Any advice for a pilot who wants to kick the cigs?

RotorDude said:
As a smoker (or hopefully ex-) you might not realize it, but a non-smoker can smell/sniff a smoker from a distance. And this is even when the smoker hasn't smoked in hours or days sometimes, simply by the way smoke particles get stored on their hair, skin and clothing. So for someone like me being anywhere near a smoker is a huge problem, and can lead to headaches and general disgust which makes the experience a major non-fun. Having to pay for their addiction via higher insurance and other taxes is disgusting intellectually. So maybe this explains why I find any contact with such people repulsive.
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This is me. It seems the issue really became a big problem after I had my thyroid removed in 2009.
 
tmcquinn said:
I think every internet forum has elements that make it unpleasant. When I start feeling like I'll log off forever I just tell myself, "not today". :) I do think it's a shame that a lot of folks are seemingly too thin skinned to post. I see this a lot on facebook and I think it deprives us of a lot of interesting comments. I have friends who never, ever, post anything. I honestly think it's a dread of snarky responses that stops a lot of them.
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Yeah some people are just plain rude. It helps to know that they literally have nothing better to do, which is sad.
 
My mother died of lung cancer( from smoking) at Roswell cancer center,in buffalo n.y. some years ago. They have a hall of fame, pictures of famous people who died of cancer, mainly lung cancer. I kept on smoking , a real stupid decision but that's the way things were back then. The doctor who operated on her pulled out a cigarette in the elevator, so I joined him. The tobacco industry had, at that time, a very powerful lobby, much the same as drug company's have today. It's cost me dearly both in heart problems and copd. Nicotine is a drug and it's tough to get off of it. Try your best, go to a smoking meeting if possible. Best of luck.
 
Jimmy cooper said:
My mother died of lung cancer( from smoking) at Roswell cancer center,in buffalo n.y. some years ago. They have a hall of fame, pictures of famous people who died of cancer, mainly lung cancer. I kept on smoking , a real stupid decision but that's the way things were back then. The doctor who operated on her pulled out a cigarette in the elevator, so I joined him. The tobacco industry had, at that time, a very powerful lobby, much the same as drug company's have today. It's cost me dearly both in heart problems and copd. Nicotine is a drug and it's tough to get off of it. Try your best, go to a smoking meeting if possible. Best of luck.
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At that time tobacco company's sent salesmen into our Air Force barracks to give out packs of Pell Mells free! Most took them as most smoked. It got me really into them. A different time for sure.
 
Forgot to post here again, been busy at work. 17 days. Merry Christmas all.
 
Merry Christmas Jim. Happy for you kicking the habit! Almost 3 weeks, impressive. Keep it going.
 
RJM62 said:
I don't hate the e-cigs, but I've also noticed that they're easier to put down and do without for long periods of time. I also know many other people who've had the same experience, including many who had no intentions of ever quitting vaping. It's why I think that there's something besides nicotine in paper cigarettes that's addictive or that somehow intensifies the addiction.
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Looks like I may have been right:
Linked Article said:
To be honest when I took up vaping I wasn't that worried about the short term health effects. What I was far more concerned about was getting hooked on nicotine. Yet as the weeks went by and I puffed away, nothing happened. When I leapt out of bed I didn't feel a longing to reach for my machine. If anything I found it a bit of a chore.

Chatting to experts I discovered, to my considerable surprise, that although cigarettes are highly addictive, nicotine alone may not be. Although no-one knows for sure, research in animals suggests that nicotine is far more addictive when delivered in combination with the other chemicals found in regular cigarettes.
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http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-36338280

Rich
 
Jim, never look back. Your efforts to kick this habit will be rewarding for years to come. Congrats on the last 17 days.
 
19 days. This is a cake walk at this point. Thank you all for the sternness, and merry Christmas! (A day late I know, oh well)
 
I'm posted on the 21st... I wonder what happened to it? I must have forgotten to press the button.
 
Happy New Year as a non-smoker tomorrow! One less resolution that you have to make :) Mase is right, I'm not sure what year I quit any more....
 
RotorDude said:
As a smoker (or hopefully ex-) you might not realize it, but a non-smoker can smell/sniff a smoker from a distance. And this is even when the smoker hasn't smoked in hours or days sometimes, simply by the way smoke particles get stored on their hair, skin and clothing. So for someone like me being anywhere near a smoker is a huge problem, and can lead to headaches and general disgust which makes the experience a major non-fun. Having to pay for their addiction via higher insurance and other taxes is disgusting intellectually. So maybe this explains why I find any contact with such people repulsive.
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I quit smoking seventeen years ago today. Unfortunately, my wife still smokes, probably less than 12 cigarettes a day. She goes outside to do it, but when she comes back inside, to me the smell is incredibly bad. It's awful. She washes her hands and face, then uses a body spray to mask the odor, but ugh. I can't ignore it, the smell is just too pervasive.

I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2007 and had a thyroidectomy. After that, I became really hypersensitive to cigarette smoke. I cannot be around a smoker at all. Changes in the laws about smoking have made life more tolerable. I hate to sound like a weenie, but the effects of cigarette smoke on me are real and significant. Before smoking was banned in public places, I couldn't go to a bar. I haven't been in a casino in over a decade, which is too bad because I like playing blackjack.

I often think about what those seventeen years have done to my wife's lungs. At any time she could have quit, just gone through a few months of discomfort and annoyance, and now it would be just a memory of some inconvenience and irritation. It is really a shame. :(

Those of you that still smoke should think about that.
 
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