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Michael Douglas Caught Smoking Again after Beating Throat Cancer
NY Daily News ^
| 7/29/11
| Nancy Dillon
Posted on 07/30/2011 7:31:27 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: Vaquero
you have to decide to quit...you have to want to quit....and you have to go cold turkey.... Dittos to that. And it helps being married to a non=smoker. You have to be so utterly miserable for a couple of weeks that once you get through that you will never let yourself go there again.
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posted on
07/30/2011 7:47:26 AM PDT
by
Menehune56
("Let them hate so long as they fear" Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius, (170 BC - 86 BC))
To: Vaquero
I did the same quit cold turkey many years ago..I guess we are two of thousands that do not have to have drugs to quit smoking..And of course there are times I think about smoking but know I am stronger than that so let it pass..
Muchael Douglas, has to make up his own mind not to smoke..
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posted on
07/30/2011 7:48:16 AM PDT
by
PLD
To: Vaquero
Both my father in-law (a smoker for decades) and my husband quite cold turkey. Cold Turkey works.
To: PLD
Quit cold turkey on Great American Smokeout Day 27 years ago. Laid on the couch under a blanket like I was sick for three days. Got acne, gained 20 pounds, it wasn’t pretty. But a year later when I asked a friend for a cigarette, I was appalled by how awful it tasted. Oh, people would say “I bet you feel so much better” and I would say “not really” but it was going to kill me so I had to quit.
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posted on
07/30/2011 7:53:29 AM PDT
by
yldstrk
(My heroes have always been cowboys)
To: ops33
I quit cold turkey right about that time but in may....when I was born and my mom smoked. haha.
Havent have a cig since! :D
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posted on
07/30/2011 7:54:04 AM PDT
by
smith288
(Peace at all costs gives you tyranny free of charge)
To: Vaquero
I was on a condo construction site when my boss tapped me and said,
"Watch this".
A plumber was coming out of a unit and stopped by his truck to have a smoke. He pulled the pack out of his pocket and offered on to another guy standing close. We watched as they lit up and then a guy on the roof took a cig from his pocket and so did a carpenter who was hanging siding - he offered one to the guy working with him.
It was contagious. Withing not more than a minute there were at least a half dozen guys smoking cigarettes. My boss said he figured he lost a couple of hours of labor a day to smoking. He was the first contractor I heard of to restrict smoking to break time only. It is a mighty addictive habit to contend with.
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posted on
07/30/2011 7:55:35 AM PDT
by
Baynative
(If the government was in charge of the desert , we'd soon have a shortage of sand.)
To: Dr. Scarpetta
Way back when my mom was dying of cancer. I thought she was nuts to continue smoking. Doc pulled me aside and said to “let her do what she wants with the time she has, won't make a difference”. He was right.
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posted on
07/30/2011 7:55:56 AM PDT
by
ladyvet
( I would rather have Incitatus then the asses that are in congress today.)
To: knarf
I finally quit after many many tries. A friend of mine, a doctor put me on CATAPRES TTS 1. It comes in a patch and has no nicotine in it. You get 4 patches changing them once a week for a month. In a few days after you start the patch that awful physical desire to have a smoke is gone. By the end of the month nicotine is out of your system. For the next 10 to 11 months it's all mental.
Catpres is a blood pressure medicine, very mild and even if you have low blood pressure it won't hurt you.
The reason you don't hear about this as a way out of smoking is there's little money in it compared to the Nicotine gums and other crap.
It worked for me, good luck.
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posted on
07/30/2011 7:57:43 AM PDT
by
Recon Dad
( five words most feared by a Louisiana politician: “Will the defendant please rise.”)
To: Dr. Scarpetta
It's possible Douglas was smoking medical marijuana or another substance other than tobacco
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posted on
07/30/2011 7:58:04 AM PDT
by
Brandonmark
(2012: Our Hope IS Change!)
To: PLD
When you smell tobacco smoke, does it smell good to you or does it smell like someone tracked something in on their shoes?
When cigarette smoke smells like s#%t to you, like it does to non smokers and ex smokers, you will know that you are truly over it.
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posted on
07/30/2011 7:58:16 AM PDT
by
Ditter
To: Vaquero
I quit and I am not tempted to have another one ever.
It is tough to quit. One of the reasons I hate cigs is they start controlling one’s life. A person can’t do something without stopping to have a cig. I hate them. I am glad you quit and I am glad I quit also. My husband smoked a lot years ago, and said one day he just quit. Amazing. Did you just decide one day to quit or did you have a program to go to . I did everything till one finally stuck
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posted on
07/30/2011 8:01:34 AM PDT
by
mel
To: kjo
Both hubby and I smoke and seriously want to quit. We’ve also tried just about everything from cold turkey, gum, patches etc only to fail. Two days ago we bought the Blu brand of electronic cigarettes to assist us in quitting and let me tell you, I think this will be the key.
The e-cigs give the same amount of nicotine as a cigarette but have no other chemicals in them. They taste, smoke and feel as close to a real cigarette as possible even producing “smoke” that can be blown into a rings etc. The “smoke” however is nothing more than water vapor, has no smell, will not leave any residue on walls or most importantly in our lungs.
In two days we’ve both cut down on real cigarettes close to 75% and plan on not purchasing any more real cigs once we run out of the packs we currently have. I have very little doubt we will even want or need real tobacco with the e-cigs.
Of course the biggest drawback to e-cigs is that they contain nicotine (however, Blu does offer a no nicotine e-cig)so we will continue to be addicted while using the e-cigs. Our plan to deal with that is to slowly reduce the strength of the e-cigs until we are smoking the no-nicotine ones and either stay with them or simply quit completely.
You may want to suggest this idea to your sister-in-law (no, I receive no monies from the company lol) as a possible way to quit. The e-cigs provide everything needed to satisfy cigarette cravings both physically and mentally and so far it seems this combination is what it will take to help us quit. It may be the ticket for her.
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posted on
07/30/2011 8:01:55 AM PDT
by
Brytani
(Liberals - destroying America since 1776)
To: Dr. Scarpetta
Michael Douglas has the right to smoke (marijuana or tobacco) cigarettes on his yacht, if he wishes. That he is very likely risking a recurrence of throat cancer is his risk to take. He is not harming anyone but himself by smoking, he is just being incredibly stupid, which is also his prerogative. That having been stated, should Michael Douglas develop cancer again, he will definitely not receive any sympathy from me. I quit a 32-year smoking habit 'cold turkey' back in 1989. Millions of people have done the same. Smoking is definitely an addiction but more mental than physical. One has to want to quit smoking, not just wish to quit or because of being nagged to do so. I quit because I wanted to, for all the usual reasons, including being an example to my then-10-year-old son. who had implored me to quit smoking. I also was afraid of developing cancer from smoking. If I - and millions of others - can quit smoking, so could Michael Douglas. That he chooses not to is not my problem. That he may well develop cancer again is his problem and if that happens, I won't be happy but I won't be terribly sad, either. He's a fool, plain and simple. Proving once again that money and fame are no measure of intelligence.
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posted on
07/30/2011 8:02:05 AM PDT
by
Jim Scott
( "Game On!" - Sarah Palin)
To: yldstrk
I did not lay on the sofa for three days but if that is what it takes to quit I would have..I prayed for God to get me away from the habit,so he did help me. Every time I even thought about it..The power of prayer is awesome..
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posted on
07/30/2011 8:02:09 AM PDT
by
PLD
To: Dr. Scarpetta
why is this on FR?....is this news?
To: Ditter
Surely Dope, and possibly an indication he is still fighting cancer.
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posted on
07/30/2011 8:02:40 AM PDT
by
DAC21
To: DAC21
Still fighting cancer or he has given up fighting.
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posted on
07/30/2011 8:05:00 AM PDT
by
Ditter
To: ladyvet
Knew a guy who had worked on Alaska fishing boats where drugs are a common problem. He quit the hard stuff but said that quitting smoking was the hardest of all - and ultimately impossible for him.
Personally, I hate cigarettes - they made me feel sick. Maybe I’m allergic. Thank God.
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posted on
07/30/2011 8:05:55 AM PDT
by
Aria
( "If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.")
To: Ditter
It does smell awful to me I don't like the smoke and also when I am around one that smokes it makes me sick to my stomach when they reek of stale cigarettes smoke people do not realize that the smoke gets into their clothes. I can smell a smoker a mile away or it seems that way..
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posted on
07/30/2011 8:08:14 AM PDT
by
PLD
To: Dr. Scarpetta
An addiction is so hard to overcome. It is a Vice. A Vice that the Devil puts on you, and hard to get it off. It grips you.
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posted on
07/30/2011 8:10:58 AM PDT
by
buffyt
(Abortion is the ultimate CHILD ABUSE!)
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