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teddiebears
01-17-2007, 09:22 PM
Here's some quotes I found about quitting smoking --


"The key is focusing on the positive. Build up the good things in
your life and the smoking will go away by itself."

- anonymous smoker


"Even at the hardest times I never doubted the whole thing was
going to be a totally positive experience."

- successful ex-smoker


"If people don't love themselves enough to cut down on their smoking,
they may love someone else enough to do it."

- anonymous smoker


"Sometimes I just sit in front of a mirror and watch myself inhaling
that poison gas. If I was in a concentration camp and someone tried
to make me do that, I'd want to kill them."

- anonymous smoker


"Even with the best preplanning quitting is an extremely unsettling
experience. It may feel as if somebody dropped a bomb on your life."

- anonymous smoker



"Seven out of 10 people don't smoke and of those who do, seven out of
10 want to give up."

- Scottish Health Minister Andy Kerr



1,000+ smokers die each day from tobacco-related diseases



"Cigarette smoking is clearly identified as the chief, preventable
cause of death in our society."

- C. Everett Koop, former Surgeon General


"Many lives can be saved by strengthening tobacco control measures --
cigarette taxes, counter-advertising, smoking bans, linguistically
and culturally appropriate smoking prevention measures, and quit-smoking
programs."

- Bruce N. Leistikow, associate professor of public health sciences
and a leading expert on smoking-related illnesses



"Habit is stronger than reason." - George Sanayana


"Exercise can't counteract the damage being done to your body
while you continue to smoke. What exercise can do is help you
kick the habit."

- Kenneth H. Cooper, MD


"Fortunately, there’s more than one way to quit smoking. . . the
catch is you must choose wisely to become smoke-free."

- Arthur A. Hawkins II

source: http://www.inforesearchlab.com/smokequotes.chtml



QUIT DATE LIST

Brian - ??
Sarah - Jan. 17, 2006
~Laura - ?? Jan. 13, 2006
Teresa - ?? Jan. 9, 2006
Janny – Dec. 10, 2005
Fiona – Dec. 1, 2005
Pamster - Oct. 17, 2005
Jingle - Oct. 10, 2005
Kristi Ski - Oct. 9, 2005
Accutech - Oct. 9, 2005
Tarzana - Sept. 11. 2005
Geo - Aug.1, 2005
comfortseeker - Aug. 1, 2005
steff - July 5, 2005
Glenn - June 13, 2005
Astroglide - April 1, 2005
Jennifer - Jan. 19, 2005
Jo (2) - Jan. 10, 2005
befuddled2 - Dec. 23, 2004
Buzz - Nov. 19, 2004
Amy - Oct. 17, 2004
Minx - July 18, 2004
Candida - July 15, 2004
Alicia - June 18, 2004??
quietmouth - June 18, 2004
Tattoo - May 13, 2004
Kevin – May 10, 2004
Cindi - May 6, 2004
Kathy (gakat) - April 4, 2004
marijo – March 29, 2004
Kim - March 27, 2004
Zack - March 6, 2004
Christine - Feb. 3, 2004
HappyPolarBear - Jan. 28, 2004
Tina Marie - Jan. 1, 2004
Edith – Dec. 12, 2003
carlacat – Nov. 1, 2003
Shari – Sept. 12, 2003
Pam - April 1, 2003
nanastbird – Jan. 22, 2003
Marie - Nov. 4, 2002
Jo - Oct. 29, 2002
Andrea - July 13, 2002
Lorraine - April 8, 2002
batsinwonderland - Dec. 29, 1998
teddiebears – Dec. 28, 1995

jingle
01-17-2007, 10:35 PM
Hi teddiebears -- How wonderful to see you !! I hope you're well and happy? Is life treating you OK?

Do you have any idea what it means to me to see that list of quitters and see my name sinking? LOL ME - I really and truly thought I was such a smoker that I simply could never, ever quit. I smoked 3 + packs per day - and loved every cigarette - for over 42 years.

But I did it, I did it .... I quit 15 months ago. I've had brain surgery and breast surgery :eek: but I haven't had one cigarette. Lots of stress but smoking would not have changed a thing.

teddiebears
01-19-2007, 01:00 PM
Do you have any idea what it means to me to see that list of quitters and see my name sinking? LOL ME - I really and truly thought I was such a smoker that I simply could never, ever quit. I smoked 3 + packs per day - and loved every cigarette - for over 42 years.
But I did it, I did it .... I quit 15 months ago.

Isn't that the GREATEST feeling???? :D :) :D

I believe that knowing you have quit smoking is one of the most freeing experiences a person can have. ;)

I'm glad you posted - I can always count on you to be here!! Thanks! :)