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Originally Posted by Uncle Pony
I quit two weeks ago after 17 years of smoking. If you're serious about quitting go to http://whyquit.com/ and read up. There is a whole science behind the hows and whys of smoking, moreso than I ever imagined. Once I armed myself with the knowledge found there I quit pretty easily. Do yourself a favor and check it out. 
All lies, and lies that I've told myself 1,000 times. Check out that site. 
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I'll check it out, but that IS what smoking is...thumbsucking. It's not a justification or excusing it, since there really IS no justification for smoking at all. But that's what it is....gotta stick that 'thumb' in there. We light up when stressed, we light up while sitting at a computer, we light up after a meal. Then we get stressed because we don't want to smoke....so we light up again. Mention chocolate to a dieter and you'll see what I mean.
I don't consider them helpful, I don't consider them 'my friend' and sometimes I don't like how they taste(specially after a few in a row), I hate how my car smells....
Ironically, we smoke as a sort of security blanket saying it calms us, but every cig actually raises blood pressure, heart rate and decreases air intake, all of which rob the brain. But it's a drug and just like other drugs, it's that change in metabolism we 'need', thus calling it 'calming'.
Quitting from a half pack a day is commendable, but try quitting from a 2pack a day habit or more...I'm down from 3 to about 1.5(two on an off day).
Smokers mantra: I will quit smoking or die trying!!! We all try to....