
Will We Ever Stop Lighting Up? Community Group
A place for people to come and share their stories of how they have quit smoking or how they are trying to quit and the struggles they face each day OR for smokers who just dont want to quit andor not yet ready. Both are welcome here. A non-judgemental place for smokers and non-smokers alike. Please feel free to discuss any topic you wish that pertains to smoking. Smokers...
If you are smoking only half a cig, you are smoking less than half a pack. The tobacco in the last half of the cig acts as a filter of sorts. As the cig is smoked down, the levels of tar, etc. increase with each puff as what was "filtered" gets burned again. Since you are stopping at about half way, you aren't getting even half the potential goo you would get smoking the whole one.
That said, any smoke at all is bad for you. I do not condone smoking 1/2 a cig as a "health measure". :)
Shevie
I smoked a pack of those Djarum Blacks a day, but as I said, they smoke for a full 13 minutes AND they're very strong. I would hazzard a guess that a pack of DBs equals at LEAST a pack and a half of 'regular' smokes!!!
*COUGH* *COUGH*
So, only 1/2 a pack, eh? That's certainly better than my former 2 1/2 packs a day. I'm hoping & praying that I can break the cycle now. I've had 2 groups of 2 days where I've smoked in the past month. Today, I'm back on the patch, & feeling fine. But, John better not cross me. I've got to find a way not to let him get to me. (my abusive ex-husband, now mentally abusive platonic roommate) God, give me strength!
My guess is that, because you are both suffering, physically, you use the smoking as a way to escape, if only for a few minutes. Soon, you want another, because of all the stress. That's been my experience, anyway.
Love, Debi
Debi