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G’day NOPE .....Not One Puff Ever.... (replace Ever with Min Hour Day as required!)

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NOPE!!! NOT TODAY!!!!

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Not one puff CBdave!!! Thanks!

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I decided to quit all of a sudden when I had one cigarette left in the pack. Said to myself that this is the time, smoked the last one and haven't looked back. Do not have them around.

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Throw them OUT!!!!!!! Please

Jillar, you are probably right! Thank you.

N.O.P.E. 431 smokefree days!!!

Get rid of them angeleek, you don't smoke anymore! And your brother certainly doesn't need them either! That being said, I have known a few quitters who kept some cigs after they quit but not for the reasons you said. They kept theirs as a type of mind over matter. They quit smoking and it didn't matter that there were cigarettes in the house. You on the other hand are keeping them in case you decide to "light one up" which is a dangerous mindset this early in your quit so yes, soak them and then throw them away.

Nope Happy Friday everybody

G’day NOPE .....Not One Puff Ever.... (replace Ever with Min Hour Day as required!)

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It's official, after only 33 days on the market and a thirty day close we've sold my mom's house! Huge relief and burden off my shoulders as executor of the trust. It was so hard dealing with a brother who wouldn't communicate with us and totally thought we were shorting him on his inheritance. All he cared about throughout this process was the money which was really sad.... Add to that these medical issues and it was overwhelming at times. Doing happy dance!!!

You don't smoke anymore. Chuck 'em.

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You don't smoke. You are dealing with a deadly addiction. Cigarettes should not be any part of your life in any way. Destroy them. Here's what Joel Spitzer has to say, What Should I Do With My Leftover Cigarettes Carrying Cigarettes Keeping Cigarettes To Deal With Stress

Mind games ....just toss them out ...down the toilet ... Your a fabulous Non Smoker ...why want a reminder of a awful addiction ...no a fresh start ..

NOPE! Thx Cbdave!

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Hey you awesome 2020 quitters, how's your quit going? And how are you 2019'ers doing with your quits?

Please accept my belated congratulations! How exciting! The Train has a mighty fine Mod-Squad!

Great news, Jillar, I'm glad this worry has been lifted. Maybe the family dynamics will improve going forward now that this has been settled.

Great news Jillar....it's a big weight lifted off your shoulders .... Your brother is a sad sac.....

I am so happy for you, Jillar. You must be feeling a tremendous sense of relief, this will help you get better quicker too. and as soon as his greedy hands are on his share of the ducats, you won't have to deal with your loser brother anymore. Ever. Happy dances all around.

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Lucky ha ! You know how many times you been here and you let yourself down, one more time you let yourself down and this chain wont stop ever. Dont do stupid things and remember the worst thing is life is "regret". Try to imagine yourself as one of those old smoking man who can be burdensome to others, remember you don not want to live that stingy life matcha !

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Trash them! Right now! Soak in water and throw them out. Having them in easy reach if you get a crave is a relapse waiting to happen. Being forced to leave the house and buy more will make you think twice before smoking, hopefully you’ll remember why you quit.

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Thanks @Sazerac, it's a HUGE relief!!

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I have a case of the post-nicotine blues! I think it's my nicoti e receptors leveling off and my natural dopamine production regulating itself. I knew this would happen from a prior quit. The cool thing is it won't last much longer with spring arriving now and summer around the corner. I have accepted just feeling a little ho-hum for a while. Peppered with moments of Karate-squeal-pose, "I am OFF the cigarettes!!"

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wow .look at a you wonderful quitters wtg congrats. to 1 and all

Saw him play Hammer Hall when he was down here years ago...lived on 2minute noodles (ramen) for a month to pay for it.....such a loss...

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It's not just secondhand smoke that is dangerous. Thirdhand smoke can be, too by Sandee LaMotte, CNN Wed March 4, 2020 You can tell the dude sitting next to you in the movie theater is a smoker or vaper; you can smell it on his clothes. But since he's not lighting up and puffing smoke your way, it's OK, right? Not at all. A new study out of Yale University says thirdhand smoke -- the tobacco contaminants that adhere to walls, bedding, carpet and other surfaces until a room smells like an ashtray -- can actually cling to a smoker's body and clothes as well. Despite new regulations, FDA still fails to protect youth from e-cigarette epidemic, American Lung Association says Those potentially toxic chemicals, including nicotine, can then be released into environments where smoking has never occurred, like your movie theater, according to the study. Even more disturbing: The study found those chemical exposure levels could be the equivalent of between one and 10 cigarettes by the end of the movie. "People are substantial carriers of thirdhand smoke contaminants to other environments," said study author Drew Gentner, an associate professor of chemical and environmental engineering at Yale. The study, published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances, may be the first to show that people can transmit nicotine and other potentially toxic chemicals via their clothing after smoking, he said. More than 6 million US middle and high schoolers used tobacco products in 2019, report says "That was the unique part of this study," Gentner continued. "We were surprised by the wide array of hazardous volatile organic compounds that were off-gassing from the audience -- including some that are known to be known carcinogens in people, such as benzene and formaldehyde." What is 'thirdhand smoke'? Thirdhand "smoke" isn't actually smoke at all. It's the residue of nicotine and other chemicals in tobacco, some of which are toxic, that remain long after active smoking is over. Some of these chemicals stick to surfaces, and others attach to dust particles. Still others often penetrate deep into wallboard, drapes and upholstery. As the compounds linger, they may react with oxidants or other particles in the room's atmosphere. The chemical reactions can create potentially harmful byproducts that can become airborne. Science has known about this type of environmental pollution for years, sparking the creation of smoking and non-smoking rooms at hotels, restaurants and the like. But thirdhand smoke has also been found in environments which were not known to be contaminated by smokers, which led researchers to ask how that could happen. To find out, Gentner and some of his PhD students set up an experiment in a movie theater that had not allowed smoking for more than 15 years. They supplied fresh air into the theater, making sure that no smoking or other contaminants entered the space. Sophisticated equipment measured airborne particles before and after moviegoers arrived. Right away, they saw a huge spike in levels of hazardous chemicals. As people came into the theater, the concentrations went up, and then decreased over time, Gentner said. "But they didn't completely disappear after the audience left," he added. "In many cases, the persistent contamination was observable the following day in the unoccupied theater." The testing continued over a four-day period across different movie genres. Perhaps not surprisingly, levels of nicotine and other chemicals were lower in the G-rated movies geared toward kids. "Despite cases where we had audiences of over 200 people for some of the G-rated movies, he pollutants were much larger for R-rated films, even with smaller audiences," Gentner said. Those movies would likely draw older audiences that might be more likely to smoke." Dangerous exposure? Despite declines in smoking in some developed nations, there are still over a billion smokers worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. Smokers may be at greater risk of depression and schizophrenia, study finds "That billion smokers contribute to about 880,000 deaths from secondhand smoke," said Dr. Jagat Narula, a cardiologist at Mount Sinai Morningside in New York City who researches the health impact of smoking. I call it a form of murder." Learning about the Yale study's findings on the level of off-gassing from human bodies and clothing was not surprising, said Narula, who was not involved in the study. "But it is disturbing," he said. "Numerous reports have shown that there is no safe level of exposure to secondhand smoke. 1 in 3 teens breathe secondhand e-cigarette vapors, new research says "If future research replicates these findings on thirdhand smoke, it means that smokers could potentially still do harm even if the act of smoking took place in a different space." And it's not just smoking tobacco cigarettes. In America, vaping is growing in popularity, enticing younger and younger age groups. The study wasn't set up to study vaping, Gentner said, and researchers didn't find any of the compounds known to come from vaping emissions other than nicotine. Still, he said, levels of nicotine were high. Therefore, it's possible that vapers could also be the source of some of the nicotine found by the analysis. "Nicotine from e-cigarettes could have also been transported by people and off-gassed in the theater, or this could be occurring in other places where people enter after vaping," Gentner said. Clarity will come with additional research, Narula said. In the meantime, "the concentration of toxic organic compounds off-gassed by smokers cannot be seen as insignificant." "If the findings hold true, the implication is that essentially we are going to need to make everything smoke-free," Narula said. "And the only way that you will be able to do that is nothing short of banning smoking everywhere."

Congrats, jimmy! Celebrate your achievement and KTQ!