SUBSIM Radio Room Forums



SUBSIM: The Web's #1 resource for all submarine & naval simulations since 1997

Go Back   SUBSIM Radio Room Forums > General > General Topics
Forget password? Reset here

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 02-28-17, 08:31 PM   #616
August
Wayfaring Stranger
 
August's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 22,632
Downloads: 0
Uploads: 0


Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Gargamel View Post
I think that has some state taxes thrown in there too, August. Here we can get them for about $5 a pack. Of course, theres always the 'local' Indian reservations, people will make the 2 hour trip to get the really cheap cartons.

Quite possible. I haven't bought a cigarette in almost a decade.
__________________


Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.
August is online   Reply With Quote
Old 03-01-17, 02:19 AM   #617
Obltn Strand
Commodore
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Posts: 614
Downloads: 135
Uploads: 0
Default

Malrboro red is 6,50€ here in Finland. Most of it tax. Other laws include warning texts and those horror pictures also stores have to keep cigarette packs in a cabinet out sight...
__________________
Himmel, sukeltakaa!
Obltn Strand is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-01-17, 10:40 AM   #618
Commander Wallace
Silent Hunter
 
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Under the sea in an Octupus garden in the shade
Posts: 4,997
Downloads: 360
Uploads: 0


Default

Congratulations to everyone who has quit smoking and all the best to everyone who is trying to quit.
Commander Wallace is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-09-18, 11:11 PM   #619
Hjalfnar
Torpedoman
 
Join Date: Jun 2013
Posts: 113
Downloads: 33
Uploads: 0
Default

It's been some time since I posted here. Well, the short story: I quit smoking!

The longer: In the beginning months of 2015 I suddenly got problems with my lungs. Coughing all day, asthma. I stopped smoking for a few weeks, then started again...and it came back. Went to the doc and well, I am now allergic to nicotine. Wasn't really able to quit though, but because of my body reacting quite heavily to me still smoking I got pneumonia. After 6 months of reconvalescence I finally got better and I haven't smoked a single cigarette ever since. To be honest I tried once, but I almost puked so my body seems to have undergone his very own aversion therapy. Only problem now is to lose the additional 20kg I gained because I started eating more after quitting. xD
Hjalfnar is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-10-18, 05:31 AM   #620
Jimbuna
Chief of the Boat
 
Jimbuna's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: 250 metres below the surface
Posts: 180,310
Downloads: 63
Uploads: 13


Default

Unfortunately the downside to quitting is often weight gain and that is precisely what I experienced in 2008.

The upside being, if you eat relatively healthy and exercise just a little that extra weight should eventually go away.
__________________
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.
Oh my God, not again!!


GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)
Jimbuna is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-12-18, 06:47 PM   #621
fireftr18
Ocean Warrior
 
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Kentucky
Posts: 2,525
Downloads: 77
Uploads: 0
Default

Congratulations on quitting and your success at it. Good luck for the future. Don't worry about the extra weight, I'm sure you still feel much better.
__________________
Of all the forms of Martial Arts, Karaoke causes the most pain!
fireftr18 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-12-18, 07:04 PM   #622
eddie
Ocean Warrior
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 3,023
Downloads: 99
Uploads: 0
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimbuna View Post
Unfortunately the downside to quitting is often weight gain and that is precisely what I experienced in 2008.

The upside being, if you eat relatively healthy and exercise just a little that extra weight should eventually go away.

Well Jim, I'm in the process of trying to quit. Went through a battery of tests when my Dr believed I might have cancer. But got lucky, very lucky and none was found. Still got to get off these cancer sticks, get through that then will battle with the weight thing. One problem at a time,lol
__________________
Don't mistake my kindness for weakness. I'm kind to everyone, but when someone is unkind to me, weak is not what you are going to remember about me.

Al Capone
eddie is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-13-18, 08:35 AM   #623
Obltn Strand
Commodore
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Posts: 614
Downloads: 135
Uploads: 0
Default

Congratulations guys! Better to have some extra weight than tar lungs. Besides daddy pack is somekind of trend. Still carrying some extra myself after all these years...
__________________
Himmel, sukeltakaa!
Obltn Strand is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-13-18, 01:21 PM   #624
Jimbuna
Chief of the Boat
 
Jimbuna's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: 250 metres below the surface
Posts: 180,310
Downloads: 63
Uploads: 13


Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by eddie View Post
Well Jim, I'm in the process of trying to quit. Went through a battery of tests when my Dr believed I might have cancer. But got lucky, very lucky and none was found. Still got to get off these cancer sticks, get through that then will battle with the weight thing. One problem at a time,lol
All the best Eddie
__________________
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.
Oh my God, not again!!


GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)
Jimbuna is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-13-18, 01:33 PM   #625
AVGWarhawk
Lucky Jack
 
AVGWarhawk's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: In a 1954 Buick.
Posts: 27,339
Downloads: 90
Uploads: 0


Default

Congratulations for quiting. Not an easy task but well worth the end result.
__________________
“You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.”
― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road
AVGWarhawk is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-02-20, 05:16 AM   #626
turbotnator
Nub
 
Join Date: Aug 2020
Posts: 3
Downloads: 0
Uploads: 0
Default

Was a smoker myself - 10 years, in fact. Tried absolutely everything to quit and didn't find anything useful. Then I had a go with Champix and managed to finally cut it out. If you find getting the willpower too difficult, would 100% recommend it. You still need that willpower, don't get me wrong. But it manages to cut the cravings massively to make stopping easier.
turbotnator is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-02-20, 05:21 AM   #627
Catfish
Dipped Squirrel Operative
 
Catfish's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky
Posts: 16,880
Downloads: 38
Uploads: 0


Default

Spam? Troll?
This revived post is from 2018.
__________________


>^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.
Catfish is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-02-20, 05:53 AM   #628
Jimbuna
Chief of the Boat
 
Jimbuna's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: 250 metres below the surface
Posts: 180,310
Downloads: 63
Uploads: 13


Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Catfish View Post
Spam? Troll?
This revived post is from 2018.
I'm not too sure, they have only failed one of my usual checks. Best to wait and see.
__________________
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.
Oh my God, not again!!


GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)
Jimbuna is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 04:45 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright © 1995- 2024 Subsim®
"Subsim" is a registered trademark, all rights reserved.