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Glad to hear you avoided caving to the crave. Unexpected upsets are always a very dangerous thing when they occur early in our quit process because our mind automatically goes to "Gotta have a smoke!!" Of course we all know that having that smoke under those circumstances only destroys your quit and does nothing to help what ever it is that's going off the rails in real life. Smoking is never the answer. The good news is that once you've been through something like this and managed to get through without smoking, you'll not be in such a panic next time something happens. Getting through situations like this truly make your quit stronger - Good Job Stew!

Yes! Happy Father's Day @Cbdave ! Sounds like you're having a great time!!

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I'm not familiar with these 'pouches' containing nicotine just as I am also not familiar with what chemicals in Chew causes so much mouth cancer among regular users but based on what I have seen or experienced with any & all products containing nicotine, none of those products are good. They ALL do their best to give the user an earlier than expected exit from this life and ALL of them seek to make money on the backs of addicts. In my mind, that's as low as humans can go in terms of treatment of fellow humans 🤬

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Well then ... Happy Birthday Gus!

Hope everyone who's celebrating this holiday has a great last weekend of summer planned! I've already felt the chill in the early morning air a few times this past week so autumn is on it's way but we get to have one last summer celebration this weekend. Make it a great one!

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It's interesting to have a personal perspective on both sides of nicotine addiction, isn't it @Gus Interesting yet frustrating when a friend or relative is involved and still smoking because as we all know, you can set a great example for a smoker by quitting and showing them it's possible but they need to make that commitment to quit on their own terms. Preaching the quit just alienates them!

Well said @Cbdave! Shocks me that there's still any smokers left in Australia with the exorbitant cost of cigs you have there. Highest in the world I believe. I feel the same way. The smell of stale smoke or cigarette butts is just gross to me now. When I smoked, I couldn't even smell all that stuff at all. What struck me as oh so true was what you said about how your guest acted going out back to smoke every once in awhile. I haven't thought about the control nicotine addiction had over me in quite awhile but yeah, what you saw in your guest is a stark reminded of the senselessness of it all. Nice reminder of the freedom we've all found!