Do you smoke???

[Stella]

Originally Posted by zouxi111

you'r right, i am desperatelly trying to quit now but in vain.

Well maybe you need motivation, really it can be a girl too:) or your determination bc you set some goals for yourself. Of course quitting cigarette means you have to change many things in your lifestyle and we know old habits die hard:P Are you getting help form someone?
I guess its hard to quit from one day to another only by determination, but it is possible.

[lebluv]

lets speak it right
Zouxi and other smokers here who want to quit...
Never believe the lebanese way of quitting is successful..ya3ne tafayta w min wa2ta i quit smoking is never really successfull...
Whenever u quit for a longer time when you comeback to smoking you will enjoy smoking more and more this is 100 % sure .
Zouxi the habit as you said is more strong than nicotine.
Let me tell you..if you quit smoking for 2 days then you will have no Nicotine effect in your body and you will not be that dependent on nicotine but more on the habit of smoking.
If you want to quit for real take your time quitting..ya3ne let it be through one year.every week lessen your smoking by one Cigarrete until the end and then smoke one cigarrette or two per day for a year then leave it forever if you want.
The nicotine patch is also usefull but it never conquers the habit..if your friends are also heavy smokers the best way to quit is to go the long way or ever time you see them you will miss smoking.
Important : Studies about Light and ultra light Cigarretes showed that they have the same effect on the body eventhough they have less tar and nicotine....remember nicotine is good for you the tar is the damaging part of the cigarette...
They say s2al Mjarreb w s2al 7akim ?? :))
My god zouxi you smoke one packet per day i smoke 5 cig. perday and ultra and i feel i have black future...1 pack is too much..
try smoking through a filter once see the tar collected in the filter it is that quantity and even more that sticks in your lungs...
I smoke but still i hate the smokes breath and its odor and i am still too sensitive to smoking but i smoke :) a little :)

Stella spoke a true idea..The motivation....Instead of a disease as a motive to quit...try the Girl one...
Believe me it works..very well works..why do you think i smoke no more than 1 cigarette when i am in lebanon...??

[lebluv]

One more thing commenting on the picture of the two lungs...there is no such lung as white and clean unless u r speaking about some one who lived before 200 years...
The polution nowadays everywhere makes your lung look mich alike the black one but in better condition...even if you never smoked you are maybe a passive smoker (live btw smokers) or you live in beirut..
any way the ones who live in the mountains of leb are in better condition i think..

[di]

Ill tell you somthing when I first quit it was hell for me rather it was hell for my family !!hehe..I was very tense as if I wanted to kill somone I kept on eating non stop I was yelling at my husband and kids mosh tay2a hadan and yet they understood what Im going through ! what I did was I surfed the net and looked up smoking and saw all the terrible things that will happen to me if I dont quit .. even though I knew all this information I had to do it so I could convince myself to stop! after 2days of quitting I could breathe better my complexion changed I mean I wasnt pale I slept better and woke up early very active .. Then I would write on the pkt of ciggs poison this will kill you ! cancer !heartattack! and I got pictures of smokers lungs and hung them up infront of me where ever I go I see this picture and imagine my lungs beeing like the picture ! my kids my family are really glad I quit ..
Just sit and think what your doing to yourself ! really think hard !imagine this smoke going into ur body not only is it affecting and killing your lungs but your whole body ! It drains the oxygen from your skin making you look pale and wrinkled with black lines under your eyes !you cant walk a kilometer without feeling breathless! you feel tired all the time ! Snore at night ! breath stinks !teeth yelow !yalla it isnt easy at first I know how you fell zouxi111 and I tell you its gonna be really difficult at the beginning !but just think of it seriously and quit ! right this second throw the pkt of cigs you have in your pocket or turn out the cig your smoking and just have the will power to quit and you can do it ! acupunture is very helpful If you try it too ! but only if you have the will power zouxi111...goodluck!

[CPL]

Originally Posted by Hye4Lebanon

Smoking Lung on the left, healthy non smoker on the right...you decide.



Deseased lung:



The top white part is cancer.

Next time you light a nice one...think about whats happening within.

But this is not necessarily true, my father smokes like a chimney for 35 years and his lungs are totally clean.

And for the cancer, smoking never causes it, it just CAN accelerate it if ever it occurs. And those are only defined genetically in regards of who is immune to the smoking catalysis and who is not..

[THE LIZARD KING]

Well then, seeing these pictures gives a smoker no choice but to be thankful for the internal position of the lungs: away from eye sight!

Oh! And as instructed by the opening post of this thread, I am a heavy smoker with no intent of renouncing any time soon!

cheers.

[Claudia]

Originally Posted by zouxi111

I started smoking because a friend of mine told me that if you smoke 10 cigarettes every day you will loose weight.

And now it has been 3 years from ever since i started smoking and i didn't loose any pound yet !!!!!!

ma l3amal ya toura????

Of course you didn't loose weight. If you want to loose weight you must exercice yourself, REAL exercice, a healthy diet and lots of water. Zouxi if you smoke, you'll get tired much faster and you won't run as much you need... so you won't loose weight.
By the way, the friend who told you to smoke 10 cigarettes a day belongs to a tobacco company, or what?

Originally Posted by Stella

Its all about strong will and determination. From your posts it seems to me, you like the idea of quitting but actually you dont have the intention. Is it?:D

I think the same. Zouxi wants a magical formula . But he wont find it and no one or anything else can do that for him.

The secret is: say to yourself "Smoking no more!" and don't look back!

Originally Posted by di

acupunture is very helpful If you try it too ! but only if you have the will power zouxi111...goodluck!

Acunpunture is a miracle for many persons. My sister loves it and I highly recommed it (but like di said: only if you REALLY want to stop smoking).

[Zouxi]

Originally Posted by THE LIZARD KING

Well then, seeing these pictures gives a smoker no choice but to be thankful for the internal position of the lungs: away from eye sight!

Oh! And as instructed by the opening post of this thread, I am a heavy smoker with no intent of renouncing any time soon!

cheers.

finally i found an active smoking-mate in this forum. Yalla we will defend each other when attacked

[di]

Originally Posted by zouxi111

finally i found an active smoking-mate in this forum. Yalla we will defend each other when attacked

you consider this attacking ..as you like ..

[lebluv]

Originally Posted by CPL

But this is not necessarily true, my father smokes like a chimney for 35 years and his lungs are totally clean.

And for the cancer, smoking never causes it, it just CAN accelerate it if ever it occurs. And those are only defined genetically in regards of who is immune to the smoking catalysis and who is not..

WOW...CPL you gotta read more about it...Smoking IS a definite cause for 3kinds of lung cancers...and many more other cancers...it is a percentage thing not 100% of heavy smokers are in danger of cancer it is that they are about 20_50 times more in danger more than normal people...
And what do you by Clean? u mean he has no cough or other symptoms ok..thats normal many people are like him w alla ykhalee bsa7to..
but he sure have dark lungs like all of us do...
It is true cancers are also genetic but those with genetic backgroung get cancer earlier than others especially if they smoke...