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• November 17, 2009 7:04 p.m.

  Hi, I'm a student at Metro State of Denver. I'm researching a new product possibility; the product would be a "Quit Smoking" aide that offers a stepping down approach. I am a former smoker myself but I'm addicted to Commit lozenges and they contain nicotine. I would still buy them if they had zero mg of nicotine but they don't offer that. I would like to market a product that does. Anyways, I made this survey for my research project and it would really help me if anyone could take it [smokers, former smokers, and non-smokers are all welcome] Thanks so much. -- Casey Here's the link to the survey. http://www.surveygizmo.com/s/206243/r2zgt

  - Casey

• August 15, 2009 12:36 a.m.

  It's been 31 hours since I went cold turkey. Recently I lost my job, was granted unemployment but have no health insurance. Last week I had to go to ER because of ongoing pain in the neck that got worse. My DX is Cervical Osteoarthritis with two cervical vertebrae fusing, and a pinched nerve.This is progressivly degenerative with no reverse. Surgery might help except I have COPD that would require me to be on a Ventilator and No doctor will touch me unless I can breath on my own. Determined to quit, I did some research and found out some things. The addiction factor is NICOTINE. Nicotine works as a mental stimulate at a low dose. And as a sedative at a high dose. Too much Nicotine is toxic and will cause death. A few other key substances that is found in this drug is TAR, which in itself contains hundreds of hazardous and carcinogenic compounds. CARBON MONOXIDE actually squeezes the oxygen out of your red blood cells, significantly reducing the amount of life-giving oxygen that gets to your heart, muscles, and brain. Moderate amounts cause dizziness and nausea, due to lack of oxygen, and large amounts can cause death. HYDROGEN CYANIDE, is one of the most poisonous compounds in cigarette smoke. Modest amounts of this killer cause weakness, headache, nauses, vomiting, breathing difficulty. FORMALDEHYDE and BENZENE, are considered to be probable cancer-causing agents. CIGARETTES are highly toxic and are the main cause of many diseases and deaths that result from being a user.

  - Brenda

• July 17, 2009 12:18 a.m.

  I quit over fifteen years ago, mainly, because I wanted to play the saxaphone. I still haven't learned to play but I sure do feel a lot better!

  - mrxsmoker

• June 4, 2009 7:21 p.m.

  I quit smoking after 47 years of it. I should never have started in the first place. I would like to know if scientist know what effect smoking has on a persons thinking, considering the smoker is not getting the proper amount of oxygen. Doesn't the carbon monoxide from smoking effect the thought process or the thought?

  - john wade

• June 2, 2009 1:23 p.m.

  I quit at 38 in December of 1995. I already knew that smoking was slowly killing me so (over a 2 or 3 year period) I had cut down to less than 10 per day. I developed a cold/flu that was so bad that each puff hurt my lungs. I figured the severe virus already had me spaced out and that quitting smoking couldn't make it any worse. 2 weeks later, my cold was gone and so were the cravings. While I don't have "nic-fits" per se anymore, I know that one puff would addict me again instantly - even after 14 smoke-free years.

  - Jimdraft

• June 2, 2009 11:34 a.m.

  I decided to quit when I was wheezing after climbing a flight of stairs and realized I was not getting a good workout at the gym because of shortness of breath. To top it off, I hated the smell in my car and home and the price of a pack has gone up yet again. I have been smoke free for 62 days now, with the help of Chantix, encouragement from friends and quitnet.com. I have taken the money I would've spent on cigarettes to make payments on a new riding lawn mower...so I CAN'T start smoking again! It sure isn't easy, but I know I can do it. Keep a positive attitude and figure, if others can do it, so can you!

  - Shirley

• May 29, 2009 12:15 p.m.

  I smoked for a little bit, got addicted, quit, and am much happier. Now I'm working for a great campaign with Corporate Accountability International that fights big tobacco. Check it out http://stopcorporateabuse.org/category/sitecategories/tobacco because it could help prevent all of the problems that people have from smoking. And most of all, it could help prevent kids - our future - from even having to kick the habit in the first place. Cheers!

  - Jeremy

• May 28, 2009 4:17 a.m.

  We Have To Quit Smoking

  - adolph

• May 28, 2009 2:58 a.m.

  Well, I've been smoking for almost 20 years now. I sure had my thoughts to quit, more than once, but I never tried it. Truth is people want *real* motivation to do it, I don't think it's a matter of finding the right technique. I admire with all my heart those people who managed to quit, either gradually or immediately. But I think that deep inside they had a serious incentive to do so, be it the acceptance from their family, the way they valued themselves or just financial reasons.

  - Alexander

• May 14, 2009 10:09 p.m.

  I'm tired of being a slave to a cigarette. Forfeiting good food for a pack of smokes. Rummaging for coins when I'd no money for them. Having a cold and still walking to the store in rain, snow and cold just to get my fix. I'm working on making that behaviour a thing of the past.

  - Mark