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7 of those years were in Denmark where packs were going for $6 a pop, making my monthly smoking overhead nearly $400.[/QUOTE]
In Alberta Canada the price of name brand smokes is now almost $10.00 CDN - so you're looking at >3000.00 a year at a pack a day.
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One of the big things that helped me - besides the gum - was that I cut some drinking straws to the length of cigarettes and carried them around for awhile. I'd puff on them and hold them in my hand just like cigarettes.[/QUOTE]
The first time I tried to quit I sucked on Tootsie Pops and ended up with all my back teeth needing root canals after 6 months.
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When I was finally ready to quit smoking it was fairly easy for me, because I knew I was going to quit and never had those internal conversations with myself about "just having one". [/QUOTE]
I agree - think a lot of us who have quit feel the same way - they just know it's time to quit.
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I quit with the help of a support group, Freedom From Smoking sponsored by the American Lung Association.
http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=22931&[/QUOTE]
Excellent resource
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The whole view of smoking has really changed in the last 10 years or so, [/QUOTE]
No s*** sherlock (pardon the slang) but the smoker is DEFINITELY the outcast nowadays. They are legislating anti-smoking and have literally banned it from everywhere in our city. I do feel sorry for those who still smoke as they are over-taxed by a system that has no compromise and no compassion for a highly addictive legal substance.
Have a great day!