verycle

A year ago, riding my bike was part of the quitting process. I used to commute and go for casual rides.. but at that point I got a new (used) bike with the money I no longer wasted on cigarettes and began riding faster and longer, climbing hills. I sweat all the toxins out and my brain was so busy with all this new adrenaline and blood flow that I never thought of smoking again.

I think I started living better at that point.

Nightshade

another nanny nazi's point of view...............

Scrabbler

I justify buying new bikes with my money saved by no longer smoking.

Alpha52

I find it much easier to ride with two hands now.

joe_5700

There are actually some natural cigarettes out there. When I did smoke, sometimes I would pick up a pack of American Spirits. When you smelled those cigarettes and smelled a pack of any major cig brand the difference was quite obvious. American Spirits smelled just like tobacco shop (unflavored) cig tobacco. I couldn't ever just smoke those cigs for long because they were always missing something....like accelerants, unatural amounts of nicotene and a host of other chemicals my body "needed".

There are 2 types of ex-smokers and it is completely evident in this thread. Some ex-smokers really do not care if others smoke. They respect their right to do so and are not bothered to smell a wiff of smoke if walking past a smoker on the street. Then there are the others who become militant anti smokers and quickly forget that they themselves once produced plumes of smoke but it was never an issue to other people when they smoked.

On a side note to those who smoke(d) 2, 3 or even 4 packs of cigs, how in the heck did you have time to smoke them???? It must have been a part time job to just smoke that much. I rarely exceeded a pack during the week and slighlty more on weekends.

daredevil

It helped when long ago you could smoke anywhere including on the job. Then there's the thing called chain smoking....lighting one off another for the extreme smokers.

Nightshade

This is one of the main reason I puff a pipe......time. Since pipe puffing is time consuming hobby
due to all the subtle activities involved pipe puffing is best done when you can stop and relax.

You'll not find many pipe hobbist who consume the day with a lit pipe in their mouths all the time.
The pipe hobby is time to relax and read,talk with friends, or think, or putter but never hurry and
most certainly never "need" a hit!

Oh one other thing......
Unless you have the lungs of Superman inhaling pipe tobacco smoke will make you cough so hard
you'll wish you were dead it's that STRONG! One puffs a pipe to taste the flavor of the tobacco
never inhale.

Unknown Cyclist

'pipe hobby' 'pipe hobbist'

ksargent

Biggest difference for me is easier climbing. And more money, of course.

Ken

jungovox

More Money ? Don't I wish -

Smoked for 41 years -
Quit cold turkey just 4 full months ago - Tired of coughing and being a slave to the ciggies - (the wife quite 9 months back)

I surely AM happier ... but there have been surprises -

Any hopes I had of saving money were immediately burned up on Food and excercise gear (WII fit etc. ) - Mercifully I make enough money where I CAN afford to quit !

I've never been overweight in my life and one month after I quit I look like a Pregnant man - gained 20 lbs -

We bought an Nintendo WII (fit software) to inspire me to 'excercise' - That WII fit programs DID actually did inspire me to start excercising - after a month I said ... Damn, I'll be I'd enjoying biking -

Two months later - we have three trek bikes and ride daily...

In contrast to the question - Biking has helped me breath better and clear out my lungs

I do miss the ciggies daily but just do NOT want to be a slave to them again -

Save money ?

Welll That extra cash has been gobbled up by food , 450 for a wii fit sysem , 2000 for bikes, 250 for a bike rack ----

Glad I did it though - and if you want to smoke ... I say... do it - I know I enjoyed it for decades.

Fritz

Nightshade

You sir, are a intolerant nanny nazi to be sure. I sure hope someday some do gooder nanny
takes an interest in your life so they can tell you how 'bad' you are and laugh at your loss.

Your day will come rest assured it will.

Ed in GA

congatulations on both you and your wife stopping smoking.

Surprises?

You already have the best exercise vehicle there is. Your Bike.

It's because you can actually taste that food now and you want more of it.

Yep, winter is not conducive to biking.

good

Good, again!!!!

The longer you're stopped, the less you will miss them.

I hope that you're young enough that the, already done, damage doens't linger.


Great, and congrats again.

Unknown Cyclist

You Sir, are a complete and utter fool.

Using the pathetic phrase 'nanny nazi' endlessly does not make any of your points more valid.

You are sorely mistaken if you believe I have an interest in your life, I do not.

I do however greatly object to you misleading others into the same foolish mistakes that you have made.

Grow up.

Ed in GA

Continuing Smoking, after knowing the dangers, is like putting a loaded Gun to your head, pulling the trigger and believing that the bullet won't hurt you.

chipcom 

No, perhaps you need to grow up. The man has made a choice and unless you claim to the the lord almighty, it ain't your place to judge.

I smoked for darn near 40 years, just because I quit don't mean that I buy or tolerate the hypocrisy and holier-than-thou BS from the anti-smoking fascists. You are acting as bad as the helmet nazis...I expected better from you. Guess I was wrong.

chipcom 

Not another one. Sometimes I feel like I live in a nation full of brown shirts.

Unknown Cyclist

What's so damn difficult about reality ??

Not liking it and not wanting to accept it, doesn't change it.

What part of 'tobacco' and 'cancer' is too difficult for you to grasp ?

daredevil

That's a poor metaphor. As an ex smoker, you should know that. What makes you think we never knew or thought of the dangers of smoking. We didn't somehow think we would miraculously escape it. Fortunately, most of us finally kicked the habit.

Unknown Cyclist

Don't all smokers think "It won't be me" then ?

daredevil

Nope, don't think so. We hope it won't of course but I personally never thought I was somehow insulated from the dangers more than anyone else. That would just be flat out stupid. Even more stupid than actually smoking.

Nightshade

I am ashamed of myself here when I remember my old motto. That motto was.."I don't argue
with idiots" and I did.

Well, enough from me and thanks to all the rest for their tolerence and patients during this
longwinded diatribe. "Unknown Cyclist" can find a dark corner and entertain himself for all
I care now. Just hope he enjoys himself.

Nuff said!

Unknown Cyclist

Sorry to have to break this to you, but I think nearly all smokers really do believe it "won't be them".

chipcom 

What part of 'inhaling' and 'cancer risk' don't you understand? Tobacco does not cause cancer, any more than a gun jumps up and shoots someone. Inhaling the smoke from burning tobacco increases your risk of cancer. Learn the difference between silly rhetoric and fact, m'kay?

Ed in GA

Actually, no, it isn't a poor metaphor. Anyone in the last 30 years who did not know the dangers of smoking was living in a vacuumn.

I knew that dangers! I chose to ignore them as I believed that the dangers would affect others but not me.

I just lost a good friend who, as I did, ignored the warnings with the same attitude that I had. "It won't affect me."

If everybody who smokes want to continue smoking, even knowing the dangers, that's their perogative.

But, if you chose to ignore the evidence it's just exactly like pulling that trigger.

I have no intention of getting into a pissing contest here about the dangers of smoking with Nightshade, Chipcom or anyone else. It's their choice and they have every right to exercise that choice.

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chipcom 

My grandmother smoked all her life, died in her sleep of 'natural causes' at nearly 100 years old. Does that mean that smoking isn't bad for you...of course not...no more than it means that smoking is bad for everyone. Again, learn the difference between rhetoric and fact and you won't sound so silly and make me stop being my usual lovable idiot self.