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Message to young (and old) friends about smoking: (please also read the
article: Smoking is not cool! and sepcially, Tobacco facts)
majid: "Your analysis/suggestions/ideas on smoking was the most effective so far. It is sinking in very well."
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You're puffing away your happiness...
You are beautiful but cigs are ugly - you two don't match!
Life's too good to ruin it by smoking!
Ride the wave of love and quit smoking!
“After I quit smoking pot, I’ve received 3 promotions in a month”. S.H. Feb 13, 2002
Yes it is! It is a problem!
Everyone who smokes is unhappy (at least at physical level).... It's
about your future.... It's your choice to be happy or not...
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Lousiest logic:
- do you like smoking?
- yes, otherwise I would not smoke. [
wrong ] because there are many smokers who do it
despite despising it.
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here's another lame excuse: I could be doing worst things!!
It was interesting, Fabienne (15) was sincerely wondering why I was
telling Anna (16) cigarettes are not good. I told her Anna knows
exactly - because she doesn't want to smoke them, she doesn't like
them, but still does them because she's addicted.
you should stop smoking before it makes you suffer any more.
a group of youngsters a few nights ago had a big change of mood. i went
back to give them my website and they were standing in a close
circle talking in a serious mood about what this passerby just
told them - that cigs are not toys -- you don't play with a poisonous
snake.
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If you are really honest you will admit that you dislike most of the cigs you smoke. You are doing something that you dislike.
Most of you smoke because you think it's cool - it's not cool - that's what cig companies want you to believe through
advertising. But you are messing around with a very dangerous drug. But
the cigarette companies don't tell you about that. They put this
dangerous drug in nice packaging and associate it with a smiling face.
Cigarette tells you it's your friend - if you're happy it says: let's
celebrate together. When you're sad you think: let's smoke to
feel better. But in fact, it's not a real friend - it's like a person
you know who is friendly when you're there but when you leave
he talks bad behind you: he stabs you in the back. Cigs are not your friends - they poison you...
Now you're young...as you grow older cigs make your like unnecessarily complicated, then you become unhappy and want to
drink or do drugs to be happy. You'll be unhappy because you will do something you do not love (most people who smoke
don't like it) - not only that but for most people it is something they dislike but still do because they are simply addicted to
Nicotine which is as addictive as Heroin!
One out of every 2 smokers dies from smoking. And it is not a quick death - usually a slow painful one. I had 3 friends who
died from smoking.
You think you're free - freedom is so important to you - America, land of freedom, etc.. Real freedom is in your mind. As long
as you smoke you're not a free person because you depend on the cig for your happiness: if it is not there you're not happy.
You use it as a psychological crutch. You must be strong and be able to stand alone with no crutches and no fears to face life -
all its challenges and beauties.
If you don't smoke regularly and are just starting or do it as a social thing once in a while, be careful. You are walking in a
jungle full of traps - soon you could be caught by the trap of this
nasty drug. Don't mess around with it - you don't play with a
poisonous snake.
Simply put, it makes you unhappy. You should be happy. You are taking away happiness from your body.
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2SEP99
She's been a vegetarian for 6 years. She smokes 10 to 20 cigs a day. She wants to quit someday she said first. Got her to face
the fact that cig is highly addictive and it creates many excuses for
one to postpone quitting "I am not ready now", "maybe later"...
There is no good reason not to quit now. If one says my life is a mess or I am depressed or whatever, cig does not help any of
that and in fact makes life more complicated. The society tells you
it's cool to smoke, the ads, your friends... And the person fools
oneself also because smoking is SO stupid that he/she says: I enjoy
it... She admitted that she only enjoys one or 2 in the day. " So,
10 or 15 times a day you're doing something which is making you
unhappy. It is so against nature, against your body's intelligence...".
She began to soften up: I will quit after this pack. "You will not quit
because you have not understood it. You will buy more, or bom
from friends... but you are on the right track. If you are fully aware,
and watch what goes on in your body and mind for the rest of
this pack then you can stop. To watch your body, have you drank coke, coffee and are stimulated, and watch your mind, are
you missing your boyfriend, did your boss yell at you... just to see the connection. Just to look. And when you look, you learn,
and learning brings its own change. That it's not a matter of decision, it falls out of your life.
She said she wants to be able to smoke one or two after quitting if she
wants to. "It's more important not to fight with yourself,
but what you perhaps might find out is 1) cig is like heroin, one is not enough, you want more, so you learn that this is like a
poisonous snake which may also be fun to play with but it might bite, so you decide not to mess around with it. and 2) that it
brings bad luck, because it's poisoning your being, and you attract what you are.)
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5nov99
- Talked to a 21 yr old about smoking. She smelled horrible. First she
said she likes it, then admitted she doesn't like every one
of the 15 she smokes everyday. "There is absolutely no benefit for you in smoking. It does not reduce stress, it makes it more.
You smoke because the cigarette companies have brain-washed you, indirectly. The only one who benefits from your smoking
are the cigarette companies."
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15nov99
- Talk with young smoker. He thinks like is shit and he likes every cig
he smokes. I: you think life is shit because you're putting
this shit in your body - poisoning your body - this is like a horse, a
dog, when it's healthy, it's happy. He: no risk, no fun. Ya,
but this is stupid risk. Take intelligent risks and have fun.
- Told teenager offering cig to a non-smoking friend: you're not being a good friend.
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in the sauna he said he wants to quit smoking and is down to 3 a day but is finding it puzzling and challenging.
He got the basic principles of the new way of looking. Not to fight it
b/c conflict weakens us. To see the tricks played by the mind
(deferral). Etc. Attention is the key. Big tobacco wants you to be
unaware.
We think a certain way and we think it’s normal but we think that way because it’s our habit.
The last word was: The future is now. And he got it.
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2011
Brain Shrinkage Linked to Smoking
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Smoking among teenagers leads to general health problems
NEW YORK, Jan 26 2000 (Reuters Health) -- Teenage boys and girls who smoke daily have
poorer general health, use more medications, and have significantly more trouble sleeping
than those who do not smoke, investigators have found.
Researchers with the ``Nord-Trondelag Health Study,'' conducted in Norway between 1995
and 1997, report that ``there was a consistency in the reporting of health problems,
medication use and the need for health services'' among teen smokers.
The study authors surveyed 8,040 male and female students aged 13 to 18 on a variety of
topics including smoking, sleep habits, eating habits, mental and physical health issues, quality
of life, and school environments.......
The study also found that when compared with nonsmoking teens, daily smokers reported
more physical and mental health problems, including headaches, neck pain, muscle and joint
pain, stomach problems, hearing problems, nervousness, and sleep difficulties. It was also
shown that daily smokers were much more likely to have missed more than a week of school
over the prior year, and to have used medications more often than nonsmokers to help them
sleep and manage pain. Boys and girls who smoked daily also reported having accessed
healthcare services more often in the past year than nonsmoking teens.
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24FEB00
You smoke because you see photos of beautiful people everywhere smoking
- these cigarette companies are out of control. "I am trying to cut
down...". Her friend arrived. You smoke too? of course. "ya, not of
course". yes, of course
because 85% of Swiss young people smoke. "you're right". It's a national tragedy. These cigarette companies are crooks.
You're good people, they fool you. They put their poison in a nice package - they just want your 4 francs.
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Olivia (17) wrote:
No I know it's shit! And I know that it's poison... and I think I'm
going to stop smoking. But as I told you on friday... I didn't
have the energy to see it through.
But the worst thing of smoking is that it ruins your voice... ;o(
I've smoked for two years. And I've had a feeling that my voice had got more
and more low-powered... ;o(
I hope that my second attempt will be more successful.
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30MARCH2000
Walking down the stairs 2 young girls smoking - I: why do you smoke? "Shush!" and the one talking on the cell phone dropped
the cigarette and quietly told me: it's my mother on the phone - soon she hung-up. 'your mother loves you - that's why she
doesn't want you to smoke - but these crooks - the tobacco companies don't love you - they just want your money - so they
get you addicted - you know - sucht [german]. "I smoke because I am nervous". 'That's stupid. If you're nervous you need to
take deep breaths, stretch, eat fruits, go for walks, be healthy - gesund [german]. Smoking makes you nervous and then you
think you smoke to not be nervous - that's stupid - that's what cig companies want you to believe. And look, this beautiful girl
keeps spitting. Spitting is horrible. You spit because you smoke and
the taste is awful - and because it's cool?' "Ya, it's cool"
'you learn it from American movies'. "All my friends smoke". 'Yes, it's a national tragedy - a social disease'.
'How old are you?' "15, and she is 14". 'I want to cry'. You're young now, you like it - you grow up, like all smokers you do it
although you don't like it. So, you become unhappy. 'You don't play with a snake - you play with your friend - with a ball - not
with a snake - it can bite you' "yes" 'and cig is a poisonous snake.
nicotine is a narcotic - like if you try heroin you're finished -
have nothing to do with it...
Turned around and saw the first one spitting too - 'you spit too! - because of the bad taste of cigs' "yes".
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I've been working like a dog - in trying to catch up after a couple of weeks of being without a computer... have managed to do
some yoga etc. and go for a walk. On the walk today saw 2 youngters - maybe 15 - boy and girl - smoking "come on, go for a
walk, get high naturally... smoking's not cool - makes you sucht (addicted) and unhappy..." on the way back they were kissing
"that's better than smoking.....even better if you kiss a non-smoker.....else it's like kissing an ashtray..." They laughed...
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One youngster said: "when you're young you have friends you like to be like them and liked by them - it's hard to say NO
when you're young."
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smoking is death – it’s not a joke. Dependence is death [No
death has dignity, beauty. Dependence is suffering]. You depend on cig
for your happiness.
- yes, I smoke to be happy.
- Do you like all the cigs you smoke?
- No
- So it makes you unhappy!
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The only thing you're helping is big tobacco mafia. They got you
fooled, and you fool yourself by saying one day I'll quit. When that
one day comes you find another excuse.
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do you like all of the all of 16 you smoke a day?
- I wouldn’t smoke if I didn’t
- You’re lookin for a reason why u should like it. Do u actually like it?
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16 year old girl: my parents both smoke. I told myself I will never smoke - but I tried it and got addicted - and all my friends
smoke.
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You shouldn’t smoke – you don’t play with a poisonous snake.
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The latest analysis from the
The 9.6 percent level represents more than a doubling of marijuana potency since 1983, when it averaged just under 4 percent.
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remember the habit wants to persist - it's harder to quit cigs than
heroin - so give it attention and fire it from your life COMPLETELY. if
it stays a little bit it's got you fooled
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That’s not a good breakfast.
I know.
Here’s my website…smoking section…
Stephanie: I tried to stop but couldn’t. (Another victim of big tobacco in chains).
the file is called ‘smoking is not cool’
I know, I don’t do it for fun. (she spends money, health, life, and poisons herself and it’s not even for fun).
That’s just the title …
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if you think of it there are no more stupid ways to loose your health and money than smoking
why smoke weed? get high on
life. life is wonderful. he healthy and you can be high.
you smoke this shit and you
feel bad.
it's a different way than
the society tells you because it wants your money.
8 youngsters all smoke, and
caffeine.
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- Come here...how many do you smoke in a day?
- 3 or 5
- Do you like it?
- Not really
- Take a puff - do you like it?
- No
- Why do you do it?
- I don't know.
3 chefs smoking "3 guys with a bad habit". It's not that bad, one said. "It's horrible. Sorry to say, one of you 3 will die from
smoking - one out of every 3 smokers die from smoking.". It doesn't matter. "It's usually not a quick death - long, painful
cancer...". Don't tell us. "tell the cigarette company not to tell you to smoke - they got you hooked on nicotine which is
addictive like heroin & cocaine.
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"It's not cool.... it's not funny either....."
"Put that cigarette in the water and sing"
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She said: "My father smoked even when he was on oxygen".
Told youngster in San Jose smoking is like locking yourself in a jail and throwing away the key in a far distant place.
Iron chains around your ankles - that's what that it. (to youngster in Folsom)
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Girl in Sacramento asked me to buy her cigs cause she had no ID - she had a guitar with her. "It is such an annoying habit
because I want to sing.... I've quit many times but after 2 days I
start again... IF I am totally on my own I don't need cigs ...
after 3 or 4 hours of not smoking the craving is really nasty - you can't think of anything else."... K seems to be the primary
message.
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Re: Bad day to quit smoking :(
by: papaweird
10/9/00 11:44 am
Msg: 75627 of 75652
You said it, but if you have quit it will benifit you more than
the price swings we are experienceing. Hang in there, I quit,cold
turkey, 3 1/2 years ago and have
never looked back. One of the good things that happened in my life.
The stock mkt will rebound and Vrtl will go up when is the unknown.
Oh! yes, for what it is worth stopping didn't bother me until 3
months down the road and then i thought my time in this world
was over. My body played every
trick in the book on me but I prevailed.
GOOD LUCK! PAPA
"You said it, but if you have quit it will benifit you.... Hang in there, I quit,cold turkey, 3 1/2 years ago and have
never looked back. One of the good things that happened in my
life.... Oh! yes, for what it is worth stopping didn't bother me
until 3 months down the road and then i thought my time in this world was over. My body played every trick in the book on me
but I prevailed. GOOD LUCK! PAPA"
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A young woman walking smoking, told her it’s not cool –
then showed her an old woman who was smoking and very unhappy
… “you’re going to turn out like her if you continue
smoking… you’re risking your happiness… and your
life… send me an
email and say: I’m Jennifer the smoker – no – the
non-smoker!” She was very receptive and guessed ½ of what
I was gonna
say.
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Boston subway - told 2 girls: Smoking is not allwed Madam. She: it's
non of your business. "It IS my business - this is my world".
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Standing next to a smoker guy I felt the pain in his body. It was very painful.
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Why do you smoke?
- stress, problems.
You think it helps? It makes it worse. You smoke because you're sucht (addicted).
- No.
How many do you smoke in a day?
- 2 a week
How old are you?
- 14
How old is yur friend?
- 15
as you grow older that becomes 2 a day then 5 and 10 a day
- I have control
Out of 100 people who want to quit, 5 can. They all thought they had power.
You can do it (quit) but you have to go through hell - and fight it. You wont want to smoke but you will and you hate yourself.
It's ok to play with a toy but you don't smoke with a poisenous snake.
So what's in your pocket is not your friend.
He took his hand out and broke the cig that was in his pocket.
When you become twenty you'll break a whole pack because you won't want to smoke but the next day you'll buy more.
He understood.
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keep away from those ciggies - they will bring you a lot of pain in the future NO MATTER HOW STRONG YOU THINK YOU ARE.
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A week or so later he wrote:
----- Original Message -----
From: W.P.:
To:
Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2001 4:41 PM
moin
i don't smoke any more
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(2 girls)
How old are you?
-15
...they didnt speak English too well - but understood - so I did most of the talking.
When you grow old it'll be more difficult to quit. Out of 100 people 5
can do it - and they all thought they can quit anytime they want.
Nicotine is as addictive as heroine & cocaine.
- I know.
And the younger you start smoking the more difficult it'll be to quit.
You have to be responsible to your life - to your future - you have to
stop now otherwise you will not be happy in the future...
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26JUN01
Anette asked the wrong guy for a light. Told her and Selina they had
walked in the "sports section" of the train - I was doing kicks before
they come - and other exercizes following a standing yoga sequence in
the early morning.
The usual sequence of q's:
how many? do you like it? so doing something that makes you
unhappy...excuses for not wsanting to quit "this is not the right time"
etc, and specially for a woman, always new research comes out....
and in this country, in Europe, cig companies are so strong, and you
people are so good, they take advantage of you, fool you. So this (cig)
is money in Philip Morris's pocket - they don't give a shit about your
health.....
Maybe they'll write.
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Met a girl on the train who said she had a lot of bad health problems
until she was 12 years old because her mom smoked when she was pregnant
with her. But she smokes herself.
This is not a toy. It makes you suffer. Takes away your happiness. I guarantee it.
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this bad friend destroys you
see dependence
that future never comes. Future is now.
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She had a pink t-shirt on with ANGEL written on it.
-Angels don't smoke cigarettes.
- yes they do
- do they like it?
- I think so
- in english, i think so means I am not sure.
- well I'm sure otherwise i wouldn't smoke.
after some conversation she admitted:
- i tried to quit but couln't... admitted smoking is a big problem here - i started smoking at 12 - in the US...
i had to catch the bus - maybe she'll look at the website
later it occured to me maybe she was an angel? earlier today I
had wrote to a friend: "...generally happy but tired - need an angel to
help my body a bit but can't
ask everything from life at once :-) "
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Cigarette is like a poisenous snake. You don't play with it. It's
addictive like heroin. Get it out of your life. Just say no. Your life
will be better. .
Pim: it's the ego - the ego is smoking - "you are separating yourself from it - you are the ego"
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It's a shame for a beautiful girl like you to smoke these ugly cigarettes - it's a shame.
It's very very very serious - the tobaccom companies make it seem like
it's cool and no problem but the fact is nicotine is an extremely
addictive narcotic - and the poisons you put into your body - you are
messaing around with your DNA's with the most basic part of your being
- with your breath. Specially since you're a woman - if you want to
have kids later, and so on...
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from rezajournal.com:
12 April 2011 - Smoking Flower
Met a flower who smoked. Reminded me of Vero - a couple of years older - 20 - a victim of Big Tobacco mafia. Even used the same excuse as Vero: that when I am pregnant I will stop. Two kids later, Vero still smokes. Psychological time is an illusion. What we are is what we will be unless some change happens in the present. Smoking is so addictive that it makes the mind plays tricks on itself and the most common trick is deferral based on an excuse: some event that will happen in order to make one change but when that event comes the mind makes other excuses...Despite her young age she knew The Beatles and likes them!
She smokes in order to forget her occupations, in order to be in the moment. She's obviously intelligent to recognize that, and that smoking doesn't help anything and makes like more complicated. Specially as one ages, living in constant conflict of having to do something stupid against one's will just disintegrates the mind, aside from the physical impact. And it invites negativity. I've discussed all this in : http://home.datacomm.ch/rezamusic/cig.html
It's possible to be in the present, to not carry burden of the past, without such destructive escapes.
It's also possible to solve our problems if we really want to - by putting energy into it, by attending to it, exploring the problem ... and the solution is in the problem.
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Cigs make you feel aweful inside then you want something to make you feel better and you smoke !!!
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5/22/2008 9:34 PM
Spoke with two 16 year olds. One has been smoking since age 12 and one
since age 11. Shame on you Switzerland. And they both admit to being
unhappy about it, addicted, and unable to quit.
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nice job Ian
now clean up your temple and let god shine through
or
however metaphor you like to use...
cigs are no good
they are unnecessary and make life complicated
50% of smokers die from it.
Just do it. Now. Idea of doing it in future is just an illusion.
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Dear Onder:
Remember one thing:
any postponement of quitting, e.g., "I will quit tomorrow , or at some
future date or after some future event" is just an excuse of the mind
to be left alone with its addiction now, and that future never comes so
the future is now.
Kind regards
It was fun talking with those 16 year olds about smoking.
You're right - they were quite open.
I spoke from the heart and it reached their hearts.
The tobacco drug pushers don't want these kids to know what misery awaits them.
Their bodies are young and can handle it now but tomorrow becomes
another tomorrow and by the time they're in their 20's they'll be
miserable as hell -- 95% of smokers who want to stop don't.
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You do something to make you happy but it makes you unhappy so you should just stop.
FG gave a good lesson - a remark of K challenging school authorities:
"can you make the kids quit smoking without making them feel guilty?"
Also, that "when you smoke and want to quit you have 2 problems: 1) you
smoke 2) you wanna quit" [paraphrasing]
"Don't keep this child in this cancer room - it's not fair" (to his parents in train's smoking section)
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After a talk about smoking and what it takes to quit, said: for all this you need energy. See how you lose energy...
Don't fight it because you lose energy in the fight so it gets stronger.
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met group of 15 year old girls from Mexico - smoking. Good talks.
You're so full of life, laughter, happiness ... - you're messing around
with the most basic process of life: breath. When your car is running
well, you don't go poke at the engine
Youngsters this age always think they can quit. Statistics show 95% can't.
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Smoking is crazy - it is stupid.
"It is eternally cool"!
What's cool about puffing in 400 poisons? It's only cool for the cigarette companies. Think!
"I am going to quit soon".
You will not. Soon will never come. Nicotine has you hooked and you
play a trick on yourself - an illusion [to think time will change
things].
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"I am not ready yet - it's not the right time".
This is a typical trick of addiction......
When you realize that the toy you're playing with is a poisenous snake, you stop!
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Man in his 40's: "i smoke 2 packs a day - the addiction is like cocaine"
the physical addiction is easy - psycholgically you depend on it whe
u're happy & sad - in your daily life - dont fight it - just look
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Why do you smoke?
- Why does it matter?
I'm just curious why somebody would smoke.
- MOre than 1/2 the population of the world smokes.
I knew we're stupid but not that much.
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to a 30 some year old:
When will you give me the good news that you've quit? Don't fight it
nor make it into a problem - bring order - and let it fall on the
wayside.
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27JUN03 Part by the Aare river
Simon (15): you don't like cigs?
- i don't like things that make me suffer.
- ya, i know.......
- do you drink?
- alcohol puts me to sleep, makes me lose energy and get tired (also bad for brain).
- marijuana?
- i get hight naturally through good food, exercise, etc.
- ya, i know......
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Don't even think about it - don't even try it because if you try it you're finished.
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in Tehran:
cig means suicide – slow and painful
cig, enemy of being. Don’t laugh – cry.
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WHy do you smoke?
- i don't know
I want to start - should I?
- no
why do you smoke?
- drugs are drugs
sucht? [addiction]
yes.
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Why do you smoke?
- It was made for smoking.
It was made for money.
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- Do you have matches?
Take a deep breath
Do you like it? Most people don’t
It’s I that smoke
We are all one.
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- Something that loves you told me to tell you to stop smoking.
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< >
you're wonderful. it's a real shame that you smoke. for you. it makes
your life unnecessarily difficult and it doesn't help with the
difficulties.
< >
you have a diamond inside
let it shine
the smoke puts dirt on it
and it covers your very very sweet heart with bitterness.
please stop
just do it
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it's very good - it's very good for cancer; it's very good for kicking
happiness out of your life; if you really don't want to be happy, Smoke!
Mrs. Police you shouldn’t smoke.
I don’t want to live long
It’s a matter of quality not quantity
I enjoy smoking
How many do you smoke?
A lot
Do you like them all?
No
Then you don’t enjoy
Do you like everything in your life?
If something makes me suffer I end it.
Do you enjoy smoking
Give me an honest answer
Your answers reveal intelligence
It’s necessary
I don’t know
It’s nece b/c you’re addict
Yes for sure
One day I will stop
When I finsh
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if you throw yourself down the mountain it’s less painful than dying from smoking. My friends have dies – I know.
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Natel is ok - cig is not.
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It's about the quality of your life...
you're just a victim of a bunch of drug pushers.
the reason you're smoking is to give money to the tobacco companies.
and they got you fooled in believing you're enjoying this... [and
nicotine:... this is not the right time to quit]
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it's your enemy.
"it's not the only one".
it's the worst one because it makes you believe he's your friend (because it pretends it's your friend).
The enemy that pretends to be a friend is the worst kind. [logged]
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You're crazy for smoking - you're just supporting tobacco companies.
They got you addicted to nicotine and make you believe it's cool to
smoke, that you like it...
Irish doctor, regarding nicotine: it is easier to become addicted and harder to quit than heroine.
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"A guy told me the same thing today at noon. Why does everybody tell me that? (that I need to quit smoking)."
Life's telling you that - universe is telling you that - if you don't listen you'll be very unhappy...
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Why don't you stop?
"because it's not easy... I didn't smoke for 2 weeks and after I smoked again, it was gross".
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aug 11 2003
That's so ugly. You're not interested in ending your problems are you? You just want to carry your problems -- like a bag.
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beautiful morning - ugly cigarettes
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You're crazy for smoking - it's terrible - it's no joke - stop it.
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The lousiest excuse is that "there is an ashtray here".
At least got one smoker to put it out.
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Smoking won't bring you happiness it'll just make you more confused.
Three boys, 14, 15, 16: as you get older other kids smoke - be strong
and say no - look at your mother she wants to stop but can’t -
she’s sucht - like chains around the ankle.
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"do you have a light?
....
"are you jesus or my mom?"
.... so question your excuses...
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Most people don't go that deep - they think they like it or that they smoke because they like it.
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Pot makes you stoned - and it turns you into stone...
Cigarette and pot hurt your psychic body by reversing the way your energy flows in the chakras........
...
.... i also want you to be happy which means to be healthy - your
lifestyle of pot and cigs will lead to sorrow not happiness. don't let
the society fool you - just because everyone does it it doesn't mean
it's right.
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X pointed out the familiarity and (false) security that cig provides is
comforting during times of trouble. [for a mediocre mind]
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- smoking is terrible
- why? - life is terrible.
- life is great. life is terrible when you smoke!
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Smoking is terrible how could you do that to your body?
Told the youngsters smoking pot, I am naturally high. One: how did you do that? Did you take one big mother fuXXXXX pill?
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- we do it because it taste good ! and because Gstaad is boring.
Dear All:
Good partying with you last night.
Sandra, I'm in love with your smile.
Anne, what was your nickname? I came back and you were gone.
Marietta, I am sorry, I hope you didn't take my jokes seriously. You're wonderful.
Adrian, what's your family name?
Marc, can I have a million for the CD? Maybe Saanen Bank wants to invest in my next Beatles CD's I'm recording for Sandra?!!?!?!
Michael, good luck in art-school.
Keep in touch all. See you around. If your email changes, let me know.
Love
Reza
(and remember, cigs suck)
www.rezamusic.com
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You are polluting the air
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... Singing is great - it makes you happy. Smoking makes you suffer.
He’s not your friend - he’s your enemy - he gives you
cigarettes! ====================== drugs is not a toy. you should learn
how to be naturally high. And natural doesn't mean marijuana. smoking
is not natural.
natural is health. when you're healty you feelk good, you don't need drugs.
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Told him to quit smoking and made sure he didn’t mind.
- What r u waiting for?
- For lungs to collapse.
Don’t smoke in your sleep. Gotto be awake, attentive – see
how it’s related to dependence – physical and
mental… pot makes you sleep.
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“Don’t cry, come on, smile, it’s much better. Come
on…see that’s much better.” The fat baby smiled and
grabbed my hand and we shook hands for a good while. "Tell momy to stop
smoking. Tell her you hate it."
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my poetry is not as good as yours but at least babies understand it :-)
In Baden the girl said she didn’t want to talk about smoking.
“that’s exactly what cig companies not want you to do - to
think about it - they just want your 5 francs a day.” Off the
train, she didn’t smoke.
you want to make cigarette companies rich - you give them 5 francs a day - and they make you think smoking is cool!
Surveyor: What kind of cigarette do you smoke?
Do I look stupid? Do I look crazy? Why would I be smoking cigarettes?
Cigs are evil. You’re working for crooks. Can’t you find
another job?
It’s so stupid: you pay 5 fcs a day for something that kills you
and you don’t even like. Because you’re sucht - wakeup!
you give 5 fc a day - for that you get something that's killing you,
chains around your ankle, something that you don't even like -- who'se
geting a good deal? (16 yr old said chesterfield). so they want to make
you believe smoking is cool, good life, etc - they don't give a shit
about your life.
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Jan thinks he's one of the 5% who can quit anytime (the rest of the 95% also think so!)
He: you're not the first one who's told me smoking is wrong.
You either live intelligently and not suffer or not so and suffer.
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I am sorry that you've given in to the addiction with various excuses
as justifications. I doubt your sports teacher who smokes can be
labeled healthy -- inside his lungs are black. It also does damage at
the psychic level. THings that neither big tobacco's propaganda, nor
the nicotin's addiciton want you to know. Another very common excuse is
that everyone has a vice and this is mine. It just does not make sense.
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To not support drug pushers, a.k.a. tobacco companies who thrive on people’s addictions.
Smoking brings bad luck
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psych time is becoming
5% who want to can quit
decision= conflict=friction=loss of energy
Will: reaching = conflict -- will is out.
nicotin is highly addictive
tricks of addiction / excuses: not the right time; not ready; everyone has a vice, etc.
insight / understanding = action
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The sooner you break away from the prison the less you'll be raped by Big Tobacco!
This poor child has to sit in the smoking section? You have to be more responsible.
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“I don’t understand why my father doesn’t stop smoiking after his dad died from smoking.” X
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Another excuse for not quitting: I have other things to think about.
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she said school is stressful and we have short breaks -- smoking is a
way to calm down quickly within 10 minutes! 7:45 was too early to eat
but not too early to smoke ! --- I could last the smoking section for a
couple of minutes before taking off.
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In the old days I made a mistake to start smoking and now it’s
hard to quit – it’s a terrible thing. (old man taxi driver)
This nasty habit likes to survives because you inattention- if you really pay attention there is no reason for it to continue.
This monk is smoking cigs. His life is about detachment and he’s attached to frikin nicotin.
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she said she likes smoking because she smokes otherwise she would not smoke !!
after some questioning and urge for truth she admitted she indeed doesn't like some of the cigs she smokes.
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the idea of "the right time to stop smoking" is an illusion of the mind
to defer a problem that needs to be dealt with immediately. Take it
easy. Don't fight it. It's a defendant you want to uproot so smoothly
there will be no fight - like you know who (LOL). Main thing is to keep
your attention on it. Walking in sleep one may fall.
good luck
and remember, no guarantees, but smoking pushes away some luck (too bad
for a nice guy like you). don't fight it. improve your health and
body's happiness and take addiction very seriously. 1 or 2 won't do.
clean it out from your life once and for all. and if you fail, learn,
observe and clean again. it is so serious that it deserves giving it
all your attention and awareness, then darkness of cigs won't last in
the light of attention.
Puffin away your happiness
re cigs, one approach is just to set it aside. have you been preparing the ground? being aware of dependence?
the brain's tricks are too strong and self hypnotizing in that this is not the right time. it is. just do it.
talk to me if you need to. i'm not trying to help dig you out of a
mess. it looks orderly but it's a big mess with very dangerous
consequence - even now it makes you suffer. gather all your energy to
end your suffering. your body is your horse. make it happy. let it be
happy. cater to its own intelligence. eat and drink life, etc. vitamin
c will help repair. a good multi is good too. 1 out of 3 smokers dies
from it and it's a slow painful death. despite that today is important.
it tars your day, your luck, everything. don't fight it. set it aside
quietly, and maybe even smoker friends, for a while, till you're
strong. see a doctor if craving is bad - get all the help you can get -
zero in on it - don't ever let it go its merry way. gotto uproot causes
of suffering. good luck.
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resolution to quit smoking by then ;-) ?! keeping the flame alive is
good. don't let the sucker rest at peace. you want to eradicate it from
your life without fighting with yourself. You put it aside while being
friends with yourself. then you have a lot of energy. understanding it,
coming to full grips with the power of addiction is the first and,
maybe, last step!
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Just when you think you've heard it all:
"I need a reason to die for" said the smoker...
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met SF -- she said she quit after we met and talked about it... 4 years ago
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the reason i am interested in this is because i know it will make you suffer - it'll make you miserable...
this is hip - your bag and clothes -- just kick the cig out of your image - then you change the world - you effect your friends.
like pouring dirt ON a flower.
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Please stop smoking --- this deferral -- next year etc. are all
excuses of the nicotine addiction -- it is very very serious and it
will make you very very unhappy -- please stop it now -- the right time
will never come because the whole idea of "right time" is a trick of
the mind to not let go of the dependance. Please read the first 3 files
on my website's smoking section.
You're very sweet and cigs are very ugly.
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X:i'll quit when i have a baby
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Talked to 2 17 year olds – you’re so beautiful
– look at those eyes – you’re like a flower
– smoking is like pouring dirt on a flower. It breaks my heart
because it will make you suffer – it will make you miserable.
A german woman said she can’t bother with quitting (meaning
it’s so hard to quit that she’s given up – instead
she fools herself that she likes smoking. “Do you like all the
cigs you smoke?” she: of course otherwise I would stop (wrong!
Because out of a 100 people who want to stop 5 do – she had other
excuses too: I don’t drink so I smoke! What kind of a logic is
that?!
The 2 girls got my CD – and liked the guitar playing and wondered if I Saw Her Standing There is on it.
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you stop smoking - hear this from me - don't fight it - just whatever it takes...
MOST people don’t pay att – they ignore what it does to them
a 17 year old told me today the only anti cig and drug education they
get is in primary school!! A lady told me after quitting for 2 months
she got hooked again because she thought she's strong enough!
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every smoker of some intelligence sees that they're doing
something they don't like and only making the tobaco company crooks
rich. They're crooks because they survive by making others unhappy.
Every smoker suffers. they have to, at the very least bodily.
What's your excuse for smoking?!?!?
The tobacco industry is evil. It thrives on people's addiction.
Addiction makes people suffer. Every responsible government has a duty
to curb these crooks as they directily effect the well being and
happiness of people.
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here's the lousiest logic: "I must like it because otherwise I'd stop!"
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Here's more arguments:
Anita : when I buy a cig and hold a cig I must smoke it.
She thinks she's doing good because cig company allegedly gives money
to the handicap (how hypocritical ! make people handicapped and
unhappy, and turn around and support a charity!)
the diff is between being awake and asleep.
EXHALE - sit up - feeling good naturally - don;t need anything from outside
everyone wants comfort -- every addict -- every worshipper - every
businessman - comfort, peace, is the goal of all strife. When you
sit quietly, breathing, the body is healthy, there are no worries in
the brain, there is comfort. that state is precious and must be
guarded. craving destroys that state -- it's important to pay attention
to the state of the body, understand its cravings, etc............ The
society does't love you -- it tolerates cig advertising in every train
station -- everywhere you look.
The tobacco industry crooks don't love you -- they just want your money.
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13 year old smoker: is it your problem?
- yes
-why?
-because you’re my brother.
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he: I smoke because i'm often nervous... when i go on holiday i smoke less. ... [stresses of modern life].
he: as a young person you try then you get wiser when you're older (but by then it's too hard to stop)...
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- It’s not your friend. It’ll make you Miserable. So why do it?
- sucht
- come on, wake up! … and he’s not your friend because he
gives you cigarettes. (his friend asked for the cig back and put it
back in the pack).
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today i met a 17 yr old (smokes 1 pack a day) and a 60 yr old (smokes 3 packs a day) who want to stop but can't.
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in reggae concert told the kids: is it really necessary? smoking pot...
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2 laughing girls: very typical answers: :
do you like all the 10 cigs you smoke in a day?
yes because if I didn't I would stop
not "because" -- you either like all of them or you don't.
i like them all
you're hopeless
what about you?
i smoke more than 10 a day and some of them i don't like
........
.......
....
are you trying to save us?
i am just trying to show what is happening: you spend your money on
something that makes you suffer and you keep on doing it and not do
anything about it.
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Saw an 11 yr old smoker in baden today
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J.King: i admire you for putting a no-smoking sign on the guitar!
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met flower girl smoking: what happens if you give cigarettes to flowers?
- they'd die - they'd cry - so why do it to your boy?
she: i started and i can't stop.
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you got away yesterday too easily :-)
what I was going to say was just 1 thing - the biggest lesson I learned in trying to quit:
any deferral to the future is just a trick of the mind to remain with the addiction now
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> I am not sure if it is deferral or lack of confidence that I could make it...
Statistically, 3
to 5% of those who want to quit can. So your lack of confidence is warranted.
If you really want
to do it, meaning, you're sick and tired of being dependant on something that
costs, smells, etc., and is so anti-life that it causes disease. I knew several
people who died from it and in every case it was a long painful death. You know
all this. What I propose is understanding and learning instead of knowledge.
Really, the gist of it is the subject of psychological change. Have you read any boks by J. Krishnamurti?
Here's the
article.
Good luck. We can
talk anytime you like on the subject.
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>
> Hi,
> I don't have a lot of time ti write, but i just wanted to tell you that i think
> you're totally right. Personnaly, i've been smoking from 13 years old, but never
> really...The problem is that when something sad happens to you (and it's my
> case now), i begin to smoke...Except that, i do a lot of sport and i really
> think my body is healthy. Unfortunatly, too much young people are smoking in
> Europe, like all of my friend. For me, it's as stupid as i am when i am out
> drinking alcool. I've been travelling in Africa, in Cuba, In Martinique
> and i always think that there's smth in Europe which makes people sad, deep
> inside. I'll b a social worker, and the hardest thing in Geneva is that people
> are alone w their sadness...they're not hungry or poor, they're just sad. Take
> care of yourself. Cindy
>
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"you miss the best things when you take drugs" Sarah S. (she sang with a techno group -- others took drugs but she ate apples).
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that cigarette AND that pepsi makes you unhappy.
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talk w/ 16 year old who only smokes 2 a day:
you're crazy for smoking........
2 becomes 10 becomes 20 and 95% can't quit and are unhappy....
so why do something that'll make you unhappy? why? think about it.
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smoking is terrible. don't do it to your body. get smart.
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this (cig) is your enemy. it pretends to be your friend but it makes you suffer, so it's evil.
smoking will make you unhappy - it'll make you suffer.
really?
you don't know it? you will. the sooner you quit the better off you are.
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oct 2003
why do you smoke?
- because everyone smokes
if everyone jumps off the clip, will you? everyone who smokes suffers or will suffer......
[he thought i was 20 years old :-))
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Met 16 yr old who said she’s addicted and can’t stop smoking cigs.
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4 nov 03
talk w/ very young girl Olivia -- probably 13 year old.
- this cig is going to make you very very unhappy. it's not a toy. you don't play with it. it's very very serious. stop it.
- i have problems
- it doesn't help with your problems. it makes them worse. it will bring you new problems.
- ok.
- ... here's my website. write to me if you want to talk.
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28 nov
She admitted she doesn't like smoking and knows it's stupid to smoke.
She said she smokes for her country: "there are too many old people
here". government wants the cig tax to support them. So she thinks
she's doing good by smoking.
- You are suffering, right? It makes you unhappy.
- right....maybe
- not maybe, surely, there are clear reasons why.
- i might get hit with a car tomorrow.
- Quality is important. Even if you live one more minuet you should
live happily. Why put this ugly junk in your system that makes you
suffer?
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Hey guys -- nice meeting you all -- hope your holiday was nice...
Remember, one out of every three smoker dies from it - and it's usually
in a painful way. Don't get fooled by the society's utter inattention.
It doesn't care for you. As long as you submit it is happy. Society is
corrupt. You have to sometimes turn your back to it and its ways of
decadance. Step out of it and then you naturally change it. Remember,
the addiction makes the mind play tricks on itself and the most common
excuse, trick, is that this is not the right time: defer it for future,
and end up one of the unhappy people you see who submit to the ways of
decadance like sheeps, and suffer.
Good luck
Take care
and check out www.rezamusic.com
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this guy was not a teen: "you should have respect for people around you and not smoke in public".
i am so fed up with these stupid smokers in swiss restaurants - even in
the vegetarian restaurant -- you just can not get away from the smoke.
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Take your cig outside…I don’t care if there is an ashtray
is there or not, you’re violating my right to breath clean air.
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Smoking is not cool little girl - why do something that takes your money and makes you unhappy?
takes my money, yes, unhappy, no.
how many ...?
..
the ones you don't like makes you unhappy!
oh ya! you're right !! :-)
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this is not cool. it's stupid. makes you suffer.
canadian chap: so nice to hear someone say something bad about smoking in Europe.
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let me give u something to read to help u w/ your misery of being a smoker, and if you're not you'll be if u continue this way.
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take it seriously - it's your life, it's your health, it's your happiness. You don't need this shit to be happy.
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she said her mom is on oxygen 24 hours 7 days a week - she is 63 - and is severly ill from having been a smoker
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why do you smoke?
- i don't know
then it's probably not necessary. if it was the reason for doing it would be obvious...
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She smokes b/c of stress
Playing w. fire
Ultimately makes u miserable
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RG: Smoking’s no good
It’s fine
RG: If you like it but you probably don’t like it but still do it.
Better I smoke than you
RG: We’re all family
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smoking cuts off the main connection with the universe - the breath - and poisoning the blood and body cells makes them more susceptible to "negative psychic forces" / it's easier to attract negative forces when we poison our own being.
it's against the body's nature - so quitting smoking makes the immune system having to fight less constantly with extra poisons - makes the body more comfortable - the brain clearer -
is it possible to live without any dependence ?
remember, the mind tricks itself by deferring it - as you read this you may think , one day , some day, or have a future event in mind as an excuse but these are just the mind's excuses for staying with the addiction.
reading my article might help - discussing psychological and bodily addiction.... i also made some videos -
good luck.
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Another sad story of a smoker enslaved to the Tobacco mafia. Every bit
of the story is sad, boring and pathetic. I am tired of talking with
smokers, specially older ones. But I tried -- the main theme being:
attention. It's a sad vicious circle of cig making the body feel
miserable and then smoking to combat the misery which is disgusting and
hopeless. And this government, oldest democracy in the world, is not
doing anything fundamental about it -- they must love the cigarette
tax. Yesterday, walking into Balgrist in Zurich, world class
hospital, it stunk from cigarette smoke. Go shopping in Coop in
Tagipark, huge supermarket, and you have no choice, whether you're
young or old, sick or healthy, child or adult, to inhale poison gas
upon entering the store, and the pathetic explanation of the company
has been: when it's mandated by law, we will make our restaurant
non-smoking. Hello!? Migro's, another chain, already made their
restaurants non-smoking. Why can't Coop? Fear of losing the
revenue of coffee or whatever that the slaves of the Tobacco mafia
consume? Even the Green party bats for smokers. What could you expect
from the Conservatives then? [copied to smoking file,
smoking-swiss file, Green party members, the fine gentleman CEO of
Coop, and a few other members of Coop].
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2012 -- SOMEONE WROTE:
I bet if there is a BIG campaign / ad stating - "Smokers lack the sense of hygiene", I bet few will be embarrassed to do it instead of thinking they are cool when they are putting poison in their body.
Return to home page: www.rezamusic.com
It’s important to feel the
urgency of the situation. The path every smoker is on is a very dangerous one
and odds are heavily against them. It’s important to at least see that the mind
plays tricks on itself by deferring quitting to future – all thoughts including
“I need something to substitute with cigarettes” is the same movement of
avoidance denial deferral. If you think quitting immediately now is not
possible then at least bring order, prepare the ground.
All one can and needs to
do is to look and understand dependence. Then this nasty habit just falls away.
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