Your doing a great job jean. wow 6 days. Almost a week completed!! iwannabefree... glad I posted this at the right time. It sure cured me of any craves. Infact it lasted all today too. LOL Mercy [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/21/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 79 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,598 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $353.13 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 10 [B]Hrs:[/B] 8 [B]Mins:[/B] 42 [B]Seconds:[/B] 38

Wow! And just think of half of the stuff we would never consider putting into our mouths! T.G.I.Q (Thank God I Quit) Hey, I am going to start that parade every Friday! [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/8/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 92 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,393 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $386.4 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 8 [B]Hrs:[/B] 14 [B]Mins:[/B] 18 [B]Seconds:[/B] 36

My gosh, what a horrible thing we have been doing to ourselves. Now I am really glad I quit!!!!! Congrats to all of us and for those newbies, this is a great eye-opener!!!!! Thanks :) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 3/1/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 40 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,009 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $200 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 4 [B]Hrs:[/B] 6 [B]Mins:[/B] 41 [B]Seconds:[/B] 55

mercy your a star i was haveing a bad craving then i came across your post, my craving soon left me i did not know how many chemicals there was in a cigarette that realy opens ones eyes up thankyou for listing those chemicals and next time i have a craving i will refer back to your post :) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 3/3/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 38 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 766 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] �193.8 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 3 [B]Hrs:[/B] 11 [B]Mins:[/B] 1 [B]Seconds:[/B] 37

OHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhh mercy! YECH! and very very scary :8o: I think drinking MORE water is needed! Thanks for that list... J xo [IMG]http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o304/Monica58/thumbsup-1.gif[/IMG] [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 4/4/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 6 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 157 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $61.5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 17 [B]Mins:[/B] 0 [B]Seconds:[/B] 36

Dupe, Can you imagine the amount of time to look all this stuff up? We would really be cured from smoking if we understood the vast majority of these chemicals. Anyone want some homework?? haha Well... as usual my crave time is when I get home from work. This kicked the crave right outta me!!! Mercy [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/21/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 78 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,576 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $348.66 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 10 [B]Hrs:[/B] 5 [B]Mins:[/B] 18 [B]Seconds:[/B] 13

AMMONIA Ammonia is a colorless gas with a very sharp odor. It is present naturally in the environment and can also be manmade. Ammonia can be very irritating to the skin, eyes, nose, throat, and lungs. The process of using ammonia to boost the impact of nicotine on the user is called "free-basing." Similar to the chemical process of free-basing cocaine, the end result is an enhanced effect of the drug. Nicotine exists in two forms, acid and base. When ammonia is added, it reacts with the acid form of nicotine in a cigarette and converts it to the base form. The base form vaporizes more easily from the smoke particles into a gas phase. As a gas, nicotine will deposit directly on lung tissue and begin to circulate immediately throughout the body. :8o: [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/21/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 78 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,576 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $348.66 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 10 [B]Hrs:[/B] 5 [B]Mins:[/B] 17 [B]Seconds:[/B] 52

Hydrogen cyanide at room temperature is a volatile, colorless-to-blue liquid (also called hydrocyanidic acid). It rapidly becomes a gas that can produce death in minutes if breathed. Hydrogen cyanide is used in making fibers, plastics, dyes, pesticides, and other chemicals, and as a fumigant to kill rats. It is also used in electroplating metals and in developing photographic film. Breathing small amounts of hydrogen cyanide may cause: headache dizziness weakness nausea vomiting Larger amounts may cause: gasping irregular heartbeats seizures fainting rapid death Generally, the more serious the exposure, the more severe the symptoms. Similar symptoms may be produced when solutions of hydrogen cyanide are ingested or come in contact with the skin. Treatment for hydrogen cyanide poisoning includes breathing pure oxygen, and in the case of serious symptoms, treatment with specific cyanide antidotes. Persons with serious symptoms will need to be hospitalized. Other facts about hydrogen cyanide: Reports have indicated that during the Iran-Iraq War in the 1980s, hydrogen cyanide gas may have been used along with other chemical agents against the inhabitants of the Kurdish city of Halabja in northern Iraq. Cyanide is naturally present in some foods and in certain plants such as cassava. Cyanide is contained in cigarette smoke and the combustion products of synthetic materials such as plastics. Combustion products are substances given off when things burn. Smoking cigarettes is one of the major sources of cyanide exposure for people who do not work in cyanide-related industries. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/21/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 78 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,576 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $348.66 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 10 [B]Hrs:[/B] 5 [B]Mins:[/B] 17 [B]Seconds:[/B] 36

Mercy, WOW, thanks for sharing! What exactly does a pipsissewa tree look like anyway? :p Dupe [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 3/11/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 29 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 447 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $92.8 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 2 [B]Hrs:[/B] 16 [B]Mins:[/B] 35 [B]Seconds:[/B] 42

NEED A BOOST TODAY? READ THIS...GET MAD....AND BE GLAD YOU QUIT. THIS IS A LIST OF 599 CHEMICALS ADDED TO CIGARETTES. YOUR NOT JUST GIVING UP TOBACCO!! MERCY The List of Additives A through C: The list of 599 additives approved by the US Government for use in the manufacture of cigarettes is something every smoker should see. Submitted by the five major American cigarette companies to the Dept. of Health and Human Services in April of 1994, this list of ingredients had long been kept a secret. (NOTICE ...A SECRET!!!!) Tobacco companies reporting this information were: American Tobacco Company Brown and Williamson Liggett Group, Inc. KEEP READING Philip Morris Inc. CHEMICAL LIST BELOW R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company While these ingredients are approved as additives for foods, they were not tested by burning them, and it is the burning of many of these substances which changes their properties, often for the worse. Over 4000 chemical compounds are created by burning a cigarette, many of which are toxic and/or carcinogenic. Methyl-alpha-Ionone Methyl-trans-2-Butenoic Acid 4-Methylacetophenone para-Methylanisole alpha-Methylbenzyl Acetate alpha-Methylbenzyl Alcohol 2-Methylbutyraldehyde 3-Methylbutyraldehyde 2-Methylbutyric Acid alpha-Methylcinnamaldehyde Methylcyclopentenolone 2-Methylheptanoic Acid 2-Methylhexanoic Acid 3-Methylpentanoic Acid 4-Methylpentanoic Acid 2-Methylpyrazine 5-Methylquinoxaline 2-Methyltetrahydrofuran-3-One (Methylthio)Methylpyrazine (Mixture Of Isomers) 3-Methylthiopropionaldehyde Methyl 3-Methylthiopropionate 2-Methylvaleric Acid Mimosa Absolute and Extract Molasses Extract and Tincture Mountain Maple Solid Extract Mullein Flowers Myristaldehyde Myristic Acid Myrrh Oil beta-Napthyl Ethyl Ether Nerol Neroli Bigarde Oil Nerolidol Nona-2-trans,6-cis-Dienal 2,6-Nonadien-1-Ol gamma-Nonalactone Nonanal Nonanoic Acid Nonanone trans-2-Nonen-1-Ol 2-Nonenal Nonyl Acetate Nutmeg Powder and Oil Oak Chips Extract and Oil Oak Moss Absolute 9,12-Octadecadienoic Acid (48%) And 9,12,15-Octadecatrienoic Acid (52%) delta-Octalactone gamma-Octalactone Octanal Octanoic Acid 1-Octanol 2-Octanone 3-Octen-2-One 1-Octen-3-Ol 1-Octen-3-Yl Ace