I quit! Smoking that is.

[Gern]

Good man!

[tr1ckey66]

Well done Ian :thumb2:

[Lee W]

A bit like my tax rebate Ian, fantastic news... but just like my smokes money, the rebate has already been poached by swmbo!

[adt70hk]

I would just like to blow my own trumpet! I have been smoke free (and any other things containing nicotine) For a whole year! (and seven days, lol.)

Well done Ian!

[Ian M]

Thanks guys, must confess it was a lot easier than I expected.
The hard part was dropping the chocolate hob nobs. Lol.
Like many I have a bad case of Corona calories that made most of my clothes shrink. So time for a diet lol.

[Mini Me]

Get bigger clothes.... chocolate hob nobs do NOT cause Cancer!! :tongue-out3: :tears-of-joy:

[Tworrs]

Well done Ian, you can be justifiably proud of yourself.

[stillp]

Get bigger clothes.... chocolate hob nobs do NOT cause Cancer!! :tongue-out3: :tears-of-joy:

Yeah, but have you tried lighting them???
Pete

[PaulinKendal]

Good for you, Ian. Those of us who don't smoke often don't appreciate just how hard it is to kick.

(You might want to stop reading now, Ian.) My missus used to work with a smoking cessation unit, part of a heart-health team. They were told that the challenge is that nicotine repeatedly generates a craving that lasts only moments, but is stronger than the craving for heroine! Ex-smokers have to endure these huge, momentary rushes of craving - really tough.

And regarding amputations, she went on a hospital visit to ensure she understood just how vice-like the grip of nicotine addiction can be. One patient had already lost one leg to gangrene, and was in to have his other leg amputated for the same reason - and yet he was still smoking!

[The Smythe Meister]

Good for you, Ian. Those of us who don't smoke often don't appreciate just how hard it is to kick.

(You might want to stop reading now, Ian.) My missus used to work with a smoking cessation unit, part of a heart-health team. They were told that the challenge is that nicotine repeatedly generates a craving that lasts only moments, but is stronger than the craving for heroine! Ex-smokers have to endure these huge, momentary rushes of craving - really tough.

And regarding amputations, she went on a hospital visit to ensure she understood just how vice-like the grip of nicotine addiction can be. One patient had already lost one leg to gangrene, and was in to have his other leg amputated for the same reason - and yet he was still smoking!

Very true Paul...
.. HOWEVER,you can read/hear whatever you want to,in any scenario you wish for if you look/hear/ delve deep enough! ...
So I think there's a time and a place for all comments... Not necessarily a negative one in a positive thread such as this..
... After all,if it comes down to it,Roy Castle died from Lung cancer,but never smoked in his life!!

[stillp]

The year before last I went to the funeral of a friend and ex-colleague, who I hadn't seen for a year or three. She'd given up before I did, so in the early 2000s, left the company where we both worked and turned into a vegan tree-hugging health freak, only do be diagnosed with terminal cancer. Apparently she started smoking again, having nothing to lose, and towards the end regularly had to be wheeled outside (complete with her drip) to have a fag.
Pete

[Ian M]

Thanks for all the kind words of encouragement chaps. Lets hope we can make two years.

[BigGrandad]

Well done Ian. But no, don’t make it 2 years, make it permanent

[Ian M]

Well done Ian. But no, don’t make it 2 years, make it permanent

No plans on starting again.

[stillp]

That's right Ian, you are now not a giver-up, you are a non-smoker.
Pete