I quit! Smoking that is.

[PaulTRose]

well done, keep going

filthy habit

[dave]

My first thought was you had quit as a mod, but congratulations and good luck

[AlanG]

My first thought was you had quit as a mod

So did i, but then i saw it wasn't in the admin section. Then i knew it was 'click bait' lol

[Dave Ward]

It's got to be easier now - everybody smoked when I started ( mid70s ), now a smoker is comparatively rare ( at least in my present circle of acquaintances ), making smoking illegal in the workplace ( 2007 ) was the real start of it becoming a dying (!!) habit. Before the ban, I got 3 extra days holiday a year as a non-smoker! Just as a matter of interest - I've just looked at the prices of 20 ciggies - at Tesco - £9.75 is the cheapest!!
One thing I did notice after stopping was I could actually taste food properly!
Dave

[Tworrs]

Well done Ian, you will feel so much better for quitting.
I quit 6 years ago after 50 years of smoking.
After many, many attempts at quitting, and failing every time, I tried vaping, and never had another ciggie.
Then I started making my own e-liquid, which was rather successful, which started my "hobby business". So not only did I save money by not smoking, I made money from selling vaping products. I am happy too that I helped many people stop smoking.
I have just stopped the business due to government regulations becoming so onerous, and getting too old to bother, however I still test prototype vaping gear for a Chinese manufacturer, which is rather fun, and it keeps my mind active.
I am very happy for you my friend.
Garry

[GerryW]

Well done - it'll still 'kick in' at odd times.
I went cold turkey in July, mainly due to my youngest son (who also smoked) being admitted to hospital with a punctured lung at 2 am, three days later transferred to Norfolk and Norwich for it to be repaired, now as we often car share at weekends, I thought that as he's had to give up, I might as well, rather than drive him around and me smoking, so went through all of the baccy I'd got (hand rolled for years) the final smoke was a 'HMP special' where it was just about more paper than tobacco!
PS, got about 90 packets of fag papers, as always bought them by the 100 box! Plenty of tilts, covers and tarps!!

[wotan]

Hi John.
Did you ever come across an artist called Johnny Jonas in your travels
Jon.

Jon

I don't think so. Was he Paris based?
John

[John]

Well done Ian, I stopped years ago, I also had to stop drinking for a while as everytime I had a drink I would go round and visit my neighbour for a cig, even now after nearly 20 years, sometimes if someone walks past with a cig and I get a sniff I get a brief craving, but to be honest most of the time I think, did I smell that bad? :flushed:

Best thing I ever did.

[Ian M]

Still at it. Today has been a bit of a challenge but have not folded and bought any cigarettes lol. Might have to buy more biscuits though

[Dave Ward]

Still at it. Today has been a bit of a challenge but have not folded and bought any cigarettes lol. Might have to buy more biscuits though

Ian,
try crispbread - it takes longer to eat than standard biscuits & doesn't have any sugar ( AND it's high n fibre! ). Putting on weight is one of the downsides of quitting & every little helps
Dave

[The Smythe Meister]

Not being Picky here...
... And very well done for kicking the habit ...
HOWEVER... as we are all pinned in to our personal posts to just,no clever,or humorous headers,in my opinion,BORING ,thread titles,(I.E. "Andy's blah blah blah"),to supposedly stop "Click bate"... Which I personally take as an insult,...
Shouldn't you have simply labeled this one as "I'be given up smoking" ?!!
After all.... "I Quit"... Is SURELY more of a clickbait snare,(Considering you're on the "panel"),to attract a response?!!
Maybe I'm the only one... But it does smack of double standards to me!?
Andy,
(Who btw,gave up smoking 2 years ago after 30 plus years)

[CarolsHusband]

Oh calm down and have a ciggy.

[Ian M]

Already eat them Dave, have done for years...its a Danish thing.

[John]

Still at it. Today has been a bit of a challenge but have not folded and bought any cigarettes lol. Might have to buy more biscuits though

That’s the downside of stopping, Ive put 10” on my waist and at least 6-7 stone that I’ve never been able to shift, stick with it, it does get easier

[Ian M]

Not being Picky here...
... And very well done for kicking the habit ...
HOWEVER... as we are all pinned in to our personal posts to just,no clever,or humorous headers,in my opinion,BORING ,thread titles,(I.E. "Andy's blah blah blah"),to supposedly stop "Click bate"... Which I personally take as an insult,...
Shouldn't you have simply labeled this one as "I'be given up smoking" ?!!
After all.... "I Quit"... Is SURELY more of a clickbait snare,(Considering you're on the "panel"),to attract a response?!!
Maybe I'm the only one... But it does smack of double standards to me!?
Andy,
(Who btw,gave up smoking 2 years ago after 30 plus years)

The chat section is pretty much anything goes as far as titles go. The request for more meaningful titles in build threads is to help the search functionality and others have a chance to actually be able to see what the thread is about. The only section that requires you to include your name in the title are group builds.
Nothing new about these requirements, just seem to be reminding people a lot lately.