This is the place to discuss not just allotments but all general gardening problems and queries which don't fit into the specific categories below.
(formerly allotments and tips, hints and problems)
Allan Carr's book? Oh yes that has been discussed, again and again! Well done anyway, it seems that this book (or similar) works for some and not for others. It worked for my brother in law but I suppose that as his partner doesn't smoke it was probably a little bit easier - my husband smokes so it's harder for me/us I think. We did stop together last year but failed miserably - and I've read the book 3 times now. Next time I am ever in the mood I will try some sort of nicotine substitute I think.
Have to say it's quite funny really but whenever we are with any group of people I am always quite surprised to find other people smoking - I know from statistics there are supposed to be loads of people who still smoke but always imagine we are the only dreadful smelly smokers left!
It disuades occasional/social smokers from lighting up - I know, as I was a social smoker, that I wouldn't want to stand out in the wind and the cold having a ciggy
It encourages others to stop??? for the same reason, but also, because I think it has drawn attention to the fact that it is actually a pretty anti-social habit these days. (I am sure some disagree)
Ann Pan
"Some days you're the dog,
some days you're the lamp-post"
binaxa wrote:What are some arguments in favor of banning smoking besides secondhand smoke? I need to write a paper and i need arguments to support banning smoking. Secondhand smoking is one important argument but i need at least two more arguments. Thanks!
binaxa wrote:What are some arguments in favor of banning smoking besides secondhand smoke? I need to write a paper and i need arguments to support banning smoking. Secondhand smoking is one important argument but i need at least two more arguments. Thanks!
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How about littering the streets? I was sitting outside a bar last week having a drink and even though there were ashtrays provided on the tables and a bucket of sand, smokers still threw fags on to the pavement and stood on them. One even used the hanging basket! I am sure the same people wouldn't think of throwing litter on to the street in the same way they do with fags. Its a strange phenomenon I think. Same goes for throwing fag ends out of the car window, would they do the same with a sweetie wrapper???
Southeast-isher. As for quitting I would recommend you read the Allen Carr book. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain!
No matter how much you push the envelope, it'll still be stationery
Oh dear was it that bad?! I'm glad you live a long way away! Seriously though, didn't it just make you feel sick and dizzy?
I tried using those nicotine inhalers but they are pretty awful - made me feel like I'd smoked a whole load of roll ups - could feel it all on my chest as well as an odd scratchy feeling in my throat. Still smoking but the instructions were to cut down gradually whilst using the inhaler. Oh well won't try that one again.
I stopped smoking last October and haven't had a cigarette since. I used the patches at first and then went on to the NiQuitin tabs. I have put on a stone in weight which certainly wasn't welcome! Now the weather is improving though I can eat more salad, get out in the garden and walk the dog for longer so hopefully the weight will come off. I am glad I did it. My cough stopped straight away, my skin looks so much better, my teeth are white, I don't smell (!) and I have sooooooo much more energy. It was the hardest thing I have ever done and I do still crave the odd one but a good strong cup of tea usually sorts that one out!
To everyone who is trying to give up, keep going, the benefits are amazing and once you've cracked it you feel that you can achieve anything! Good luck
It's funny isn't it, one doesn't tend to think of cigar smokers as smokers. I always thought of my late step father as an ex smoker who had given up cigarettes 30 odd years previously and yet come to think of it, he smoked about 5 cigars a day!!!
As a cigarette smoker I think that cigars are vile smelly things and 2nd hand pipe tobacco just makes me feel physically sick thankfully though I haven't come across either of the above here in France.
southeast-isher wrote:I'm smoking less for the most part. But getting tired of the cigarettes. Would like to quit them and go on the cigars full time.
Be careful with that, years ago a guy I worked with gave up his 20 cigs a day habit and went over to the 'occasional' cigar - he ended up smoking almost as many of them as he had cigarettes and they cost a helluva lot more.
Yeah i know this all too well through experimentation and yes Molly they really do pen and ink, but, they can be enjoyable and better in ways to cigarettes. Well done Fran!
I have been going with the pipe all week and it's great. Spending about 50p a day! I agree with MMM that pipe tobacco can be cloying but there are such a wide variety of types when it comes to pipe tobacco that some are cloying and some aren't. For anyone interested check this guy out on YouTube...
pumpy wrote:Are there any ex-smokers out there? My Jackie is making yet another valiant attempt to quit, but she is struggling! Any words of encouragement from me are meaningless. She needs some practical advise from someone who has been there. ( we are now on day 4). Any herbal aids, or similar? In the past, she has taken a course of tablets( zyban, champex),to no avail. At the moment on patches, which were working last December, until a good friend of ours died (ironically, from cancer). Any ideas?
An up-date (some 14 months on). My Jackie still can't do it & i've started again, so we have set a date for June 1st for a determined effort to quit. (May is not a good time of year for us). This time we are going to suceed ( or i'm going to shoot her!)..... will let you know how we get on. cheers Andrew
it's either one or the other, or neither of the two.
Ahhhh Andrew. How about switching to a pipe? I smoke a fairly negligible amount now, and when a pipe isn't convenient i smoke a cigar or two... and it's still much cheaper than dirty cigarettes!
To be honest i'm in a very happy smoking place and god willing i'd like to carry on despite the risks.
Well done anyway, it seems that this book (or similar) works for some and not for others. It worked for my brother in law but I suppose that as his partner doesn't smoke it was probably a little bit easier - my husband smokes so it's harder for me/us I think. We did stop together last year but failed miserably - and I've read the book 3 times now. Next time I am ever in the mood I will try some sort of nicotine substitute I think.
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I am sure the same people wouldn't think of throwing litter on to the street in the same way they do with fags. Its a strange phenomenon I think. Same goes for throwing fag ends out of the car window, would they do the same with a sweetie wrapper???
Seriously though, didn't it just make you feel sick and dizzy?
Still smoking but the instructions were to cut down gradually whilst using the inhaler. Oh well won't try that one again.
