Help Annie Quit!

Annie,

I also smoke. We will quit when we are ready and I believe we ourself have to be ready to quit. I agree its not good for us. but i have known people that have health issues and have never smoked a day in their lives. Its mean for Cornbeard to sit there and act like you have thoart problems and everything else. I would not wish that on anybody. He could someday talk like that and have not ever smoked. nobody knows but the man above.

Cornbread is right on about raising taxes it makes you want to do it more!. Why did they make cigarettes and put them on the market and then say Oh goodness there not good for you! and raise the price! Is that whats going to happen with Alchol also?

YOU GO ANNIE! I also am a part time smoker and enjoy it. I don't smoke in my house, I don't smoke around the grand kids and I don't smoke around other people who don't smoke.

Cornbread needs to either quit bugging you about it or he needs to make a life change by changing his eating habits, exercising and losing 75 pounds. Maybe that would be a great challenge.

Have a great day and I am listening longer.
Debbie in Fenton

Harry!!!

Trying to guilt a smoker to quit does nothing but fortify their habit. Smokers who really want to quit will quit on thier own accord, not from pressure from non-smokers.

As for Debbie's comment, to be fair, Cornbread HAS been losing weight over the last few months by eating better and exercising.

Annie,

I am also a smoker, but together we can quit. I called 1-800-quit-now, and they sent me a months supply of the patch. I want to quit because I want to be able to watch my children grow up and have my grandchildren. However, you have to do it when it is right for you, not when it is right for everyone else. When you have had enough, you will quit. My patches are just sitting there in the box they came in because I don't want to set myself up for failure just yet. Quiting is hard to do, but when we are ready we will on our own, and the time will be right. The cost of cigerettes might be well over $5 a pack here, but in other states like Arizona they are so much more. I am originally from Arizona and have been in Missouri for 2 years now, and before I left I was paying $7.80 for a pack, and last I heard they are now over $9.

Good luck Annie. It's really a tough thing to do. I quit 3 wks ago, there are still times I realllllly want to smoke. When I'm driving to work, after I eat, or just to relax. Just don't buy any try not to bum one and you'll do fine. Buy gum and mints. If you go to McDonald's get a straw, it's about the same size as a smoke, cut it down and hold it or suck on it, sometimes that help the craving too.