Nicotine is the key to happiness!

[Spiderman]

Ask yourself what kind of a person you are, after clicking on this thread, lol!

But I do miss age 12, where nicotine truly was the key to happiness!

This is what nicotine looks like!

At age 12 I remember picking up cigarette butts out of ash trays and finishing them.

A lady stopped me as I was raiding a hospital ash tray in Kalispell, removed her hat to expose her bald head, and she said, "I see you are about to smoke a cigarette, young man! Be warned, I smoked cigarettes for five years, and now I have lung cancer!"

I'll never forget her, and later in life it helped me switch to nicotine gum. I have been off cigarettes and tobacco for about 6 years, but for three of those years I still smoked about a cigarette a week on average. So, really only three years.

When offered a smoke, I sometimes have one, but it is very rare some one just offers one.

I love the gum though.

I used to go to sleep as an adolescent having fantasies about grizzly chew and Copenhagen, when we did snuff at a group home.

I don't know if I will ever be nicotine free, because I get boxes of the gum free, and it goes so well with coffee, I'm surprised there isn't an energy drink caffeine nicotine combo. The two stimulants compliment each other.

Since the gum does just as much for me as a cigarette or chew, with zero risk of cancer, and you can get it free, I don't see why so many people still smoke and chew tobacco.

Smoking causes about 20% of all cancers and about 30% of all cancer deaths in the United States. About 80% of lung cancers, as well as about 80% of all lung cancer deaths, are due to smoking.

If 80% of lung cancer deaths are smoking related, and you can get just as much nicotine with zero risk of cancer, and insurance covers the cost, why blow so much money on cancer sticks!

But I'm the last man on earth to criticize anyone for doing things that don't make any sense!

If you smoke, please find a safe way to get your nicotine though. I'm asking nicely out of love and concern for you and your loved ones. Am I being unreasonable?


There was a time in my life where nicotine was key to happiness and well being though!

 

[JustGeorge]

Ask yourself what kind of a person you are, after clicking on this thread, lol!

I'm an awful one!

I'll never forget her, and later in life it helped me switch to nicotine gum. I have been off cigarettes and tobacco for about 6 years, but for three of those years I still smoked about a cigarette a week on average. So, really only three years.

Congratulations.

Smoking causes about 20% of all cancers and about 30% of all cancer deaths in the United States. About 80% of lung cancers, as well as about 80% of all lung cancer deaths, are due to smoking.

If 80% of lung cancer deaths are smoking related, and you can get just as much nicotine with zero risk of cancer, and insurance covers the cost, why blow so much money on cancer sticks!

But I'm the last man on earth to criticize anyone for doing things that don't make any sense!

If you smoke, please find a safe way to get your nicotine though. I'm asking nicely out of love and concern for you and your loved ones. Am I being unreasonable?

I worry a lot for my husband... he's been smoking since he was a teen. He's 34 now. I wish he'd quit, but he doesn't.

 

[JustGeorge]

I used to smoke a lot of cigarettes, mostly while in the Navy. It gave me an excuse to get topside, see the sun/stars, and get "fresh" air.

These days I prefer this molecule.

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Which one is that?

 

[Heyo]

Ask yourself what kind of a person you are, after clicking on this thread, lol!

But I do miss age 12, where nicotine truly was the key to happiness!

This is what nicotine looks like! View attachment 60637

At age 12 I remember picking up cigarette butts out of ash trays and finishing them.

A lady stopped me as I was raiding a hospital ash tray in Kalispell, removed her hat to expose her bald head, and she said, "I see you are about to smoke a cigarette, young man! Be warned, I smoked cigarettes for five years, and now I have lung cancer!"

I'll never forget her, and later in life it helped me switch to nicotine gum. I have been off cigarettes and tobacco for about 6 years, but for three of those years I still smoked about a cigarette a week on average. So, really only three years.

When offered a smoke, I sometimes have one, but it is very rare some one just offers one.

I love the gum though.

I used to go to sleep as an adolescent having fantasies about grizzly chew and Copenhagen, when we did snuff at a group home.

I don't know if I will ever be nicotine free, because I get boxes of the gum free, and it goes so well with coffee, I'm surprised there isn't an energy drink caffeine nicotine combo. The two stimulants compliment each other.

Since the gum does just as much for me as a cigarette or chew, with zero risk of cancer, and you can get it free, I don't see why so many people still smoke and chew tobacco.

Smoking causes about 20% of all cancers and about 30% of all cancer deaths in the United States. About 80% of lung cancers, as well as about 80% of all lung cancer deaths, are due to smoking.

If 80% of lung cancer deaths are smoking related, and you can get just as much nicotine with zero risk of cancer, and insurance covers the cost, why blow so much money on cancer sticks!

But I'm the last man on earth to criticize anyone for doing things that don't make any sense!

If you smoke, please find a safe way to get your nicotine though. I'm asking nicely out of love and concern for you and your loved ones. Am I being unreasonable?


There was a time in my life where nicotine was key to happiness and well being though!

Smoking is the constant reminder that I'm not in a position to judge irrational behaviour - but I think I'm allowed to inform people when they are irrational.

 

[Spiderman]

Which one is that?

I was wondering!

 

[Heyo]

Which one is that?

Tetrahydrocannabinol - Wikipedia

 

[The Hammer]

Tetrahydrocannabinol - Wikipedia

**** beans have been spilled

 

[Eyes to See]

Nicotine causes high blood pressure and leads to heart disease. It may give a temporary fix, but true happiness only comes with connecting with the Creator and doing his will. Joy is a fruitage of God's holy spirit. And those who serve Jehovah no matter what difficulties, trials, tribulations, temptations, they face find joy, deep-seated satisfaction in knowing that they are pleasing to God, and are reassured of his warm love and affection.

 

[Heyo]

**** beans have been spilled

I'm not a chemist but some molecules are just very recognizable.

 

[Heyo]

Nicotine causes high blood pressure and leads to heart disease. It may give a temporary fix, but true happiness only comes with connecting with the Creator and doing his will. Joy is a fruitage of God's holy spirit. And those who serve Jehovah no matter what difficulties, trials, tribulations, temptations, they face find joy, deep-seated satisfaction in knowing that they are pleasing to God, and are reassured of his warm love and affection.

Yep. Some people are able to produce opioids inside their body - with the same effects as external opioids. Addiction, withdrawal symptoms when not getting their fix, rationalising why they don't stop, etc.

 

[Spiderman]

Yep. Some people are able to produce opioids inside their body - with the same effects as external opioids. Addiction, withdrawal symptoms when not getting their fix, rationalising why they don't stop, etc.

Are you implying something about religion being the opioid of the mind and the masses?

 

[The Hammer]

I'm not a chemist but some molecules are just very recognizable.

Yeah, well, due to forum restrictions I was trying to stay mostly incognito.

 

[Heyo]

Yeah, well, due to forum restrictions I was trying to stay mostly incognito.

I'm sorry, I didn't connect it to any possible problems since it is now legal in many parts of the US (and hopefully soon here also, the current ruling coalition has announced plans for legalization).

 

[MyM]

I'm an awful one!



Congratulations.



I worry a lot for my husband... he's been smoking since he was a teen. He's 34 now. I wish he'd quit, but he doesn't.

I have a friend that his father has been smoking for 60+ years and is now finding it difficult to breathe. My sister suggested I get the gummies that...well its the ones without the marijuana in them, but the same kind ...ugh can't remember the name. But it took her brother in law off smoking and hasn't gone back since. Now I told my friend to give him the gummies but he actually ordered online the pills for it and now his father who was finishing an entire carton every week, is now not smoking!

worth a shot...I can ask for you the name of them...if ya want

 

[RestlessSoul]

Apart from tea, a rare cup of coffee, and paracetamols for toothache, I haven’t had a drug of any sort for several years; giving up nicotine was far and away the hardest thing I’ve ever done, the cravings were maddeningly intense. I rarely think about a cigarette nowadays, but occasionally I’ll see someone light up and inhale, and get a brief pang of yearning.

 

[JustGeorge]

I have a friend that his father has been smoking for 60+ years and is now finding it difficult to breathe. My sister suggested I get the gummies that...well its the ones without the marijuana in them, but the same kind ...ugh can't remember the name. But it took her brother in law off smoking and hasn't gone back since. Now I told my friend to give him the gummies but he actually ordered online the pills for it and now his father who was finishing an entire carton every week, is now not smoking!

worth a shot...I can ask for you the name of them...if ya want

He isn't real open to using other methods to stop. He did use the patch once, but when they ran out, he didn't replace them. He suffers from an invincibility complex. Fortunately, the amount he smokes isn't tremendous; he rarely finishes a cigarette; its usually a few puffs and then he tosses it aside. He can't be still that long.

 

[PureX]

There was a time in my life where nicotine was key to happiness and well being though!

Imagine a day when being happy just happened automatically of it's own accord. No chemicals needed. In fact, the chemicals would only get in the way, and screw up the 'buzz'.

This is how millions of people live, and you can become one of them. I know it's difficult to imagine, but it's true.

 

[BigBill88]

There is only one way to quit and that's to admit your addicted to one of the most addictive substances on the planet. That smoking doesn't make you feel better if anything it makes you feel worse - do all those people look happy outside smoking no they look like addicts because thats what they are and you feel better because you fed the addiction 5 10 minutes later your on edge again and have to have another to fed the monkey again. It does physiological damage making it extremely hard to quit - nobody else needs to smoke to be happy or everyone would be smoking if that was the case. Nobody else needs smoking to handle stress its the same stress but if you smoke you have the added stress of feeding the addiction making things even worse so smoking doesn't help its just a lie you tell yourself.

 

[Spiderman]

There is only one way to quit and that's to admit your addicted to one of the most addictive substances on the planet. That smoking doesn't make you feel better if anything it makes you feel worse - do all those people look happy outside smoking no they look like addicts because thats what they are and you feel better because you fed the addiction 5 10 minutes later your on edge again and have to have another to fed the monkey again. It does physiological damage making it extremely hard to quit - nobody else needs to smoke to be happy or everyone would be smoking if that was the case. Nobody else needs smoking to handle stress its the same stress but if you smoke you have the added stress of feeding the addiction making things even worse so smoking doesn't help its just a lie you tell yourself.

For basically 6 years I have not been a smoker. For three of those years, it maybe averaged out to one cigarette a week, and I haven't asked for a cigarette or bought one for myself in over three years.