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Carrying Cigarettes Video discusses the pitfalls of keeping and carrying cigarettes after you have quit smoking. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9XCzfX4ee8&index=20&list=PL4F05C03D0F9B86DB Finding Cigarettes Suggestion on how to deal with the situation of having other smokers in your home leaving cigarettes behind after they leave the house. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brveK9MYgEw&index=27&list=PL4F05C03D0F9B86DB There Is No Legitimate Reason To Relapse Video explains how that under any conditions, even those of catastrophic stress or loss, there is no real legitimate reason to take a cigarette. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCm_5b144XE&index=37&list=PL4F05C03D0F9B86DB

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Our goal, as should also be yours, is to get off of nicotine completely. We're not going to debate how "addictive" nicotine is or isn't because the fact remains that smoking is deadly. Our goal is to get people off of nicotine quickly and permanently. You see, as nicotine addicts, when we introduce nicotine into our bodies, we run the high risk of going back to smoking 2 packs/day. Vaping websites are completely irrelevant and have an entirely different goal than we do. Please, do not muddy the waters with this vaping stuff, okay? Yes or no? If you want to quit smoking and get off of nicotine, this is your place. If you want to straddle the fence, tout how great vaping is, this is not the site for that. Please focus on getting off of nicotine so you may never, ever take another puff of nicotine again. "How can I be addicted, I can go hours without smoking." Our views on the need for harm reduction Curiosity killed the quit Nicotine Addiction "I am afraid I might get addicted to my nicotine replacement therapy" Were you addicted? Electronic cigarette users having a harder time when quitting smoking First television ads for e-cigarettes with the theme "Reclaim your freedom" Dual use of cigarettes and electronic cigarettes

The tried and true method to "take the edge off" is abstaining from nicotine and time. This method is permanent, I promise you that. Is your nicotine free electronic cigarette actually nicotine free? Recent studies show that some electronic cigarette fluids being marketed as nicotine free actually contain nicotine. Video discusses the real danger for any former smoker who tries one of these products. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Kq-UH7-Ed0&feature=youtu.be Link to articles about these studies: E-cigarette nicotine labels not always accurate https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/07/160722212549.htmE-cigarette 'Nicotine-Free' E-Cigs Still Deliver the Juice http://www.medpagetoday.com/pulmonology/smoking/44238 Videos related to other issue raised by this video: Carrying mock cigarettes https://youtu.be/4Jgu7Q-ZNZY"Miracle" aids for quitting smoking https://youtu.be/AyhfRm5nev0 Other videos related to general electronic cigarette use: Electronic cigarette users having a harder time when quitting smoking https://youtu.be/fAApE5yo3Nc Dual use of cigarettes and electronic cigarettes https://youtu.be/BgqnM7e8aB0 E-cigs as effective as nicotine patches http://youtu.be/M2GZJksxWP0 Gallup Poll: Most quitters credit cold turkey http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM2jC0rFewk Our views on the need for harm reduction http://youtu.be/HcPcVxA_WaA "Whatever you do, don't quit cold turkey" http://youtu.be/lUSJLDzkIhs Electronic cigarettes and harm reduction http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xE42iWTDomg

Welcome, nervousnellie! I didn't seek out a doctor to help me quit but it was a doctor who gave me some tough love and told me that I was an addict. Without that conversation, I don't know where I'd be today. You're already here. :) The best way to quit smoking is to simply not take another puff. There are many resources here to help you succeed at this. :) Smoking Doesn't Help Solve Stress Video discusses how smoking cannot solve stress, and in actuality usually results in making people more nervous in general than if they were former smokers or had never smoked in their lives. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C5eTa93JSs&index=25&list=PL4F05C03D0F9B86DB Nicotine Is Nicotine Is Nicotine Video discusses how nicotine delivered by any source via any route of administration has the full potential of causing relapse to any former smoker or user of any nicotine product. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KViTfIfHUv0&list=PL4F05C03D0F9B86DB&index=6 Quitting Is More Doable Than Most People Think The idea that quitting smoking is close to impossible is often perpetuated at Internet quit sites. This video hits home the point that this is a dangerous misconception. Quitting is in fact more doable than most people think. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gtXGwu3uC4&list=PLCDB8BA311D538113&index=6 I'll Quit When... Why NOW is the best time to quit smoking no matter when NOW is. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZEiUAFnoqo&list=PLCDB8BA311D538113

Welcome PeaceTrain! I love that song. Not thinking or fixating on lighting up a cigarette is a fantastic thing to so, especially when the urge or a crave sneaks up on you. However, don't EVER forget that you're a nicotine addict, a former smoker and all that it takes is one puff bring the addiction back in full-swing. Since I've quit, a lot of life has happened and not once did the thought of lighting up a cigarette enter my mind. Even as a just wrote that, I find it hard to believe that's the case but it is, despite being an ex-smoker whose life revolved around smoking. Make no mistake, I have never forgotten that I'm a smoker and I never want to forget because the time I do is the time I open the back door to some junkie talk, let my guard down and take that puff. For me, I made quitting a part of who I was and ultimately who I am today. I can't change the past but I can control what I do with this addiction and keeping myself nicotine-free requires that I never forget that I'm a nicotine addict. In the early days and months of my quit, this support group is was held me accountable and the constant talking, reading and learning has allowed me to get the point that I've stayed quit for over 3 1/2 years and when life happens, I don't think of smoking to get me through or perhaps even celebrate. From my experience, you're better equipped to succeed if you're an active participant in a support group, especially during the first year. :) Talking To Others About Not Smoking Video discusses how talking both to long-term quitters as well as to people who are current smokers can help to strengthen your resolve to never take another puff. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n08bxg01NOw I'll Come For Reinforcement When I Need It Video talks about the benefits of regularly reinforcing your quit when things are easy as opposed to relapsing and having to try to quit again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiIOvdMZ7us&list=PL4F05C03D0F9B86DB&index=12 Complacency Video discussing the importance of not allowing yourself to become complacent after longer term success not smoking. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZSktbwotI4&index=30&list=PL4F05C03D0F9B86DB Come Share Your Strengths, Come Share Your Vulnerabilities Video talks about how helping others who are in the midst of quitting can help you to secure your own quit over the long-term. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIloKURIIic&index=44&list=PL4F05C03D0F9B86DB

Stuck in my head, not it's stuck in your head! :P B) :yu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4GZJIZRaAk

Video stresses the importance of drawing a clear line in the sand regarding the issue of whether or not to take a puff. Another alternate title for for this video could have been "should I reset my quit meter?" https://www.quittrain.com/topic/4754-videos-addressing-relapse-prevention/?p=129975

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I honestly thought I could hide the stench but after I quit, I realized how preposterous this truly was. The stench of walking death was embedded in my skin. Nasty!

I'm on an antibiotic for a sinus infection and cough. First time since around 2009 that I've had to do so. As I was feeling like ick, I was so thankful that I quit smoking because I wondered how bad this infection might have/could have been. All I know is that the 45,000 cigarettes that could have been in my lungs, weren't and for that I'm very, very greatful. Still on the mend and I'm not so nieave to think this could be much, much worse. Now, I can simply chalk it up to part of doing business on planet earth. :)

Welcome Miss Dixie!

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It sucks to sit in traffic for 3 hours to go 40 miles.

Happy Mother's Day!!!

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The Importance Of Quitting For Yourself Video discussing the importance of quitting for yourself as opposed to quitting to make other people happy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwYQ6fq9ZCI

"You Never Smoked, How Can You Know What I Am Going Through?"

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lol, nope. The little "likes" don't cost a penny and take up zero server space. :)

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