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Twinsmomdeb mentioned this in a post, and from what I can gather she is suggesting the snowball effect. Well so far since I stopped smoking a very good friend of mine has stopped smoking he has now achieved 3 months as a non-smoker, and the fantastic news is his wife has stopped smoking and its 5 weeks for her, and tonight while working in the Snooker club one of my customers told me he is stopping on Monday, again I am delighted because I have discussed the wonderful rewards and the improved health I have, with him. I think that's what happens when you stop smoking, you want to tell all the smokers don't do it, you can stop, its like a crusade and I think providing we go about it the right way, its a good thing so lets all try and save a soul. Viv
I do talk to people about my experience with quitting and if they ask, I will gladly give them advise. What I don't believe in is pushing at them to stop smoking. When people did that to me it just made me want to smoke more. We were all there once upon a time.I am working on one of my closest friends right now. Very gently as she isn't ready yet. She is the last one of my friends that still smokes.
Talking does have a snowball effect. Someday, the world will be smoke free. Maybe not in our time but my kids or grandkids time. We can only hope.
Love to you all,Deb
However, since I have quit, I have noticed that alot of people seem quite interested and ask all kinds of questions such as do I feel better, did I find it hard, what do I do now in place of smoking, etc. I have also had a couple of people express interest in quitting and I try to encourage them without seeming like I am talking them into it. I had one person say that they felt if I could do it, then so could they. I told them to try and find out.
Funny, when I was a smoker, we'd joke about the "ex smokers" and how they can be the biggest judgers and pain in the asses. Now, I'm one of them so I'm trying not to be that preaching pain in the ass.
You're right, when you quit, people seem to reevaluate their own habit. Not a bad thing at all.
they say they both want to quit and they are both in their 70s how great is that