Posts Tagged ‘smoking’

Why People Lie that They Are Not Smoking Anymore?

By Nicotinist On January 13, 2011 6 Comments

I was browsing the web yesterday and I found a discussion, where a young woman was asking, why his husband is telling her that he has not started smoking again, when she knows that it is not the truth. She had found empty cigarette packs from the pockets of his husband’s jacket and noticed that his hands are sometimes smelling for cigarettes. When she asked his husband about this, he

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Getting Back in the Saddle

By Nicotinist On November 14, 2010 No Comments

Two weeks ago, when I decided to visit a nearby pub, I fell. Naturally, I am speaking metaphorically. After a couple of beers, I decided to smoke a few cigarettes (two to be exact). At the time I did not think about the consequences of my actions. I just simply had an urge to smoke, and I followed it.

Luckily for me, I received my punished in the next morning.

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The Holy Trinity of Nicotine Addiction

By Nicotinist On October 9, 2010 No Comments

It is often said that an addiction is a personal selection. Even though it is true, that addicts as well as all other persons, are responsible for their actions, I cannot stop wondering, if this is the whole truth. Becoming a Nicotine addict is always a personal choice, because no one becomes addicted to Nicotine by mistake. Never the less, real world is not that simple.

It is in the

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5 Side Effects, Which Smoking Had on Me

By Nicotinist On September 18, 2010 No Comments

Smokers seem to be one of the most haunted group of “normal” people in the western world. Laws are written to ban smoking in public places. Taxes are raised, and smokers are forced to pay more from their little pleasure. Some argue that the governments are going too far. Smokers claim that their human rights are violated. I am not sure, who is right, and who is wrong. All I

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The Myth of a Single Cigarette

By Nicotinist On September 6, 2010 No Comments

For some reason, I have been lately having strong urges to smoke that legendary one cigarette. At first, I was feeling a bit confused, because I could not understand, why my urge to smoke has returned from its grave. However, after my initial shock was passed, I was soon able to realize, what was really going on. I had become too proud and careless. In a way, I had forgotten

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Three Reasons Why Health Education Does Not Help Smokers to Quit Smoking

By Nicotinist On August 30, 2010 2 Comments

I have noticed that one of the main weapons, which is used to motivate smokers to quit smoking, is health education. Cigarette packs contains warnings, which announces that smoking is harmful to one’s health. In some countries they even print shocking images illustrating smoking related illnesses to cigarette packs. And if one tries to search information about smoking, one should be prepared to find a lot of information about the

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Five Misconceptions about Smoking

By Nicotinist On August 7, 2010 No Comments

It is Saturday. I stopped smoking a week ago, and it has been interesting to see, what kind of misconceptions I had about smoking. I have not destroyed them yet. Instead, I want to write them down as a guide to the rest of you, who ended up reading this blog. There is one thing, which is behind all of the misconceptions I have had. Lets find it out by

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Moments, Which Give Me an Urge to Smoke

By Nicotinist On July 29, 2010 No Comments

Since I am going to quit smoking at Saturday, I have been trying to figure out, why I really smoke. One reason for that is my nicotine addiction. However, I was talking about certain moments in my life, which make me want to smoke a cigarette. I feel that identifying these moments is important, because it might give me a better understanding of my smoking habit. I truly believe that

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Introduction

By Nicotinist On July 24, 2010 No Comments

I am 32 years old, and I have been smoking frequently about eight years. I smoke about one and half pack of cigarettes in a day, and have been trying to stop smoking for several times. As you already know, I have not succeeded. To make matters worse, the reason why I ended up smoking again, was always the same. That is really embarrassing, because I have always believed that

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