Increased nicotine in cigarettes

[Shelby07]

Quoted from another thread...

Not as lame as the linked report that cigarette companies have upped the nicotine 10% or more in the last 6 years. Those jackasses have shot themselves in the foot on the health front and now us cigar smokers have to pay for it. Asshats.

-W.

When Pauline and I left for Ireland a week and a half ago we both decided we would quit smoking cigarettes. We didn't bring any with us, and we weren't going to be buying them there at 7.20 euros/pack (about 10 bucks.) So off we went.

I had quit smoking cigarettes in 1980 and had not smoked until 2003. The last time I quit, believe it or not, it was pretty easy. I was smoking 1 1/2 -2 packs/day and I was able to just put them down. This time it is extremely hard. Even though I smoked less than a pack a day (sometimes only 4 or 5) it is more difficult than you can imagine. We both are struggling with it, and I think we're gonna do it this time, but that 10% increase in nicotine apparantly is doing it's job. One of the things I think of when I get the urge is that I am not going to support those bastards any more.

[Monk]

Quoted from another thread...



When Pauline and I left for Ireland a week and a half ago we both decided we would quit smoking cigarettes. We didn't bring any with us, and we weren't going to be buying them there at 7.20 euros/pack (about 10 bucks.) So off we went.

I had quit smoking cigarettes in 1980 and had not smoked until 2003. The last time I quit, believe it or not, it was pretty easy. I was smoking 1 1/2 -2 packs/day and I was able to just put them down. This time it is extremely hard. Even though I smoked less than a pack a day (sometimes only 4 or 5) it is more difficult than you can imagine. We both are struggling with it, and I think we're gonna do it this time, but that 10% increase in nicotine apparantly is doing it's job. One of the things I think of when I get the urge is that I am not going to support those bastards any more.

That sucks Shelby. I am sure you will manage but this makes me so mad. People should have "choice" and not have companies wilfully hooking people on their product. This whole attitude by the cigarette industry is a big reason for the bans and bans that affect other products like cigars.

-W.

[ashauler]

Good luck Shelby......I know its a bitch to put em down. I'm rooting for you!!

[sprangalang]

Ayuh, the cold turkey is a bitch.

I have a monkey too. But mine is the RYO type. I started RYOs as a way to get a little nic on the way home, without investing all the time for a cigar. Bad move.

But now I'm starting up with the pipe to wean me off the RYOs. That and the cigars. Then some snuff to wean me off the pipes, and then...

Like that John Candy skit... lol

Hang in there, you can do it.

[coors_ca]

i feel your pain. took me well over a year of concerted effort to quit. quit for 2-14 days, start again, quit, start, quit start quit start...

quiting became a lifestyle for me, it sounds like it may become one for you as well. put your head down and keep pushing.

[Shelby07]

Not at all... I seem to be completely over it, surprisingly.