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  Posted By: BrotherLiberty @ 05/24/2008 9:37:35 AM

  The-shelton
  
  You have made my point. Almost everything can be banned with the excuse that "It will cause my insurance to go up." We will loose many freedoms under this mentality. This is especially true if a National Health Care is put into place.
  
  For example, ice cream can and fast food can be heavily regulated under the excuse that they cause obesity, heart disease, and diabetes. Motorcycles can be banned because if you have a wreck on one the injuries are usually substantial. Overly load music can be banned because it causes hearing damage; which to treat will cause premiums to go up. And the list goes on...
  
  Freedom is so important and valuable, a price cannot be put on it. The true cost of freedom is BLOOD. This is how it was purchased. Brave men fought and died for our freedoms, and we dishonor them by stripping the very thing that they suffered horrendously for while in battle, and some gave their lives for.
  
  In today's society, their are many who want to follow a fascist path of banning anything they do not agree with or annoys them. Their are many things that I do not agree with and find disturbing; but because I love freedom, I fight for others rights to live as they choose.

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  Posted By: FifiLaRoux13 @ 05/23/2008 6:31:19 PM

  The way I quit was by keeping it a secret from anybody who didn't need to know and asking those who knew not to say anything. That stopped all the annoying questions that only served to remind me that I was not smoking a cigarette. I also used a nicotine patch, but kept firmly in mind the sight of my friend getting sick, smoking a cigarette while wearing a patch. Then I just lived my life and gave myself a little leeway in my life. I celebrate 1 year smoke free tomorrow, with rarely a desire to smoke under stress. But I have alternate plans for those times.

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  Posted By: the_shelton @ 05/23/2008 3:53:36 PM

  Whether you try to defend it or not, or whether you believe that it hurts you or not, the facts of the case are in. If you really want to stop, I'll tell you one way that works...
  
  Don't go around trying to tell yourself you are quitting, instead, say I am a non smoker.
  
  Throw away everything that looks like or is attached to a cigarette.
  
  Clean all of your clothes and house and cars so they don't smell like smoke.
  
  Change your habits so that you don't go to the same places that you used to, such as
  Starbucks and a smoke, the bar and a smoke or taking break at work to get a smoke.
  
  Set up a whole new life, because I'll tell you right now that is how addicted you are. You have to change almost everything in your life. Start taking your lunch and eating inside where you can't smoke. Everytime you think about it, get up and do something entirely different from what you usually do, like don't go chewing gum (that's trying to quit), instead go into the rest room and do some jumping jacks. After you eat, get some crackers and continue to eat them, preferably low fat so you turn into a tub of lard. Don't go to the bars and drink, if you must drink (another equally disgusting habit), buy a bottle or can and go somewhere where you can't smoke to have it.
  
  Try to change everything that reminds you of smoking. Get healthy and stay off of them.
  
  The body only needs about four to five days to kick it, but you and your mind need a hell of a lot longer, so you are going to be in it for the long haul, so set up a good system to get you through.
  
  Annnnddddddd...... Tell everyone you know that you are not a smoker anymore, and ask them to help you enforce it. They will be more than happy to help you, believe me.