25 May 2012 10:11:Keith28,
may I ask on what basis you make the statement that "people smoke because they enjoy smoking, not because they don´t have the willpower to give up"!!
I am sure there are exceptions to every rule but that statement bears no relation to reality whatsoever!!
It´s as bad as all the tobacco companies stating that there is nothing additive in their product. What a miserable pack of lies that was. All down to money, of course.
I am an ex-smoker, for some 28 years to date, back then, I even tried smoking brown paper once, when I had no money. If anybody had told me to quit, I would have told them where to go!!
I eventually quit because three friends had one guy drop out of a holiday booking to Lanzarote and asked if I could go in his place.
They did not smoke, so I thought I would go and sit on the outside balcony for a fag. Got fed up with that, so got a little wobbly during "Happy Hour" most days, with beer and Jack Daniels, sniffed my fingers, where I held the fag, also had a coffee, when the craving hit really bad!
Lasted seven days like that, bought a carton of fags, left them unopened, booked non smoking on the plane back to the UK and promised myself I would put a fag up each nostril when I got home, to celebrate. I didn´t however, went from hours, to days, to months, sniffing fingers, drinking coffee, withdrawal symptons were quite strong. At one stage I thought I could pull on the steering wheel and my car would fly!!
As I say, that was 28 years ago. What a blessing when Spain introduced the smoking ban. Even the faintest smell of nicotine makes me feel repulsed!! Please, please, Sr. Rajoy, do not cancel the ban.
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