Quit Smoking... (A Discussion)

[JordanW]

Here's a video I did on quitting smoking, I hope that you all enjoy it.

http://www.vimeo.com/2758391

[Ubasti]

Great video Jordan and congratulations. I grew up around smokers, I know quitting isn't easy.

[poisonbat]

I wish you the best of luck, I have tried and failed many times. I quit drinking and doing drugs but I can justify the hell out of a cigarette. Maybe someday, but NOT right now.

[staropeace]

Thanks Jordan for the vid. I contracted cancer and I would be a fool to deny that smoking was partly to blame. I know,along with my genetic make-up,that it was a big factor.

I have quit now. I slapped on a patch and that is all she wrote. The tobacco industry likes to tell us pretty lies. I still cant figure out what I had against breathing for all those years.

Here is a safe alternative that is becoming very popular..........

http://www.jakeludington.com/ces/gad...igarettes.html

[rjt65]

Good job I quit 18 years ago when i was 25 cold turkey....

thankful i did.... In addition to the health man I see 50$ cartons advertised as on sale now...

g -luck with quitting how long have u been trying?

[JordanW]

Thanks Jordan for the vid. I contracted cancer and I would be a fool to deny that smoking was partly to blame. I know,along with my genetic make-up,that it was a big factor.

I have quit now. I slapped on a patch and that is all she wrote. The tobacco industry likes to tell us pretty lies. I still cant figure out what I had against breathing for all those years.

Here is a safe alternative that is becoming very popular..........

http://www.jakeludington.com/ces/gad...igarettes.html

That's pretty cool! I'd just rather quit it all together haha.

[Nero]

fortunately, I never started the habit to begin with.

[Srbo]

Well, in all honesty - I don`t want to quit.

I like it...and you got to die from something anyhow, right ?


Yeah, tell me this and that but...I like it.

I won`t quit, unless IT quits me.

[devious1]

the ironic thing about smoking is that, although the tobacco companies tell lies, the anti-smoking groups tell lies and make false claims as well. i've heard again and again that tobacco companies put chemicals like arsenic, formaldehyde, and cyanide in cigarettes. this is simply not true. yes, those chemicals can be found in tobacco smoke, but they are produced by the burning of the tobacco, they are not intentionally added to tobacco. burning almost anything can produce toxic chemicals, it is simple science. but i suppose since they are fighting for a good cause, telling lies are ok. it reminds me of the anti-drug commercials i've seen that make it seem like if you smoke marijuana you will eventually become a hopeless cocaine or heroin addict and it will destroy your life.

speaking of commercials, some anti-smoking commercials are so stupid it almost physically hurts me to watch them. unfortunately i can't find clips to show you guys some of the commercials i mean. there was a series of ads run here in Canada by a company similar to the ones who do the truth.com ads down in the states. only these were amazingly stupid. one featured a woman standing outside in a thunderstorm holding a huge metal rod. i think her lines are something like this: "this looks pretty stupid, doesn't it? but in Ontario, only 2 people die every year from getting struck by lightning. thousands die from diseases related to smoking, so what's more stupid?" well excuse me, lady, but if more people went outside in rainstorms with giant lightning rods, the number of people who die from lightning would be a lot higher, wouldn't it? so i would guess that you are the stupid one. another one featured a guy making toast in a bathtub. and again, if more people did that, more people would die from it, but people don't do these things because they are beyond stupid. trying to get people to quit smoking is a noble thing, no doubt. smoking kills. it shouldn't be so hard to convince people to quit that you have to resort to telling lies to achieve this goal. as far as i'm concerned, that makes them just as bad as the tobacco companies who lie and try to convince you that smoking doesn't cause cancer. a lie is a lie, regardless of its intentions. just because it is a "good" lie doesn't make it right.

[JordanW]

Well, in all honesty - I don`t want to quit.

I like it...and you got to die from something anyhow, right ?


Yeah, tell me this and that but...I like it.

I won`t quit, unless IT quits me.

Well then I guess you'll end up dead.