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Tuesday, December, 02, 2008

A Worldwide Campaign to Stop Smoking

by  Paul Ballas
Friday, October 10, 2008
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About a year ago I wrote about some of the issues surrounding smoking and schizophrenia; how the rate of smoking in people with this illness is almost double the general population and how nicotine may actually impact how ...

  1. how I quit
    David Robbins
    Friday, October 10, 2008 at 03:41 PM

    I quit smoking years ago. At that time I smoked 3 packs a day. My morning routine back then was, coffee and cigarettes. That was my breakfast. I smoked whenever  I had the chance. I stopped I stopped drinking coffee all together. After that I quit ciggies. One day I came home from work. We lived near a park. My son wanted to play basketball. 5 minutes into our game I couldn't breathe. I decided then and there that I wanted to quit. I went home and destroyed a whole brand new carton of cigs. I had  read alot of anti -smoking brocheres. I didn't want to chew gum...weight gain. I decided that I would flush it out by drinking water. I picked up a small smooth stone. Everytime I had the urge to smoke I rubbed the stone until the urge went away. It's been at least 15 years..I don't recall how many years. The first few months were hard, but I kept at it.

    I can breathe alot better.

     

    David


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