the cost of smoking

spam.jam

barrys-lass wrote: »

iv got a craving.......HELP

just tell it to f*** off

barrys-lass

i did tell it where to go but it wouldnt leave me alone. had a rollie YUK!

fifitrix123

Good luck to anyone giving up, I tried several times before my hypnotist finally got to me but that was after my doc told me I had a terminal lung disease!!! and you always think it won't happen to me!!!
:mad:

barrys-lass

sorry to hear that fifitrix123

Elliesmum

I went on one of those calculator sites once. I smoked for 20 years, on average between 10 and 15 a day.

I plugged in the details and it calculated that I had spent £30,000 on fags. I nearly dropped through the floor. That's half my mortgage, ok I realise I wouldn't have saved it in the bank - but there would have been some nice clothes and holidays in there somewhere.

EM xx

barrys-lass

well, iv just had another cig, thats 4 today!!!!

jenjade

That is just the money what about the effect on your body and health!

beautiful_ravens

I smoke amber leaf and spend £5 ish on 1oz a week. Ive smoked for 18 years and Im only 33, I hate smoking, these days Im embarassed doing it, but I just cant give up. I lasted only 9 hours when I tried in jan, that was with gum!!
Apparently Im no candidate for Zyban as I have ocd, and Zyban is a mind altering drug so if you've any mental health 'history' they wont prescribe it. I havent personally asked yet, but thats what my mum reported when she asked for it, and she only had a bit of counselling 20 years ago. (She smokes 20 a day, a whopping £39 a week or £2000 a year :eek: which is £20,000 :eek: :eek: in the last 10 years alone....she gave up for 2 weeks in jan, but said it got harder not easier)

Infact, for me its not even a money issue, just a health issue, and Id like to set a better example to my kids. I had asthma until I was 24 when it suddenly just went away, but I know it must have severely messed up my lungs, and that was back in the days when I smoked Marlboro. I had regular asthma attacks and caught a bad virus which lasted 6 months and weakened one lung, which has become like an indicator of when Ive smoked over my limit - I get a bubbly pain in my left lung.
After reading the thread, I will try hypnosis I think, because its worth a shot.
And good luck to the people giving up.

barrys-lass

well i had a total of 4 cigs yesterday, thats 2 less than wed. also had 2 this morning, just cant seem to get away with not having one with my coffee in the morning!!

Idiophreak

jenjade wrote: »

That is just the money what about the effect on your body and health!

Yes, I'm amazed nobody's mentioned the "real cost" of smoking