Gee, if we could really do with just a smoke here or there we would have a lot of social smokers, and the quitting process would not be as hard as it sometimes is.
If quitting was not so hard we would only have non smokers I think, because lots of people do try, but go back to smoking.
I know that I would go back to full-time smoking if I just had a couple of drags, done that, been there, so it is better to just stay away from it 100%, how tempting it sometimes may be.
So if you can please 'don't even try', you might fall for it again.
My Milage:
My Quit Date: 4/18/2008 Smoke-Free Days: 60 Cigarettes Not Smoked: 1,500 Amount Saved: $480.00 Life Gained: Days: 8 Hrs: 15 Mins: 49 Seconds: 36
Smoking any number of cigarettes is harmful and so is second hand smoke. There are serious effect to your health that should be considered in both situations.
I know that I could not do it; but I have heard or read somewhere that if you only smoke a few a day, it is just like your lungs handling air pollution. I always thought, "geez, if I could smoke only 2 or 3 a day, I would not worry about it". I know that you are still addicted to those 2 or 3 each day..so the enslavement issue relates. But, is it really physically harmful if you only smoke 2 a day?
new me
My Milage:
My Quit Date: 5/26/2007 Smoke-Free Days: 388 Cigarettes Not Smoked: 9,700 Amount Saved: $2,425.00 Life Gained: Days: 54 Hrs: 1 Mins: 24 Seconds: 16
Myth:If I smoke only a
few cigarettes a day, that's okay.
Fact: Smoking
isn't safe even if you're smoking one cigarette a day. Every cigarette contains
about 1 to 2 milligrams of nicotine, and it reaches your brain 10 seconds after
you inhale.
