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rwbeagles

Posted : 7/19/2007 6:00:24 PM

LMBO....."Flaming Breadstick!" sounds something expensive at an italian restaurant! LOL!

glenmar

Posted : 7/19/2007 6:04:47 PM

I share these stories because they help keep me on the straight and narrow. And yeah, the breadstick was danged funny! But, it's one of those little ones and almost perfect size as a substitute!

Chantix basically shuts down the nicotine receptors in your brain. You take it for a full week and then quit on day 8. The physical addiction is handled this way, but the emotional, and what do I do with my hands/mouth part is a bit tougher. It is NOT cheap....about $120 for the first month and slightly less for additional months, and most folks need it for 3-6 months, BUT, it's cheaper than the danged cigs.

ron2

Posted : 7/19/2007 6:05:24 PM

........was using it as a cig substitute, tooling down the road, forgot that I don't smoke anymore and flicked the bic.....oppps.

Another funny image. I smoke, too. But I have no problems going without for the convenience of others. The drive from parents'-in-law house to BIL's house, north of Baton Rouge, La. was 7.5 hours but we would stop every so often for potty breaks and once for lunch at a Subway in Henderson, La. So, it might have been a few hours of none, and I was fine. What was frustrating was that, in boarding the plane to go to New Jersey 2 years ago, you can't take lighters. We get to Newark, New Jersey and there's no place to stop and get a lighter on the way to Princeton. Fortunately, the sister of the groom had a lighter. Next day, I bought matches, which you can take on a plane. Another thing I learned, while in Newark, waiting for the flight back, check the ashtrays outside of the entrance area. That's where everyone ditches their lighters before going in.

The better thing to do is quit the stupid things. And I will, one day.

mollymoo

Posted : 7/19/2007 6:16:47 PM

DumDog I was always told that nicotine was toxic to children if they ate some tobacco. This goes for dogs too of course so one day when Molly was younger and didn`t know drop it yet picked up a cigarette butt in her mouth when we were outside and it was the battle of I want I want. Molly wanted to eat it and I wanted it out of her mouth. I won.

dubilpie

Posted : 7/19/2007 6:31:29 PM

I have a couple of cigarettes a day, more like 5. I don't smoke in the house or in the car if my kids are with me. In my state there is no smoking in public buildings at all, doesn't bother me. When I go to my kids softball game, if I want to smoke, I take a walk away from the crowd, I don't want anyone else to have to smell my smoke.
Every time someone I know see's me smoking they always say "I didn't know you smoke" I must do a pretty good job of febreezing myself, I keep a bottle in my car.

jenhuedepohl

Posted : 7/19/2007 6:41:11 PM

I'm a closet smoker [&o] Mostly because I'm so ashamed of starting again after quitting for over five years. I hadn't smoked since getting pregnant with my oldest, then hubby starting working away from home most of the week at just about the same time my youngest figured out the locks on the doors. Cops thought the way an 18 month old figured out how to stick his fingers into the latch of the locked storm door to open it was funnier than I did.

I NEVER bum smokes though. Except from my brother-in-law. He bummed smokes off me constantly in college so I do try to weasel some from him every once in a while just for payback. And I have a good friend that only smoles when we go out so I always bring an extra pack and trade them for a beer or two so she won't have to buy the $7 bar smokes.

fuzzy_dogs_mom

Posted : 7/19/2007 6:44:05 PM

CA probably has one of the most stringent anti-smoking laws in the country, and I think Davis has the strongest one in the state. In Davis, the only place you can smoke is pretty much inside your own home or your own car. There is NO standing and smoking outside the door of any public building. If you're smoking downtown, you had better be in transit - on your way to someplace and moving along. In CA you'll get a ticket if the cops see anyone smoking in a car that kids are riding in. Years ago my DS #1 and his now ex-wife (both smokers) wanted me to buy them some pricey Australian shampoo and conditioner - I think they were like $7 or $8 apiece. They wanted them because they would make their hair smell sooo good. [] I told them that their hair would only smell good for the first few minutes out of the shower and as soon as they lit up, it would reek again. I sent them to Wally-Mart for the 88 cent bottles of Suave.

Joyce

Aina

Posted : 7/19/2007 7:38:04 PM

If I had friends that bummed smokes off me I would hide my pack except for maybe one and ask them if they could bring another next time because I was running out too quickly, or something like that.

But, I don't smoke. Actually I am really really allergic to smoke. I have to hold my breath walking past smokers because if I don't I get sick.
I am really glad they banned smoking in reseraunts where I live because I can now actually go out to eat. I don't care if they have them in bars, I don't go there.
Even if there is a smoking section I still get sick from the wafting smoke.
We had to go to Texas and my relatives always liked to eat at expincive places. Unfortunatly where we were in Texas people can smoke in the resteraunts. So there we were, at a steakhouse paying $20 a plate and I couldn't eat because the smoke was making me sick. [:'(]

janet_rose

Posted : 7/20/2007 12:03:43 PM

rwbeagles
No one in my household or immediate family smokes....but things like banning it in bars and restaurants seems a bit much, to me.

I sympathize with you, Aina. Cigarette/cigar smoke gives me migraines and asthma problems - and it doesn't take much. Kept me from going to an awful lot of places and social situations for most of my life.

Having to put up with it at work literally caused me a lot of pain, but that's illegal now - thank goodness. Still can't go to bars here unless I go way out to Plano, so drinks with co-workers or friends is still out. However, I can now go to most restaurants. Applebee's is still off limits though since it has a bar in it, so I have to use the "to go" service for there.

ETA: Since the 80's I have been able to go to bars on trips to Minnesota. Yes, they did permit smoking, but they had to have the ventilation systems to handle it - by law!!

A lot of my life has revolved around trying to avoid smokers. Frankly, it is a relief to not be so ostracized by my need to breathe and to not have a drum in my head.

Sorry, but nicotine is an addiction and accomodating addicts while excluding me has always been a sore point for me - restaurants and bars included!

janet_rose

Posted : 7/20/2007 12:06:09 PM

glenmar
Although...I DID almost light a breadstick earlier in the week........was using it as a cig substitute, tooling down the road, forgot that I don't smoke anymore and flicked the bic.....oppps.

Glenda, I wish you had a video of that!!!

janet_rose

Posted : 7/20/2007 12:32:26 PM

DumDog
turned out the baby was chewing on cigarettes butts when no one was looking and had been poisoned by the nicotine. i dont know if thats possible or not, seems like it is.. but i reamed my husband out one day because he accidentally dropped a butt and my son grabbed it and was about to stick it in his mouth.

It is definitely possible!! Note that 5 butts have the nicotine of 1.25 cigarettes and can potentially cause nicotine poisoning - depends on the size of the child or pet.

www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/newsreleases/seasonal/listpoisonous102102.html

Cigarette butts are potentially dangerous to children or pets if eaten. Because cigarette butts have a higher concentration of nicotine, five can potentially give a child or pet nicotine poisoning.

www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=2&cat=1674&articleid=932

Tobacco products can be fatal to pets, if ingested. Signs of poisoning develop within 15 to 45 minutes and include excitation, salivation, vomiting, and diarrhea. Pets may develop seizures, collapse and die from cardiac arrest. Keep cigarettes, cigars, tobacco, nicotine gum and patches, and ashtrays out of the reach of pets. Empty ashtrays frequently since cigarette butts contain about 25% of the total nicotine in a cigarette.

fuzzy_dogs_mom

Posted : 7/20/2007 1:31:13 PM

ORIGINAL: DPU

To the OP, the only time I attempted to hide the fact that I smoke is when I was looking for a job. Right before the interview I would use mouth wash, brush my teeth, soap and water, and a change of clothes. Little did I know that I should have done this 2 days ago and then not have a cigarette. No wonder I was passed up so many times.

I don't understand why a prospective employer would care if an employee smoked as long as they abided by the "no smoking on the job" rule and could refrain from slipping outside 50 times a day to smoke. That's getting pretty close to letting what you do in the privacy of your own home or car interfere with getting a job.

Joyce

Tankstar

Posted : 7/20/2007 1:59:03 PM

I smoke. I'm not a closet smoker. I have smoked for a long time, solong I'm embaressed abit becuase Iam only 22(well almost 22). None of my friends are closet smokers.

But with the bar resteraunt things, I LOVE that there is no smoking any more. I hate trying to eat and then see smoke coming my way. Its not hard to go outside and smoke. Plus it makes me smoke less.

cyclefiend2000

Posted : 7/20/2007 2:07:00 PM

could refrain from slipping outside 50 times a day to smoke.

that is why.... too unproductive because of excessive smoke breaks.

That's getting pretty close to letting what you do in the privacy of your own home or car interfere with getting a job.

i feel the same way about mandatory drug tests and credit checks done by potential employers.

Cheryl

Posted : 7/20/2007 2:17:05 PM

I don't understand why a prospective employer would care if an employee smoked as long as they abided by the "no smoking on the job" rule and could refrain from slipping outside 50 times a day to smoke.

My guess is for insurance purposes. Sick employees=money out of pocket.

I smoked for many years. Yes, a closet smoker at times. I quit when I had my kids. And I haven't smoked since. My mom was a smoking fiend. She died from lung cancer almost nine months ago. I will never preach about smoking to others. It's your choice. But it's an awful way to die. I watched it with my own eyes and see it over and over again every day in my head. Unfortunately, those are the memories that are most vivid. In time I hope I begin remembering more of the good times. My kids will never know what a great Gran they had. And she will never be at their weddings. I kick myself thinking of the damage I may have done to myself for my kid's sake.

I'm Fed Up With CLOSET SMOKERS!!!