moreluck
golden ticket member
They say it's more addictive than the hard stuff like heroine and meth. Hypnotism didn't work for me.....I guess I didn't like being told what to do!
Brownslave688
You want a toe? I can get you a toe.
If your reason for quitting is good enough you'll quit.
If you are quitting because someone else wants you to you'll likely fail.
If you are quitting because someone else wants you to you'll likely fail.
retiredTxfeeder
cap'n crunch
Both of my parents very seldom didn't have a cig in their hands as I grew up. My mother died of lung cancer at a relatively young age. I was 18 at the time and I drove her to her chemo treatments. My father died of emphysema related to smoking. It made a believer of me. Never touched a cigarette when I was growing up. We owned a bar the whole time I was a kid. I probably got enough second hand smoke from that place. I pleaded with my son, begged him when he was in high school not to smoke. He looked me in the eye and told me he would never smoke. He lied to me. He was smoking at the time, and when he went to the navy, he smoked even more. He is 29 now and his little girl asked him to quit smoking. He told me the day before yesterday that he was trying to quit, and it had been about a day and a half since he smoked and it was getting bad for him. I asked him last night if he had snuck one, and he admitted he dug around in his pickup and found 2 in an old pack and yeah he smoked 1 of them. Never having been a smoker, I can't relate. But it must be damn difficult. Hang in there, OP. You can do it. Do it for the people who love you and want to keep you around. Please.
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jibbs
Guest
But why, though?
I'm pretty sure I'll be rich and infamous one day but there's nothing solid behind that. Just a hunch, ya know?
If a person's up everyday and active at 3am, having a cigarette is no different from the guy that doesn't crawl out of bed until noon and lights one around 1pm.
The problem is cigarettes-- not when they're used.
bleedinbrown58
That’s Craptacular
Because when I wake up at 230am, and I'm drinking my coffee....I wanna smoke.
bleedinbrown58
That’s Craptacular
A cigarette isn't more unhealthy based on what time you smoke it. Does a can of Coke become healthier or contain less calories at 3pm vs 3am?
laffter
Well-Known Member
Muffins eaten during breakfast contain half the calories as those eaten during lunch or dinner. It is known.
Number24
#24
Do some research, trust me it's worse and you're at a higher risk in the AM
Brownslave688
You want a toe? I can get you a toe.
I'm pretty sure I'm glad you're not my doctor.
trickpony1
Well-Known Member
Let me guess......
After having slept for a sustained period of time your body is depleted and therefore more absorbing of the toxic ingredients in the smoke?
How did I do?
oldngray
nowhere special
That assumes everyone works and sleeps the same time of day. An invalid premiss invalidates the conclusions.
rod
Retired 23 years
I was a 2-3 pack a day smoker for many years. Back then you could smoke on planes and most every place else. We even smoked in the movie theater (weren't suppose to but we did and I don't remember anyone being asked to leave because they did). My wife was even allowed to smoke in the maternity ward (along with 3 other gals). When I quit I knew it was time (coughing and everything else that goes along with being a heavy smoker). I got a prescription for that nicotine gum and chewed that. Once I stopped I stopped for good. Yes it was hard. When I quit my wife still smoked (for 4 more years) and so did most of my friends so it was tough. Now days I find myself moving to a different place if I even sit down next to a smoker. My wife and I still make the comment --Do you realize we used to smell like that.
bleedinbrown58
That’s Craptacular
Higher risk of what?? I'm inhaling carcinogenic smoke into my lungs...when is the optimal time of day to do that and be at less risk of cancer or other smoking related disease?
trickpony1
Well-Known Member
Extrapolate..........
My premise remains valid.
After sleeping X number of hours, your body is depleted and is more absorbent regardless of when, through the day, you sleep.
oldngray
nowhere special
That is a different situation. Smoking when your body is depleted is not the same as smoking in the AM.
trickpony1
Well-Known Member
Maybe Number24 can referee this boxing match?
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jibbs
Guest
He's talking about Number 24's premise that everybody's body is performing the same function at 3am. Some people might've been up for 18 hours at 3am, whilst others are still asleep. The time of day doesn't matter, only the schedule a person adheres to and how it relates to their tobacco-consumption.
I agree with you, though, for what it's worth. I mean, I had to put my own figures in for X but yeah, wake-up cigarettes are likely bad news.
