Kickas.org Forums Ankylosing Spondylitis General Discussion #1 AS Web Support Group Food Labelling Requirements Tightened in Canada

Congratulations Magician. I'm in the same club. Started smoking regularly at 15, and then finally quit at 32 (after several unsuccessful attempts) and haven't touched one in the 23 years since. And yes, Kat, its definitely willpower. My final successful time of quitting was after I had totally brainwashed myself into hating the fact that I was a smoker, that I was hooked on one of the most addictive substances out, and that I was such an addict that I would never ever be able to have even a single puff again without getting hooked right back into it. I really badly wanted to stop, and that time it worked.

Another friend of mine never worried about health warnings, or the possibility of cancer, but when she saw an old friend with smoking related emphysema drowning in her own fluids, that was what finally made her stop.

Yah, I want to quit, know I have to quit, know all the reasons I have to quit, but frankly? Don't care. That's the problem. Even my family doctor has told me that there's no point me trying until things calm down in my life. Which the way it looks right now, could be 2525.

I quit for almost 10 years back in January '89. And have been smoking for about 12 years since starting again. I've quit over and over and over and over during the past few years. There's a great Nicorette commercial that addresses this. You have to quit quitting, and stop. I even bought the Nicorette puffer. Carry it around with me, too. Stopped for a week right after Christmas. Then life slammed me in the back of the head at the beginning of January ... again ... for the umpteenth time in the past 18 months ... and I said [*bleep*] it.

Anywhooo, I'll quit. I have to. But it won't be this week.

Hugs,

I am reading 'el hubby's ciggy package:

Toxic emissions/unit: "Tar" 4 - 26 mg
Nicodine 0.5 - 2.4 mg
Carbon Monoxide 5 - 28 mg
Formaldehyde 0.018 - 0.11 mg
Hydrogen cyanide 0.040 - 0.22
Benzene 0.025 - 0.073 mg

And then Health Canada repeats the ingredients in French.
A whole lotta nothing healthy in these old ciggies. Can't believe I was foolish to smoke Benson & Hedges. But I looked cool, didn't I? lol