What else can I do with $8.50

[smopo24]

Originally Posted by lukedavo

hahahhahahhahahhah, thats funny. I'm not worrying about medical bills, everyone (well most people) get cancer and everyone dies. I'm gunna be happy when I'm here, simple as that!

and you can't be happy smoke-free?

[Professor Riffs]

Buying tobacco & papers is way cheaper, better tasting, and a lot less worse for you (still bad, just not nearly as bad).

That said, I haven't smoked in years.

[mikegee]

i quit smoking during the week, and on the weekends, i have a few here and there, especially if i am imbibing in alchohol pleasures i guess i treat tobacco like alchohol kinda now, it's not a regular thing, but it sure tastes good on the weekends, and i'm not spending as much money heythose patches really work if yer serious bout quitting or cutting down...

[drewsifer]

when I started smokin back in 94 cigs were 2.25 in detroit and 1.75 in CT! when the prices started going up i made a deal with myslef that if they ever got over five bucks I would quit. it took a few tries, but i sucessfully quit cold turkey. there is no other way to do it. Patches, gum, and meds just prolong your addiction and make it harder to quit. I have a feeling that these "quit help aids" are probally made by the tobacco companies to keep you hooked on nicotine. I knew I had licked it once I got absolutely smashed and didnt smoke, this is the best test you can give yourself.

[mikegee]

Originally Posted by Professor Riffs

Buying tobacco & papers is way cheaper, better tasting, and a lot less worse for you (still bad, just not nearly as bad).

That said, I haven't smoked in years.

oh ya, the professor is correct, in fact, you can buy filter papers and a special cigarette loading machine for the filtered papersand save a ton of money, all in all, it works out to like $2 a pack, basically...

[mikegee]

Originally Posted by drewsifer

when I started smokin back in 94 cigs were 2.25 in detroit and 1.75 in CT! when the prices started going up i made a deal with myslef that if they ever got over five bucks I would quit. it took a few tries, but i sucessfully quit cold turkey. there is no other way to do it. Patches, gum, and meds just prolong your addiction and make it harder to quit. I have a feeling that these "quit help aids" are probally made by the tobacco companies to keep you hooked on nicotine. I knew I had licked it once I got absolutely smashed and didnt smoke, this is the best test you can give yourself.

i agree drewsifer, but if peeps aint ready to quit, the next best thing is managing the addiction... i think its pretty cool i dont smoke during the week, i used to think:: either i smoke all the time, or none of the time, but there is a middle ground... and i am not chain smoking on the weekends either to compensate... i read recently that some doctors are permanently subscribing their smoking patients the patch indefinitely, because some people just cant quit, they are hard wired nicotine addicts! i hate that...