Hi Mark,

> I have tried to quit cold turkey before and it was beyond miserable.  The
> lozenges made it so much easier for me to quit.  I wasn't crawling out of my
> own skin.

Well, I can hope they won't affect other things.  We'll see.  I think the
problem I had with the patches was even at what they call low-nicotene levels
were just too much for me.  I smoke the most ridiculous cigarettes on Earth..
True's.  At a concert in Baltimore, Jim Morrison called them "tampax" when
someone threw them up on the stage (he'd asked the audience for a cigarette)
Lol.

>> Yes, that's the "problem" here as well. It's not the cost. Perhaps
>> sometime down the line when we are really old we will care about that but
>> not right now. It is the 'controlling' and addictive nature of the damn
>> things that I hate!

> Sounds like you have the same problem with them that I did.  Being in long
> meetings at work, being on a field trip with my kids, etc.  The craving never
> stopped.  That part drove me nuts.  That is when I knew it was time to hang
> them up.

Yep..

Take care,
Janis

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