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noitallmr- Is that “The Easy Way to Quit Smoking?” I think I heard my 20 and 22 year old brothers talking about it recently, (although they both said they’re not reading it right now because they’re not ready to quit yet, hashem yishmor.)
Yeah Esther1. He has stopped over 6 million people globally from smoking and it is a must-read for any smoker. But obviously it’s only gonna work if you wanna stop but just can’t. If you don’t wanna stop don’t bother with it.
Brooklyn 19, most quitters gain some weight. I know a woman who started out petite and put on a few sizes after quitting. Her doctor says she’s still infinitely healthier.
smoking is gross. i know someone who quit smoking erev rosh hashana because he said how can i stand in shul and ask Hashem to give me another year of life when im being a hippocrit and kiiling myself from smoking. thats something every smoker should think about
Smoking is gross – in your opinion. If people in your circles would typically smoke, you would very likely think otherwise.
Smoking is an obnoxious and destructive habit everybody knows this. To condemn and gives words of Mussar do not help motivate a smoker to quit. What may help is to make suggestions such as offering to go with them to a Smoking Cessation Meeting and being their sponsor to help support them, another idea is to go to the local health food store and buy a stick of Licorice Root which may help curb their addiction, and the list goes on.
anoymisss: ur very wrong
for your info i smoke right now (im in middle of reading allen carrs book on smoking) and just to make a few things clear.one cigarette can “not” get you addicted, it take usually a month or two and it only takes 3 weeks to get the nicotine out of your body even if you smoked 100 cigarettes for a year, and as i saw on one of the pages someone wrote it costs 8 dollars a pack you can get it at 3.50 a pack if you buy it by the carton.also the reason it is wrong to smoke on purim is because once you take that first cigarette you want another one.and another thing ,im a teenager in yeshiva and as far as im concerned most people start out of peer pressure not because they want to be cool.and as far as halacha is concerned to have internet is probrably more against halacha than smoking (i have yeshivanet).as far as drinking i think its ok to drink once a year.its a mitzvah (even if bochurim take it a little over the limit).
my uncle is a living example of why people shouldnt smoke. the carcinogens from the cigarette smoke have literally killed his eyes to the point where he was being blinded by it…the only way to save his vision was to have a cornia transplant so now he has a new eye and a new view on life . when my kids asked him why one eye is blue and one eye is brown he told them… and now they run around shul telling people if you smoke you’ll have to get an eye from a dead man so you don’t go blind. maybe the cigarette companies should put that on the box. lol!
Mchemtob: omg hazeet! They’re not gonna put that on the box so they can lose $ lol (even though ppl would buy it anyway)
gabs- you have a lot of opinions. Anything else you would like to share with us?
syrian – you gotta cut out the lingo :}
And gabs- I feel bad for u, ur a teenager who smokes. Doesn’t sound to good. I hope u no that girls DON’T like when men smoke, think about that (but u don’t sound the type to care)
when my kids asked him why one eye is blue and one eye is brown he told them..
For the record, it is the IRIS, not the cornea that is the colored part of the eye, so I am not sure what your uncle’s story is. A cornea transplant would not change an eye color. Maybe he has a cataract on the other eye, making it appear a different shade. In any case, DON’T SMOKE – – it’s really bad for you and for everyone around you.
Brooklyn: ha why? And btw u deff are syrian! Or close to it!
oh ye i made a mistake anonymisss i wrote “100 cigarettes for a year” i meant 100 cigarettes a day for a year.
Is that all, gabs?
This can go in the random q’s thread too but I’ll put it here:
Why is it accepted that frum guys smoke but totally out of the question for girls? What’s the difference?
You’ve just met someone whose Ashkenaz mother of Hungarian/Polish Parents learned to speak fluent Arabic. My mom speaks Yiddish, Hungarian, Hebrew, Arabic, English, & Spanish.
Why is it accepted that frum guys smoke but totally out of the question for girls? What’s the difference?
Who says it is? I would NEVER allow a shidduch with one of my daughters with a guy who smoked (even a little bit). They would never want a guy who smokes. It is a filthy, smelly, expensive, and health-threatening addiction. which imperils the people who live with a smoker almost as much as it imperils the smoker. That being said, many people view women smoking as being untzniusdig. Man or woman, I am against anyone smoking, at least anywhere near my loved ones or me. By the way, for any woman who does smoke – it ages and wrinkles your skin prematurely, because of the motion you make while taking a repeated puffs, as well as the toxins ingested in the smoke.
mod, u missed my post about Hazeet to Syrian. My above post doesn’t make sense with out it.
the only addiction i have is the CR addiction. and may it be my worst.
okay, I was merely defining what Hazeet means. What nebbach is in yiddish and what miskein means in Hebrew = Hazeet. Syrian, I understood what it means, but most people here don’t understand SY Lingo, so please explain when you use it.
mazal – you are so not half ashkenaz!
Oh yeah?? I like gefilte fish with a bissel Chrein then I have my Bamia with Rice. Like I said before, I am a half-breed and quite proud of it. so is my hubby.
so curious if i know you. mazal – that could be your name. (or it’s an english version – tunie or fortune or michelle…)
you said you have kids. (i assume you’re not 77!!!!)
lol gotta think about this one.
same here–the only addiction i have is the CR addiction. and may it be my worst. !!!!
Mazal: I totally agree with u that the smoking thing I’d discusting!
And I was telling mchemtob hazeet bc I know he fully understands it but thanks for explaining it to everyone lol
I heard that a major poseik said that starting to smoke is assur. If you already smoke, then its obviously dangerous but its not assur because you are addicted and its not your fault because the addiction takes over your self control.
“Why is it accepted that frum guys smoke but totally out of the question for girls? What’s the difference? “
Oh come on you really can’t see a difference? Simply because however disgusting smoking is it’s still a guy’s habit like drinking and is therefore unimaginably nauseous to have a girl drinking or smoking- much more then a boy (don’t get me wrong, I also don’t like boys who smoke or drink…)
Brooklyn19, Pickled herring in cream sauce is pretty good. (Especially, the Honey Mustard pickled Herring by Pomegrante, but this should be in the Fave Food thread) We took the kids a few years back to the Homowack for the weekend. My Eldest son(who was 9 at the time) ordered the pickled herring in cream sauce, the waiters couldn’t believe he ordered and liked it!!!
why is it worse for girls to smoke? first of all why dont most jewish girls smoke altogether and secondly a girl altogether is looked down on ten times more than a boy that smokes since smoking is more common by boys and as far as im concerned girls smoke cause it makes them look sophisticated whereas boys always smoked to make them look manly so you can understand why there will always be more men that smoke (especially jewish) than woman
gabs: ur wrong- girls dont smoke bc its sophisticated, they smoke bc they think its cool!! like 30, 40 years ago it was considered sophisticated
i hold the reason alot of frum men smoke is because they go through much more stress than a non jewish man/woman
What a ridiculous comment, gabs. Sorry
you think less non-jews smoke than jewish ones? no shot at that one.
gabs- I think non-jews have plenty of stress in their lives, too. The stress is different than our kind of stress, but it is stress all the same.
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gabs – so women have less stress than men, huh? I knew it! Now let me go tell every woman I know how easy her life is….
notice how squeak didn’t say “now let me go tell MY WIFE…”. I hereby pronounce squeak an elligable bachelor.
going once, going twice, going three times….
areivimzehlazeh: ha got any shudduch ideas for squeak??? maybe curious???
nice diyuk, but the loshon I used was typical of me. I am purposely as ambiguous as possible in the CR.
Areivim, you make a good observation.
squeak, you come across way too paranoid of life.
asdf – I’m overwhelmed by all the suggestions.
sorry what i meant to say was the percentages are much more by jewish men
“nice diyuk, but the loshon I used was typical of me. I am purposely as ambiguous as possible in the CR”
I have always thought Squeak is female. The comment about telling every woman Squeak knows how easy her life is, is something a woman would say. Frum guys are generally not as sensitive to the tribulations of Jewish women (even when they are very caring guys).
So I vote “Lady Squeak.”
Curious, everyone’s trying to help you out…
Curious: we’re all trying our best to help ya!!!
Someone should just make a shidduch thread
I’m humbled. 🙂
go ahead syrian. :o)
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