What does BEING A NON SMOKER mean to you !!!

[Doreensfree]

Being free from cigarettes... Means I don't have to worry if I'm going to run out.!!!...every day ....after 52 years !!!!

Add yours !!!

 

 

[Martian5]

Freedom ---- from so many things

[Opah]

to start to Grow again, physically and mentally

To be mobile go places I once couldn't

To be able to keep up and play with the grand kids and hopefully the great grand kids

To lay back one day and vaguely remember that you were once a smokers so long ago.

To wake up knowing it a better day as a non smoker

To know you have friends that care for you and you care sight unseen 

[Sazerac]

Quitting and living as a non smoker has given me the trust and ability to take control of myself, my life.

[Boo]

FREEDOM!

 

Edited June 6, 2018 by Boo

[Giveintowin]

I guess it means many things but I’m not giving around $30 per day to cigarettes companies and the government. 

[WeegieWoman]

Im free from addiction and finally feel like myself. And i am myself without addiction - it takes a wee bit of getting used to but i like it very much 

Edited April 10, 2018 by Weegie
Typo

[JB 883]

10 hours ago, Giveintowin said:

I guess it means many things but I’m not giving around $30 per day to cigarettes companies and the government. 

Where are they so expensive?

 

Anyways to me being a non-smoker means not having hassles like trying to stay loaded up with nicotine, don't have to budget cash for smokes, don;t have to clean up or try to get rid of the smell...

 

Basically it is one less huge hassle.

[Kermit]

Better health

[Giveintowin]

1 hour ago, Jetblack said:

Where are they so expensive?

 

Anyways to me being a non-smoker means not having hassles like trying to stay loaded up with nicotine, don't have to budget cash for smokes, don;t have to clean up or try to get rid of the smell...

 

Basically it is one less huge hassle.

Australia. It’s also government policy that the price goes up every 6 months. Since being quit they’ve gone up quite a bit. 

 

Please see:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/australia-cigarettes-price-pack-smoking-tax-hike-how-much-do-they-cost-a7308381.html

Edited April 11, 2018 by Giveintowin

[notsmokinjo]

@Giveintowin my smokes are nearly $45 a pack and I smoked alcheapos... Definitely enjoying the money in my pocket... And not having to look at pics like this 20+ times a day

 for the non-aussies, all our smokes, regardless of brand come in the same olive green packs with health warnings.

[WeegieWoman]

ours too and cigs can no longer be displayed in shops now, they are in wee drawers out of sight

[notsmokinjo]

Same here Weegie.

[JB 883]

To me, it also means the following entities will not get any of my money and can therefore cram their products in their asses -

 

Tobacco companies

Vape companies

Smoking cessation aid companies

Stop-smoking clinics

Anything "pay to quit"

 

Yep kids. there are crooks out there willing to sell you stuff to help you quit. it may or may not work. If you are poor AND a tight wad like me, you want the least expensive route to quit.

So, it means more money for important stuff like dining out, clothes shopping, and maybe some more Pepsi.

 

Instead of your dollars, give tobacco AND cessation companies a nice "bird".

 

[onthemark]

it's such a relief to be free of the day to day grind of this addiction.

[Cbdave]

G'day 

It's great to join the 85 per cent that don't smoke!

At first I felt a little false, a bit of a pretender. 

But not now.

I Am A Non Smoker.... I've earned my strips.

I don't have to explain I'm an ex smoker or any thing anymore!

Only you mob know and understand that I still front up ever day to Pledge my NOPE. A small price for my continued freedom a couple of minutes a day....

Chris

 

[Stewie]

Not dying of cancer. Really i enjoyed smoking but my health spoke stronger. I pledge nope to not die of cancer or other diseases inflicted by smoking.

[Boo]

On 4/12/2018 at 5:34 AM, Jetblack said:

Instead of your dollars, give tobacco AND cessation companies a nice "bird".

 

It's been a while since I sent those guys a postcard...

 

Adios you wretched vultures.  Kiss my ass.

 

Sincerely,

--Boo

 

Edited June 6, 2018 by Boo

[Opah]

Yep that picture was taken his first Day in Prison, My My what a difference a Day makes !

[Doreensfree]

Not having that black cloud hanging over me..the shame cloud...you know the one I mean...!!!!

[Reciprocity]

I've been a smoker all of my adult life up until last year. As an adult, I've never really known what life was like as a non-smoker. We all know how much of our lives were controlled by smoking when we smoked because we have had to reprogram our brains to live as non-smokers. I'm still getting used to life as a non-smoker but so far, I think I like it. There's a lot of little things that are different now in a good way and life seems simpler because I don't have to think about all that crap anymore everyday but nothing really stands out as my #1 thing that I like the best. I just like not having to deal with all the bullsh*t baggage that smoking brings to my life.

 

It's odd that when I started smoking back when I was 17 years old, I never noticed all the expense and inconvenience and changes that this addiction brought to my doorstep. Guess I didn't care so much back then?

[NADA]

Stronger erections 

[JB 883]

1 hour ago, reciprocity said:

It's odd that when I started smoking back when I was 17 years old, I never noticed all the expense and inconvenience and changes that this addiction brought to my doorstep. Guess I didn't care so much back then?

 

About smoking or anything we do...

 

Though we did not realize it at the time, when we are younger we tend to tolerate a lot more BS than we do as we get older and more set in our ways. When we are younger and we want something, we have this drive of "what is it going to take to get there?" We don't care what it costs or how much effort really. Sometimes it ends up being wasted time and energy.

But that was ok because at that age, energy and time are plenty. And who thinks about their health at that age? Our bodies were perfect.

 

But then when we are truly grown up we tend to think more "If it is that much trouble than screw it". We do not want to be inconvenienced because we now know better than the half-truths "someday it will pay off" or at least "No harm will come". As we age, we accumulate regrets, things may start to hurt, we have seen the results of reckless behavior... So we become more careful about our actions. My biggest motivator to quit smoking was - "what if someday this really does kill me?"

 

Smoking brings a lot of inconveniences. It costs money, fire hazard, you have to step out or stink up your home, people ragging on you to quit, everything else is planned around smoking, and the never-ending list of health problems.

 

[Boo]

1 hour ago, BKP said:

Stronger erections 

 

What's the difference between a cigarette and a throbbing boner?

 

I don't have a cigarette.

[Doreensfree]