What Do You Want Now?

[tarzegetakizerd]

I used to smoke din, & I would say the best way to quit is cold turkey. I would always tell my friends that it's so easy to quit. Ilang beses ko na ginawa. hehe.

I only smoke nowadays when I am with my friend who smokes. Sometime during the holiday, he said he only smokes when he's with me. HAHAHA

[dr. d]

mahina talaga EQ ko LOL
isang araw lang di ko pa magawa

take up pipe smoking!
it will enhance your cultural upbringing, and you will look more dignified.
pipe tobacco has several flavors. i like chocolate and strawberry. i used to go to the boss's office, just to langhap that delicious smell.

or go fvr tabako or demi moore tobacco!
very dignified.


heh heh.

[_Cathy_]

take up pipe smoking!
it will enhance your cultural upbringing, and you will look more dignified.
pipe tobacco has several flavors. i like chocolate and strawberry. i used to go to the boss's office, just to langhap that delicious smell.

or go fvr tabako or demi moore tobacco!
very dignified.


heh heh.

Expensive bisyo and mostly for older men :P DOM age na ba si ninja? LOL! I have Uncles that are into cigars and they go as far as travel for it. They even have a special storage for their cigars (humidor) I remember when my Uncle gave my ex Cohiba and Romeo y Julieta to try. Uncle said it goes well with Cognac so I thought of buying my ex para completo na experience niya, I was shocked at how expensive Cognac is, siya na lang bumili sa sarili niya e libre na naman cigar

EDIT: You were talking about pipe smoking pala doc, which is totally different, but I think that is even more DOM than cigars

[baludoy]

i gather, the government's anti-smoking strategy is working?

working in the sense that there are more people kicking the habit? or that prices of cigarettes have gone up?

i can't answer that categorically but in my circle, more and more people have stopped smoking as the years have gone by. aside from those gory illustrations pasted on the front of cigarette packs, the ex-smoker friends i have accepted the fact that it's just a down right unhealthy past time. they say they just want to live healthier lives mainly for their kids.

iyong iba naman opted to take up vaping. i'm not sure if that's better or worse.

take up pipe smoking!
it will enhance your cultural upbringing, and you will look more dignified.
pipe tobacco has several flavors. i like chocolate and strawberry. i used to go to the boss's office, just to langhap that delicious smell.

or go fvr tabako or demi moore tobacco!
very dignified.


heh heh.

like i mentioned previously doc, the alternative nowadays is vaping. but the jury is still out on that one w/ regards to its "healthiness".

i hear the iqos is the best choice when trying to snuff smoking. iyon daw ang malinis...or so i heard.

[ninjababez]

Expensive bisyo and mostly for older men :P DOM age na ba si ninja? LOL! I have Uncles that are into cigars and they go as far as travel for it. They even have a special storage for their cigars (humidor) I remember when my Uncle gave my ex Cohiba and Romeo y Julieta to try. Uncle said it goes well with Cognac so I thought of buying my ex para completo na experience niya, I was shocked at how expensive Cognac is, siya na lang bumili sa sarili niya e libre na naman cigar

EDIT: You were talking about pipe smoking pala doc, which is totally different, but I think that is even more DOM than cigars

DOM lol
tyan ko lang pang DOM hehehe
nabawasan na nga 2 inches :P

[ninjababez]

unhealthy past time. they say they just want to live healthier lives mainly for their kids.

iyong iba naman opted to take up vaping. i'm not sure if that's better or worse.

sakin naman bro 3 months pneumonia binigay sakin ng vape
nagalit na doctor sakin, mas guaranteed daw nya hahaba ang buhay ko sa yosi LOL

[dr. d]

DOM lol
tyan ko lang pang DOM hehehe
nabawasan na nga 2 inches :P

DOM.
dignified older men.

what's your definition of DOM?

[baludoy]

sakin naman bro 3 months pneumonia binigay sakin ng vape
nagalit na doctor sakin, mas guaranteed daw nya hahaba ang buhay ko sa yosi LOL

iyon nga bro. hindi din healthy eh no?

iyong iba naman may napuputukan pa sa mukha nung vape nila kasi de baterya iyon di ba?

may cons din talaga.

[dr. d]

working in the sense that there are more people kicking the habit? or that prices of cigarettes have gone up?

i can't answer that categorically but in my circle, more and more people have stopped smoking as the years have gone by. aside from those gory illustrations pasted on the front of cigarette packs, the ex-smoker friends i have accepted the fact that it's just a down right unhealthy past time. they say they just want to live healthier lives mainly for their kids.

iyong iba naman opted to take up vaping. i'm not sure if that's better or worse.

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the government's strategy is two-fold.
the increased price of smokes will hinder some folks from indulging too much, thus potentially reducing morbidity and government expense vis a vis health systems support.
also, the tax therein will go to the health systems purse of the government.

vaping is tricky.
one factor is that there are so many choices of 'flavors', making research on the ill-effects of vaping, less straightforward.

[Wh1stl3r]

Yezzir. Started smoking in 3rd year high school up until i was well into my working years na.

Pinipilit ko na lang dati pag naglalaro pero syempre hingal kabayo na. [emoji206]

On a sidenote, Nagugulat ako sa presyo ng cigarettes ngayon. Talagang bisyo na kasi mapapagastos ka na din. Hindi tulad dati magkano lang naman yosi. Mas lalo na kapag tingi-tingi na binili kanila manang tindera. [emoji23]

do what you gotta do so you can do what you wanna do

Nice recovery. Maaga aga ka pala nagstart. I didn't start til college. Was a 1-1.5 pack a day guy back in the day.

sakin naman bro 3 months pneumonia binigay sakin ng vape
nagalit na doctor sakin, mas guaranteed daw nya hahaba ang buhay ko sa yosi LOL

May nabalitaan ako nagka collapsed lung. Nakarecover naman sya but what a scare that was.

From Johns Hopkins:
What Does Vaping Do to Your Lungs? | Johns Hopkins Medicine

Looks like vaping is scarier than smoking.

I also didn't find it hard to quit. Just did it cold turkey one day like the other guys. Guess it's different for everyone. Just keep trying bro. Iba talaga pakiramdam after.

[Jun aka Pekto]

I'd like an RTX video card. But, at current prices which are 2.5x to 3x compared to last year? Forget it. I like ray-tracing in my games. But, I don't like it enough to pay that much. If the "fake" renderings look close enough to the real thing? I'm happy.

Take Far Cry 5. No ray-tracing. But, Ubi did a good job faking it.

[_Cathy_]

Yep. I quit smoking 5 months ago and thought of other stuff to try. Google is my friend hehe. Safe to say, i didn't try anything na lang cause they all fall in the same category.

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Sarap kasi magsmoke e hahah! Sometimes I really miss smoking but I don't think my body could still tolerate it now, e I am always short of breath and have palpitations. Tapos ngayon iritang irita ako sa amoy ng smoke, pero back when I was a smoker I did not mind it so much

i gather, the government's anti-smoking strategy is working?

It worked on me. I stopped smoking around 2012 or 2013 and I did it with zero effort. I guess because I NEVER smoked at home, though at my peak I could finish half a pack and if I go out drinking maybe 1 pack? I absolutely cannot drink alcohol or coffee without cigarettes e.

Anyway, they made it so difficult to smoke - kasalanan ng Makati yan! Sila nauna magbawal ng smoking sa restaurants. One of my hangouts (alone) was UCC at the Fort kasi they had a separate smoking area with AC, usually ako lang mag isa :P Grabe talaga smoker discrimination. They exiled us smokers in the parking lot where it's dark and barely no circulation, tapos pati sa parking bawal na, sa open air bawal na rin. The final nail in the coffin was when they discontinued my brand Mild Seven and made it Mevius. My yosi buddies isa isa na rin nawala, either nag quit or di ko na masyado nakakasama. I am glad I lived during a time when smoking was allowed in campus and restuarants. ANg hindi ko naabutan yung smoking inside the OFFICE, HOSPITAL and PLANE OMG

What I can't quit? SUGAR! I am so addicted to sugar. Yung yosi kasi, just stop smoking and being around smokers, pero ang food you need it to LIVE kaya hindi mo naman pwede i cold turkey ang pagkain

[EQAddict]

bro bago ka nag quit, umaabot ka 1 pack a day?
gusto ko narin kasi mag quit, kaso ako yun tipong nagigising bigla tapos maghahanap ng yosi

Bro when in the beach or in a party yeah baka 1 pack a day .

What worked Best for me is just cold turkey. Dont tell yourself...puede 1 or 2 sticks a day. It doesnt work. Dapat zero.


First week was hardest. But after that...whenever i feel the urge to smoke, i just tell myself sayang the sacrifice i put in getting this far already...and it works.

I still think abt smoking every now and then. But its just a passing fancy now.

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[Egan101]

I was a heavy smoker until I quit around 2008. It was when my daughter was born and the doctor advised us of the serious effects of smoking to infants.

I started smoking back in my freshman days at UP Diliman (early 90s). I was consuming an average of a pack a day of Marlboro Reds and even more on days I just hang out or we were out drinking.

When I started working in Makati, I always buy myself two reams every other week. It was like 10 packs each week or an average of 1.5 packs per day. On a normal day, it was like I am half thru a pack before lunch time. On weekends, it was just lighting after each one. Within my small rental space, I had an ash tray near my bed, on the dinner table, and on the toilet.

When I had to stop, it was gradual so from a pack to just half for a period of a few months. Later on, it was just down a stick or two in certain times of the day. The hardest part was getting out the habit of putting something in your lips and lighting it.

Now, I smoke when someone offers me but I don’t go out buying anymore. Rarely do I find someone smoking Marlboro Reds nowadays but that got me thru hard times as a Young workaholic IT professional twenty years ago.


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[ninjababez]

Bro when in the beach or in a party yeah baka 1 pack a day .

What worked Best for me is just cold turkey. Dont tell yourself...puede 1 or 2 sticks a day. It doesnt work. Dapat zero.


First week was hardest. But after that...whenever i feel the urge to smoke, i just tell myself sayang the sacrifice i put in getting this far already...and it works.

I still think abt smoking every now and then. But its just a passing fancy now.

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i tried cold turkey bro, di pa tapos yung day may yosi na ulit sa bibig ko hehehe
sana magawa ko na nga, gusto ko ulit mag basketball, tennis or boxing at hinahanap na ng katawan ko talaga. kaso alam ko need ko mag quit muna sa yosi

[dr. d]

we are lucky.
smoking was never attractive in the family.
"parang nagsusunog ng pera."
our older cousins smoked a bit. it was socially "in", back then.
after their generation, no one in the clan smokes anymore.

[yubby24]

I was a smoker din nung college days ko. Marlboro green + mentos. Siguro months lang tinagal. Nagstop ako nung madali na ko hingalin pag naglalaro ako ng dance revo noon.

[Wh1stl3r]

Watch this movie

Thank You for Smoking (25) - IMDb

[_Cathy_]

NO offense to smokers in their 40s and up. When I was in my teens and 20s my impression of NON-smokers my age e boring Pag 30s, I have no opinion because it's an in between age. Pag 40s turn off na kasi para sakin rite of passage ang smoking, it's just something fun young people do and for me there's a disconnect dahil pag 40s nasa serious phase na ng buhay and no matter how fit and healthy, it's an age where you can't stop the clock anymore (eg metabolism and skin etc) It's like each cigarette is taking a minute off the person's life. When you're young kasi you can really abuse your body and not feel anything, but in your 40s may effect na yan.

I think generation ko ang last na it's cool to smoke. Those born in the 90s wala na ko kilalang smokers. Sa office namin sa buong department namin mostly 20s, almost 100 kami and NOBODY smokes. What a difference, when I was a new hire in the late 2000s (so majority kami ang 20s) nagkaka asaran at issue pa samin yung mga officemate namin na "buraot" hahaha! Yung mahilig maki bum ng yosi or manghiram ng lighter tapos hindi na ibabalik. Lucky for the young ones now, that is not an issue.

[papi smith]

Rite of passage yeah, you think your cool because you smoke, pagdating ng 30s habit na

When I was young I was smoke free, I would smoke only if it was free, walang budget ehehe

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