Keith, at 10:55 on Jun 09 1995, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

BG> Contrary to popular belief, it's not the presence of nicotine which
BG> prevents people from giving up.  It's an urban myth, as the withdrawals
BG> last 24-48 hours, and are not particularly severe anyway.  The hardest
BG> cycle to break is the actual physical habit.  Non-smokers will believe
BG> anything these days.

KR> i found the thing to do was to give it up coincident with some other
KR> major change in life. the day that i left control data was xmas eve, the
KR> salesmen put on a big piss up, i got medium drunk, smoke half a pack in
KR> about 5 hours and then walked away from that part of my life and haven't
KR> smoked in 20 years.

Funny you should mention, one of the "give up smoking" leaflets
which our local doctor distributes says something rather similar, inasmuch
as you need to also change certain other habits which led to smoking in the
past, such as picking up the phone with your right hand instead of your
left one, etc.  Bottom line though, unless you really want to stop, you
won't.

Regards, Bill
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