Give Them Up

The way things are going it won't be much longer, if it isn't already where you live, where the cost of cigarettes will deplete your entire paycheck. States are doing these incredible price increases for several reasons. One, they want you to be healthier and secondly because they really want all that tax money generated by smokers.
Here in California where I live they spend millions every year on television commercials urging people to quit smoking. They show people that appear to be much happier now that they have given up their smoking habits. Who wouldn't want to be healthier and happier? Don't know anyone that would say "not me".
But, we all know that giving up any sort of habit is hard. Giving up an addictive habit like smoking is even more difficult.
But, there is help available to help you stop smoking. They have lots of great information on how to quit smoking. You'll learn how to set a quit date, quit, and avoid weight gain. Learn ways to make quitting easier, even if you are a long-time smoker.Take a look at their quitting articles and help yourself to stop your habit.
Turn yourself into a healthier, happier person in a very short time using their advice. And, think of all the money you'll be saving! Think about it, you smoke one pack per day and you pay six dollars per pack. That's $2190 per year. Think of all the things you can buy with that extra money. Put it all away and save it up for a year, take a cruise with it or buy yourself a fancy widescreen newfangled television home theater. Anything but cigarettes.
Give them up. You'll be much better off, health-wise and financially.

Nicotine Makes You Do Strange Things!

Don't look at me...I have never gone naked to a neighbors house to bum a smoke...




CLEARWATER, Fla. (UPI) -- A 52-year-old woman in Clearwater, Fla., was naked when she knocked on the door of a house and asked a resident for a cigarette, police allege.

Pinellas County sheriff's deputies said when they arrested Monica L. Wood in a nearby mobile home park early Friday morning the woman was only wearing boxer shorts, the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times said.

The Clearwater resident faces misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct, the Times said.

There was no word on whether she scored any smokes.




Copyright 2009 by United Press International

Smoking

Smoke, smoke, smoke that cigarette!
Puff, puff, puff and if you puff yourself to death
Tell Saint Peter at the Golden Gate
That you hate to make him wait
But you just gotta have another cigarette!

This was a popular country-western song when I was a kid. I woke up with it in my head this morning and so I thought I'd do a post about smoking. I have two bits of advice for you if you are a smoker:
First, if you are still young, or haven't had the habit long, QUIT! Not only is it good for your health, it is good for your wallet too! Cigarettes are expensive. Almost five dollars a pack here where I live. Look at all the money you'll save by giving them up :)

Second, if you are an old guy like me, having smoked for more years than are good for a body, here's a tip that may help you with that awful morning hacking we all do. When you retire for the evening, put a cough drop in your mouth and let it dissolve. Preferably a cough drop like Hall's vapor type. I notice that on the days I do this I hack and cough a lot less when I wake up the next day. Not sure why, but am thankful I found this out :)