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0 pointsommunist9y ago0 comments

What kinds of cigarettes were you smoking exactly?

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delegate9y ago· 7 in thread

I started with Lucky Strike, then smoked Marlboro Lights for about 18 years, then the last two years or so I smoked organic rolling tobacco - Cross Road.

I've stopped smoking 18 months ago, but even after 1.5 years, I still get the urge to smoke almost every day.

payamb9y ago

I've stopped smoking a week ago and brain fog is killing me, I'm not able to do my job any more, any advice ? I just sit and stare at monitor without my brain working :/

delegate9y ago

Yes. This will go away after a couple of weeks. Depression is a common side effect of quitting, so hang in there. First 2 weeks are the hardest, then it slowly gets easier.

There are few short term advantages to quitting smoking - your sense of smell improves and you have more spare time on your hands - other than that, there's little to brag about.

By going through this short term suffering, you're improving your long term health.

If someone (God) came to you and said: "Hey, I'll add 10 healthy years to your life if you agree to go through a period of feeling shitty and some mental fog and restlessness and nervousness for a couple of months".

I guess we'd all agree to such a deal and it's pretty much the deal you have right now, so hang on.

Congratulations on your decision and good luck !

phonon9y ago

Nicotine gum? The danger is in the smoking, not the addictive substance.

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havetocharge9y ago

In my experience the urge went away completely after several years..

mountaineer229y ago

How old were you when you first smoked?

I have anecdotally heard that if one had not smoked by adulthood, chances of addiction are fairly low.

ommunistOP9y ago

My own experience confirms this. I am not addicted, I started well after thirty and I only smoke real tobacco. Instead of mental fog on a month without tobacco I am getting the previous default state of mind, and after a pipe, I am getting very cool focus.

ommunistOP9y ago

Cigarettes except your last one roll it yourself real tobacco contained additives that made you neural system very succeptible to nicotine, there is biochemical evidence for your case. Were you using plasters like Nicotinelle to quit, or just took off on a bare will?

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8 comments · 1 top-level

delegate9y ago· 7 in thread

I started with Lucky Strike, then smoked Marlboro Lights for about 18 years, then the last two years or so I smoked organic rolling tobacco - Cross Road.

I've stopped smoking 18 months ago, but even after 1.5 years, I still get the urge to smoke almost every day.

payamb9y ago

I've stopped smoking a week ago and brain fog is killing me, I'm not able to do my job any more, any advice ? I just sit and stare at monitor without my brain working :/

delegate9y ago

Yes. This will go away after a couple of weeks. Depression is a common side effect of quitting, so hang in there. First 2 weeks are the hardest, then it slowly gets easier.

There are few short term advantages to quitting smoking - your sense of smell improves and you have more spare time on your hands - other than that, there's little to brag about.

By going through this short term suffering, you're improving your long term health.

I guess we'd all agree to such a deal and it's pretty much the deal you have right now, so hang on.

Congratulations on your decision and good luck !

phonon9y ago

Nicotine gum? The danger is in the smoking, not the addictive substance.

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havetocharge9y ago

In my experience the urge went away completely after several years..

mountaineer229y ago

How old were you when you first smoked?

I have anecdotally heard that if one had not smoked by adulthood, chances of addiction are fairly low.

ommunistOP9y ago

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