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Phil Hill
I love my cootie bug

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From: Hollywood, CA USA
Registered: Mar 2000

posted 08-24-2006 07:25 PM

Vernon Demerest? I think he looks like a leather-faced ex-smoker (and drinker) that died from lung cancer named Jamie Blake or Matt Helm...or was it Dean Martin?

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Mike Heenan
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From: Scottsdale, AZ, USA
Registered: Mar 2000

posted 08-24-2006 08:21 PM

Dead yes but he beat the average life span of a male by some years... and heavily smoked and supposedly drank alot as well (though I read that was mostly an act). Hell, George Burns lived to past 100 years and he smoked cigars all the time. Denis Leary had a funny article about the time Dean called him a pussy for quiting smoking, lol.

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Joe Redifer
You need a beating today

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From: Denver, Colorado
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posted 08-24-2006 09:01 PM

Sorry but Dennis Leary is not funny.

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Randy Stankey
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posted 08-24-2006 10:03 PM

quote: Anslem Rayburn
I am a smoker, and have quit a few times, only to un-quit. It gets harder every time.

That's because nicotine (and other drugs) actually alters your brain chemistry. It actually changes they way you think and feel. The more you smoke, the more you tip your brain's chemistry off balance.

It takes anywhere from 2 to 5 years for the balance to be restored once you stop smoking or taking other drugs. Recovery time depends on the length of time the person has been smoking and how much they smoke on a regular basis.

If a person quits smoking and their brain chemistry begins to restore itself, when they resume smoking again, the state their brain is in when the addiction resumes becomes the new "normal" state that the balance has to restore to upon finally quitting. You have to get back to that point before you can restore your brain to its normal, nicotine-free state.

This is the main reason why I finally decided to quit smoking.

It's really funny how people can rationalize their way around cancer and emphysema and all those other nasty diseases but the idea of getting brain damage from smoking is a hard pill to swallow.

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Mike Heenan
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posted 08-24-2006 10:06 PM

I agree, but the funny thing was that Dean Martin called him a pussy, not necessarily that the article as a whole was funny.

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Paul J. Neuhaus
Expert Film Handler

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From: Iraq.. Again!
Registered: Jun 2005

posted 08-24-2006 11:13 PM

The withdrawl has a lot to do with how in shape you are physicaly and how healthy you are. If you are a big time smoker and don't work out that much you will probably have a hard hard time. Also, most smokers don't realy realize how dependant on cigarettes they are untill they try to quit

I quit because it hindered my performance running. I was going to Jump School (Army Airborne School) in 3 weeks. As a Marine I was not taking the chance of having a hard time running at an Army School......Hell NO... Just a Pride thing I guess.

When it comes down to it you can have the best reason in the world and it will not help you quit... Not a bit... You have to want to not quit.

I tried for years to stop... and it didn't work cause I liked to smoke.. I enjoyed it.. But when I really did want to quit .. not just say I quit it really wasn't that hard the physical addiction is really gone in about a week the rest is medicaly mental
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Joe Redifer
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From: Denver, Colorado
Registered: May 99

posted 08-24-2006 11:27 PM

I thought Dennis said that to Dean. I'm confused. Also, didn't Dennis Leary once say something like "I love smoking and I'm never fuckin' quittin'!"?

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Dave Williams
Wet nipple scene

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From: Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Registered: Jan 2000

posted 08-25-2006 05:00 AM

It has been a long time since I have seen a thread from Paul. I really do miss that man.

In his memory I give my experience with smoking.

For 15 years I smoked three packs of Marlboro Red's a day. It took six years to fully quit. I kept relapsing over and over again.

What finally did it for me? I would like to say it was some profound happening, but just one day I stopped for good. It may have been simply my will kicking in, or maybe it was some profound moment that I was just not privied to. Whatever the reason, I thank the angel that helped me that day. I am sure it has helped add more years to my life, giving me more time to help, someone, anyone, do... whatever it is.

Ciao

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