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on 22 Aug 2006 at 11:22 am 1.Matt Scott said …
Hi. My name is Matt Scott. So, listen: I’m writing a Beginners Guide to Smoking Cessation (beginnersguide.com/smoking-cessation) for the folks at Beginners Guide, which is basically some general advice, some scientific information, a lot of stuff on nicotine replacement, etc. and my own little online journal, detailing my efforts to quit smoking. I’m still working on both the journal and all the information/advice, but I was wondering if you’d be kind enough to add a link to us from your site, just to provide a bit more visibility to the work and, perhaps, a bit more impetus for me to keep it up. It might be of help to your readers, it might not. I don’t consider myself a professional in any sort of matter, but I do have a lot of experience with quitting smoking, so I think I have a lot to bring to the discussion.
If not, that’s cool. But, I thought I’d at least check.
Again, thanks for reading over my email, and hopefully you can at least check out what I’ve done so far.
Yours truly,
Matt Scott
beginnersguide.com/smoking-cessation/
on 06 Sep 2006 at 8:48 am 2.Jen said …
Only just found your Blog - am now 6m 3w 3d into my quit so I imagine about the same as you?
I am in Western Australia (heaven on earth) and have really been doing well - went on “Cognitivequitsmoking” with Steve, which I found assisted lot when I was craving, feeling “lost” and just plain not “NORMAL” plus “quitsmokingonline” with John which helped me to accept that the cravings I was getting were actually good and I should allow them and not resist. “To resist is to persist” … HOWEVER, this far down the track am starting to get really irritable and tense over the stupidist things - please tell me are you finding this??
The craziest thing is that I really, really DO NOT want to smoke again, I actually feel disgusted at the thought! BUT… how do you get rid of the irritation??
Anyone who has experienced this, and coped please, can you tell me HOW?
Thanks in anticipation - Jen
on 22 Dec 2006 at 9:14 am 3.Estelle said …
Hi everyone, Only 3 days until Christmas I still cannot believe it. Still smoke free as of October 4. I do get cravings at times, sometimes bad, I just do anything to keep my mind busy. I wish Everyone a very Merry Christmas. Happy Holidays to those who do not celebrate Christmas. Estelle
on 22 Dec 2006 at 9:09 pm 4.robbster said …
Hi Estelle!!! Wonderful to see you back! Have a Merry too and so proud of you for not smoking
hugzzzz
robbster
on 22 Dec 2006 at 10:00 pm 5.Estelle said …
Thanks sorry it took time to write, had to finish shopping. All done & wrapped also. Again Merry, Merry to All. :):):)Estelle
on 06 Jan 2007 at 10:59 am 6.Peter said …
Hey Robbb
Where is my link to Tribute to Maddie http://www.eebeh.com/maddie.html ?
on 06 Jan 2007 at 12:01 pm 7.robbster said …
Hi Peter -
The links are:
http://www.ciggyfree.com/ODAT/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=324&Itemid=1
http://www.ciggyfree.com/ODAT/index.php?option=com_weblinks&catid=13&Itemid=23
and here:
http://www.ciggyfree.com/info.htm
Do you want your link added to the side menu of this blog?
Thanks,
Bev
on 07 Jan 2007 at 9:49 am 8.Estelle said …
Hi All , It is amazing, NO CIGARETTES it is a WONDERFUL way to start the new year. I HOPE everyone is able to have a SMOKE FREE YEAR. Estelle
on 07 Jan 2007 at 10:09 am 9.Tropes said …
Bev
I know how much I valued Maddie’s help so I think a link to “Tribute to Maddie” would be a great addition to this blog.
Tropes
on 21 Aug 2007 at 3:18 pm 10.Adrienne said …
Great blog and thanks for linking back to Tobacco-Free Kids.
I found your post about Camel No. 9 earlier this summer and wondered if you had seen the latest article last week.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070815/ap_on_re_us/camel_women
RJR continues to market their products to teen girls and women, but we’re fighting back. The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids developed a few ways to take action. Please visit http://www.whatareyousmoking.org for more information or to take a stand against the tobacco industry.
Keep up the great work!
-Adrienne
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
on 22 Aug 2007 at 11:50 am 11.robbster said …
Hi Adrienne,
I did not see the latest Camel .9 article - but I will certainly read it today! I will also add the link above to this blog and the CF main news site.
I hope to be more helpful to TFK during the fall of 2007 - thanks for stopping by!
Cheers,
robbster
on 08 Nov 2007 at 11:40 pm 12.cesare said …
Talk about propaganda and bias, this site is full of it, nobody can argue that smoking is not a bad habit, however, you need to understand that it’s a free choice and nobody has the right to try and take that choice away, i smoke because it’s what i want to do, not because tobacco companies want me to, i knew the risk when i started and did it anyhow, you act like you are without any bad habits or poor decisions and that any person who chooses to smoke is a low life, get a life and understand that it’s MY poor choice to make and NOT yours to make FOR me, I’m not mad that they tried to tax me for measure 50, I honestly don’t mind paying a little more, I’m mad that they think they can try and stop me from doing something that is MY right to do if i want to do it, it’s about people who want to push their own opinions on me in order to bully me into not smoking, that’s where my issue is.
on 08 Nov 2007 at 11:56 pm 13.robbster said …
My issue is with helpless children who do not have any rights because they have to breathe secondhand smoke, or they have to suffer the consequences of generational smoking.
I strongly believe that tobacco companies owe society for their deceptions - my father-in-law smoked his entire life and tobacco ended his life with smoking-related diseases of COPD, Emphysema, and lung cancer.
on 09 Nov 2007 at 12:37 am 14.cesare said …
^^Then make THEM pay, not the consumers who are addicted to the product,that tax was not a tax on them, it was to be a tax on me.
on 09 Nov 2007 at 1:26 am 15.robbster said …
I am also looking at this situation as an addictive process because it does cause changes in the brain and skew DNA.
Anything that is going to curtail use of this drug, I am willing to support, even if it is a measure to tax tobacco.
Addiction to tobacco is not always a choice. I know a lady who is 67 years old and has tried everything short of having herself transported to a deserted island.
She is currently breathing oxygen and still smoking - and she wants to quit but has failed every attempt. I might add that she comes from a long line of smokers. Her children and her grandchildren smoke.
I don’t believe our children deserve this legacy…
on 15 Feb 2008 at 3:19 pm 16.Kirk VandenBerghe said …
Just a quick FYI that your “I stole server bandwidth…” image is showing up as your RSS feed image!”
on 15 Feb 2008 at 7:44 pm 17.robbster said …
Thanks Kurt - I think I fixed it - let me know if it is still happening!
hugs,
robbster
on 09 Apr 2008 at 9:45 am 18.lijale said …
hey.
i’m trying to post but it dont show up.
i have had some problems with my email. for some reason my isp wouldnt let me use my outlook express. i have been having to get my emails from their website. thats bad because i dont understand how to use it. i do have another email that i have been using.
bamagal_yall@yahoo.com.
are yall still here?
on 11 Apr 2008 at 1:28 am 19.robbster said …
There you are!!! Nice to see you around - yes I am still here! What have you been up to???