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Caitlin
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Date Posted: 00:46:16 05/25/07 Fri
In reply to:
Cassy
's message, "Re: Smoking For The Sake Of Smoking" on 16:06:29 05/24/07 Thu
Hi Cassy,
Glad 2 hear u don't totally regret starting. I know I'll need 2 be careful with my asthma but smoking is something I want to develop and enjoy.
Did u smoke in high school? If so, u were able 2 keep it to 5 or 6 a day but then college gave u more freedom to smoke? Is that right or did u start in college?
Good luck with ur lung condition. Could exercise help? Have ur family or friends been harping on u 2 quit or have they been supportive?
I wouldn't worry about ur smoke breaks this summer u'll probaly get 15 minutes in the morning, a lunch break, and a least 1 or 2 breaks in the afternoon. If worse comes to worse u could also smoke 2 or 3 over break to help ur cravings.
TTYL,
Kate
>Hi Kate,
>I'm honestly not sure if I regret starting. I
>definitely regret getting addicted to smoking this
>amount though. Honestly, any more than 5 a day and
>smoking starts to control your life.
>I guess I need to give you a little more of my smoking
>history by means of an explanation. When I started
>university I was only smoking about 5 or 6 a day. At
>least at my university, smoking is a lot easier than
>it was in high school. Classes start at 10 minutes
>past the hour, and go for 50 minutes, so there's a
>good 10 minutes to get to the next class/smoke. Also,
>I put down that I was a smoker on my roommate matching
>form, and got a smoker roommate (though you can't
>smoke inside anyway). Because of this, most of my
>friends at university are smokers. My cigarette
>consumption blossomed from 5 a day to a pack a day by
>Christmas, where it stayed until April.
>Even at a pack a day life gets inconvenient. Sure,
>your cravings tend to coincide with the 10 minute
>breaks between classes, but when you're out with
>nonsmokers you feel like a nuisance. Also, I did
>horribly on my first exam in December because my
>cravings were so bad... it wasn't until my second exam
>that I started using nicotine gum to suppress cravings
>during exams. It doesn't really satisfy you, but it
>makes the craving a lot less strong.
>My boost to 2 packs a day happened in April. Classes
>were over, and I take study breaks twice every hour.
>It just became natural to smoke that much. It makes
>exams a lot harder to sit through, even with nicotine
>gum, and with all the smoking bans here it is very
>hard to smoke that much and be a functional member of
>society.
>My summer job has me working indoors (so no smoking),
>and I'm afraid that someone's gonna say something
>because I take so many smoke breaks.
>So all I'm saying is watch out. Especially with your
>asthma (I thought I read somewhere that smokers with
>asthma have an even greater risk of other respiratory
>problems... you might want to look into that... let me
>tell you from experience, lung problems aren't fun.)
>You could wind up going from enjoyment to slavery to
>an inconvenient level of addiction.
>Cassy
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