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Originally posted by adreamer:
The doctor did say that smoking could make me have a smaller baby.
Thank God I did smoke for I had big babies.

What about... the person who punks to stay thin?

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"theirselves"

If your post was trying to be funny it wasn't at all.
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by LaMantequilla:
[B]No, Bionic Girl, it's never too late! And gee, count me in for "smoking during pregnancy"! Purposely stunting the growth of my unborn child sounds cool. Anyhow, I see the light now-- it's not the cigarettes that gave my relatives lung cancer, it's the LaMantequillaQUOTE]

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Originally posted by greschya:
[b]Choose or addicted: I choose

Leanne, no pregnant woman who is truly concerned for the health of their baby "chooses" to smoke. By saying you "choose," it discredits all of us who have accepted and conquered nicotine addiction. There's a reason there's a FIVE PAGE thread about quitting smoking over at body &soul.

It also shows blatant disrespect to those on the boards who would give their LIMBS to even conceive, just once! and get as far as you have.

There are people here who have planned and eliminated every hint of a drug from their body -- caffeine, nicotine, alcohol, allergy medicines, prescriptions that make EVERY DAY a more livable one -- in order to try to have one chance at having a baby. They have CHOSEN to eliminate those comforts in order to be as healthy as possible. To flaunt and celebrate your "independence" by proclaiming that you choose to smoke to relax is insulting and even hurtful.

As far "it's like cracking a beer after work . . " most women quit drinking before they try to conceive, and if it's a surprise, they immediately cease drinking, based on years of research that proves it is harmful to an unborn baby.

For a person who is so embracing of a "non-medicalized, natural pregnancy" I find it contradictory and hypocritical that you "choose to smoke."

You are not "choosing" to smoke. You are a nicotine addict. I've been one too, and it is not an easy life. It is HARD to quit.

Those who speak loudest, are usually trying to convince themselves, not others.

I hope that your pregnancy and child end up healthy and without harm caused by your "choice." I wish you no ill will, but I do hope that you will be more considerate of others on the boards who would give up ANYTHING, who have given up EVERYTHING, to be in your place -- including cigarettes.

I don't mean to be incendiary, but the reason there's only 15 replies beyond yours is that many of us are stunned silent. Do what you will, but don't defend your actions and claim to be anything but a nicotine addict.
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As for me, there's no way you can possibly convince me that breathing in black smog that's going to end up in my lungs and snot is a good thing.

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Originally posted by adreamer:

An ex smoker is one of the biggest complainers.I think if they smell it they will want it again so they grip so much about people smoking....
Forget all of you people who complain about the people who smoke.
You are no better then anyone else.
Clean out all of the skeltons in your closets before you judge others.
I am done now for the non smokers who complain are just covering up for something they are doing wrong with their own bodies.

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Adreamer, someone sure is pushing your buttons to be so hot under the collar about this.
I know for sure that all the nagging in the world won't work on addicts. Try to point this out to who ever (daughter-in-law?) is hastling you. Keep safe and don't drink too many sodas!

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Originally posted by adreamer:
If your post was trying to be funny it wasn't at all.

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and now that I'm pregnant, is it too late to start smoking?

Adreamer said "It doesn't take a person with a colege education to figure all of this out but yet some people seem to be a bit slower then others at catching on." ---- it also doesn't take a person with a college education to figure out that smoking DOES cause health problems for babies of smokers, smokers themselves, and people around smokers.

Maybe it's time for the Silent Treatment? I beleive that has worked well in the past with these types of situations.

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Originally posted by Lis:
Heather, being around smoking gives you nosebleeds?

I just found that interesting b/c I get them in the winter when I have a cold and my Dad smoked around me my whole life. The first one of the year arrived at my bf's apt., and he's a smoker too.

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When I'm in a smoker's home for a long period of time (especially if spending the night), I always get a nosebleed. It's a combination of the smoke and the dryness in the air that tends to be a norm in smokers homes.

But, for the record:

How long have you been smoking? Off and on from age 14 to 16. Regularly from 17 to 21 and a short two-month stint at 26.

Have you ever considered quitting? Several times.

Have you ever tried to quit? Successfully for 5 years. Started again last year for two months after a bad break-up. Drank and smoked my face off for a solid 8 weeks. Then realized what an idiot I was being.

Do you choose to continue to smoke or is the addiction too strong to quit? The addiction is strong, but my will to LIVE is much stronger.

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How long have you been smoking? I smoked from when I was 16 to 20, and again from 22 to 24. I've been smoke-free now for about two months - since the night of the ungodly boring rain-delayed game in the world series this year.

Have you ever considered quitting? I used to think about it constantly, but didn't for a long time. Or I would quit for a few days and then start up again.

Have you ever tried to quit? See above. I'm still not sure why it stuck this time; I am guess having a very supportive boyfriend and moving out of an apartment with a smoker helped.

Edited to add that while re-reading this thread, I asked my father what "incendiary" meant. He didn't know, and neither did my mother or brother. I had to climb two flights of stairs and move lots of heavy boxes in order to find a dictionary. Leave it to the Digsters to force me to exercise during the holidays.

I always preferred to smoke outside. I never could handle smoky bars or parties. I once had a woman ask me (while outside) to move so wouldn't have to smell the smoke. I did it with out complaint. I sometimes feel the same way about people and their perfume, aftershave, hairspray, etc.

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Originally posted by chitowngal:
I also hate those quit smoking commercials. Instead of making me want to quit, they really make me want to light up, even when they're talking about all the evils of smoking, it puts the idea of having a cigarette in my head. Its kinda funny because every person I've spoken to that is trying to quit or has quit, has the same reaction to those commercials, strangely counterproductive on the part of the companies making them....

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Originally posted by breana:
Edited to add that while re-reading this thread, I asked my father what "incendiary" meant. He didn't know, and neither did my mother or brother. I had to climb two flights of stairs and move lots of heavy boxes in order to find a dictionary. Leave it to the Digsters to force me to exercise during the holidays.

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I always preferred to smoke outside. I never could handle smoky bars or parties. I once had a woman ask me (while outside) to move so wouldn't have to smell the smoke. I did it with out complaint. I sometimes feel the same way about people and their perfume, aftershave, hairspray, etc.

I do wonder about the cold weather being a factor there- the only place I've been as a smoker with a smoking ban is California. I know New York did it, and Boston and Chicago have been considering the ban also - do you guys think the cold will influence people in those places? I for one cannot imagine standing in the freezing, windy city air very often through the course of an evening just to get a cigarette. Winter in NY always seems so much colder than it really is too... that would be awful.

Personally, I'm stoked -- my smoker friends and I have compromised since I quit -- in winter and bad weather, we can go to this one bar that lets them smoke and drink coffee, in summer and good weather, we get to go to a smoke free place. But, after January 1, it won't matter anymore! I'll win ALL the TIME!!!

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Originally posted by briezee:
You know, I think I would have taken the much less route and just gone to dictionary.com or m-w.com.

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"Smoking was banned in all restaurants in California in 1995 and the ban was extended to bars three years later. At the end of last year the prohibition was extended to anywhere 20 feet from a public building's entrance"