MarylandQuitter

Juan!!! I was just thinking about you the other day when I was doing some forum maintenance. I remember you were reading Allen Carr in between classes when others would go out to smoke. Glad you stopped by and that you're doing all of this positive stuff to stay healthy. Now, there's only one thing left to do to tie it all together; quit smoking. You know the drill, my friend. You deserve to be smoke-free and kick this horrible addiction once and for all. Please keep us updated and stick around! PS, don't worry about the spelling!! Nobody around here cares about that stuff. What's important is that you're present and active. :) Please follow the link below and read the article by John. https://www.quittrain.com/topic/7669-caring-for-our-quit-by-john-r-polito/?p=191537

Could be the new trailer for The Walking Dead. lol Still wanna light up that cigarette? :blink:

NOPE!

Welcome and congrats on your quit! :) Just remember, the goal is to get off of nicotine as soon as possible to get it out of your system thus reducing your chance of relapse. Guard your quit as if your very life depends on it, because it does.

Salt lamp thing. Real or gimmick? What's the deal and wear did this come from? Never heard of this thing. Saying like NOPE but for eating especially snacks? Belt is tight. Loosen belt, otherwise snack with rabbit food and keep alcohol consumption to a minimum (empty calories). Reduce calories to maintain by 10%, cut sugar, cut empty calories and eat food high in fiber. Calories to lose weight: 50% protein, 40% carbs (whole grain, brown not white) and 10% fats. Calories to maintain weight: 40% protein, 50% carbs (whole grain, brown not white) and 10% fats. Example: If you weigh 200 pounds, cut your caloric intake to 1900 calories (2000 calories to maintain your weight, anything over and you will gain) and track your macro-nutrients to 50/40/10. If you exercise, you'll need more calories so figure out how many calories you're burning while exercising and add to your regular maintenance requirements and reduce the 10% from that. Healthy eating book that is not some new fad... Don't need a book. See above.

NOPE!!!!!! All day not even thinking about a puff!!

Cancers linked to tobacco use make up 40% of all cancers diagnosed in the United StatesAdult cigarette smoking is down, but tobacco use is still the most preventable cause of cancer Forty percent of cancers diagnosed in the U.S. may have a link to tobacco use, according to this month’s Vital Signs Report. Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of cancer and cancer deaths. It causes more than lung cancer — based on current evidence, it can cause cancers of the mouth and throat, voice box, esophagus, stomach, kidney, pancreas, liver, bladder, cervix, colon and rectum, and a type of leukemia (acute myeloid leukemia). Each year between 2009 and 2013, about 660,000 people in the U.S. were diagnosed with, and about 343,000 people died from, a cancer related to tobacco use, according to a new report by CDC. Three in ten cancer deaths were due to cigarette smoking, but progress has been made. Since 1990, about 1.3 million tobacco-related cancer deaths have been avoided. “There are more than 36 million smokers in the U.S.,” said CDC Director Tom Frieden, M.D., M.P.H. “Sadly, nearly half could die prematurely from tobacco-related illnesses, including 6 million from cancer, unless we implement the programs that will help smokers quit.” National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) data released today in a separate article in the same MMWR show that current cigarette smoking among U.S. adults declined from 20.9 percent (45.1 million) in 2005 to 15.1 percent (36.5 million) in 2015. During 2014-2015 alone, there was a 1.7 percentage point decline, resulting in the lowest prevalence of adult cigarette smoking since the CDC's NHIS began collecting such data in 1965. “When states invest in comprehensive cancer control programs—including tobacco control—we see greater benefits for everyone and fewer deaths from tobacco-related cancers. We have made progress, but our work is not done,” said Lisa C. Richardson, M.D., M.P.H., director of CDC’s Division of Cancer Prevention and Control. Comprehensive cancer control programs are focused on reducing cancer risk, detecting cancer early, improving cancer treatments, helping more people survive cancer, improving cancer survivors’ quality of life, and better assisting communities disproportionately impacted by cancer. Comprehensive tobacco control programs coordinate efforts to implement proven strategies to prevent tobacco use initiation among youth and young adults, to promote tobacco users to quit, to eliminate secondhand smoke exposure, and to identify and eliminate tobacco-related disparities. However, not all states or all people have experienced the benefits of these efforts; tobacco prevention and control resources, along with access to medical care and cancer treatment, vary widely across the U.S. The Vital Signs report on tobacco-related cancers shows that: Incidence and death rates were highest among African-Americans compared with other races or ethnicities, people who live in counties with a low proportion of college graduates, and people who live in counties with high poverty levels. By region, incidence rates were highest in the Northeast (202 per 100,000 persons) and lowest in the West (170 per 100,000 persons). Incidence rates for tobacco-related cancers are still higher among men (250 per 100,000 persons) than women (148 per 100,000 persons). Preventing and reducing tobacco use and tobacco-related cancers take comprehensive approaches Quitting smoking at any age has health benefits, including reducing the risk of getting or dying from cancer. Quitting smoking improves the prognosis of cancer patients and reduces the risk of getting a secondary cancer (a cancer that occurs in a different organ) in cancer patients and cancer survivors. States and communities can help by making quitting resources available to people who want them and by funding comprehensive tobacco prevention and control programs at CDC-recommended levels. Smokers can get free help quitting by calling 1-800-QUIT-NOW. There they can get free counseling and information about the seven smoking cessation medications approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. CDC's Tips From Former Smokers campaign features real people living with the consequences of smoking-related diseases and offers additional quit resources at http://www.cdc.gov/tips, including cessation assistance developed by the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health. The United States Cancer Statistics contains the official federal statistics on cancer incidence (newly diagnosed cases) from each registry that met data quality criteria. CDC and the National Cancer Institute have combined their cancer incidence data sources to produce these statistics. Mortality data are from CDC's National Vital Statistics System. The CDC provides support for states and territories to maintain registries that provide high-quality data through the National Program of Cancer Registries.

If so, check out the following video. Short video discusses key topic areas that enhance an individuals ability to quit and stay off of smoking. The following videos explore these individual areas: Topic one: Why you smoke Video: Why do smokers smoke https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9AmZ... 18 minutes 9 seconds Topic 2: Why you should quit Videos: Heart and circulatory diseases https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Xt9v... 19 minutes 19 seconds Lung cancer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFNv8... 18 minutes 49 seconds Feel what it is like to breathe with emphysema https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf0ts... 8 minutes and 47 seconds The palmolive bottle demonstration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVbUG... 7 minutes 46 seconds Premature deaths caused by smoking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5a7D... 12 minutes 34 seconds Topic 3: How to stop How to quit smoking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l27zW... 13 minutes 47 seconds Topic 4: How to stay off Never take another puff https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYNWI... 4 minutes 22 seconds Total time for all of the videos above is just around 91 minutes. :)

Man I forgot about that Coke machine. lol

Comrade!!! Long time no see. Hope you're well. I never got the mugs made but I got a lot of sweatshirts made. Coffee cups are still on my list. I couldn't find anybody that was able to the color layering and do it correctly. I got a batch of a little over 100 made and when they came in, the colors were all wrong. Bummer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sjSHazjrWg

Awesome job!!

Synopsis: TOBACCO WARS is a comprehensive history of the cigarette, providing an in-depth, balanced, and often shocking look at the tobacco industry. The series' three one-hour episodes are organized chronologically, from the advent of the cigarette through its ascension to one of the most profitable consumer products the world has ever seen. Via first person accounts and insider documentation, TOBACCO WARS vividly portrays what the companies really knew about the link between smoking and disease, explains how mankind became seduced by such a dangerous product, provides a status report on Big Tobacco today, and looks towards the future of this most controversial of industries. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iplzsMazQz4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moyJSnwEcIs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0Uk3WQjlbs

I love this doc!

Great job!! Little treats are a great way to reward yourself for making such a great choice each and every day not to smoke. :)

Hi Willy! Welcome to our little corner of cyberspace! How is your quit going?

Don't forget to toss the smokes, ashtrays etc. and never keep any "back-up" cigarettes.

Are You Questioning Your New Year's Resolution To Quit Smoking? New Years Eve is typically a time when many people decide to make a resolution to quit smoking. New Years day or shortly thereafter many of these people question that resolution and usually throw away their quits. This video explains why this often occurs. Your past resolutions may have failed but this year can be different. The resources below can help you to make this year the one that you finally quit smoking and stick to a personal commitment to never take another puff. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8D7kbiAZmU Related videos: -The fear of failure https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_64R... -The fear of success https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHhWS... -The fear of relapsing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoWuS... -Quitting smoking: A fate worse than death https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AfYE... -Everything you did as a smoker you can do as an ex-smoker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqlyA... -"It's inevitable, some smokers are going to relapse” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ego_d... -"I can't quit because I am addicted” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWso5... -How to quit smoking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l27zW... -Quitting smoker can make you calmer, happier and healthier https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K038... -Past "successful" quits https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39An4... -Quitting is more doable than most people think https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gtXG... -"I've tried everything to quit and nothing works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUTIJ... -One day at a time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD4dz... -Never take another puff https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYNWI...

New Years Eve is typically a time when many people decide to make a resolution to quit smoking. New Years day or shortly thereafter many of these people question that resolution and usually throw away their quits. This video explains why this often occurs. https://www.quittrain.com/topic/7911-are-you-questioning-your-new-years-resolution-to-quit-smoking/

Happy New Year!

12 days is awesome!!!!!! Make it another 12 and keep going. :)

My list could go on and on so for my first post in this thread, I'll have to keep it to the first 2 or three members that popped into my noggin. 1. Sarge because I want to raid his garden and sift through some of his canned goods. 2. Nicole Diver because we have some ax murder house to visit 3. Babs because I'd like to get to the bottom of the infamous Allen Carr story and why she thought it was a good idea to call him.

It just made sense and when somebody suggested it to me, I thought to myself, "Of course. Why didn't I think of that?" Just proves that "none of us are smarter than all of us". :)

I was ten years old and my parents were recently divorced. Time were tough and money was tight. My Mom let my brother and I pick out one thing from the JCPenney catalog and I chose a Philadelphia Eagles watch. Not sure why I chose that specific team, but I suppose I liked the colors. This was the most special gift because even at 10 years old, I knew how hard my Mom had to work to buy that watch for me. I knew how much it meant to her that I was able to get it. Sadly, that watch is long gone but I remember looking through that thick catalog and how I felt when I opened it Christmas morning.