental Stupidity is the only explanation I can come up with.
RBSinTo

 

[fronobulax]

"I lasted seven years. Started again,"

That always baffles me.

Usually baffles me but the people I have asked about it usually smoked, in part, to cope with something and restarted do deal with some kind of new stress. The terminal cancer of a family member, infidelity of a spouse or divorce were all reasons someone started up again. Not the choice I would make but the decision can be defended or rationalized.

 

[wileypickett]

My mom and dad were heavy smokers (as was everyone on my dad's side of the family -- the families would all get together to play cards on weekends and the smoke was so thick you could barely see) but none of we five kids ever took up the habit.

My mom finally quit when she learned she was about to be a grandmother. She said, "I didn't want to be one of those stinky grandmas that kids can't stand to be around." (And, in fact, her grandkids loved her.)

I still remember traveling cross country by Greyhound in the early '70s when smoking was permitted on buses. You'd travel hundreds of miles and there'd be cigarettes going somewhere on the bus the whole time.

 

[The Guilds of Grot]

Happy Anniversary, yet again.

https://letstalkguild.com/ltg/index.php?threads/non-smoking-anniversary.198808/

https://letstalkguild.com/ltg/index.php?threads/quit-smoking.171013/

 

[dreadnut]

What makes them so addictive is the nicotine.

Nearly 1/2 million Americans died from the effects of smoking last year.

If they want to make anything illegal, it should be cigarettes.

Is Nicotine Hazardous Waste?​

Yes. Nicotine, including nicotine salt, is listed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as an acute hazardous waste.6 E-cigarettes and e-liquid waste should be disposed of safely and properly.