Simon Cowell smokes way more than a pack a day, but his rep will only admit to a little less than half a day. I once watched the guy smoke a pack in like three hours, so you know 15 a day is crap. Simon, who started smoking at 8 has entered an addiction facility in London and good for him for going and trying to rid himself of the habit. He has a history of cancer in the family and since the guy has been smoking for 44 years, chances are good that something bad will happen unless he does quit.
Yeah, you don't go to rehab for less than 10 cigs a day. He started at 8? Wow. That's a bad ass kid. I bet he smoked in the elementary school bathroom. Had a pack rolled up in the sleeve of his little school uniform.
ReplyDeleteSeriously, you'd think he would have had a wake up call earlier than this. Smoking for 44 years with the knowledge of family cancer history is retarded.
Am I the only one that's never heard of Cigarette Rehab?
ReplyDeletegood luck buddy. I wish you success! it has been 10 yrs for me and my husband, and I wonder to this day what on earth ever made me want to smell like that...
ReplyDeleteMaybe while he's in there, they can work in some time to handle his addiction to clothes that are too small for his body.
ReplyDeleteLess then half a pack my ass! I wish him luck though, 4 1/2 years quit here.
ReplyDeleteOT guys. Trying to get some new running music for my half marathon. Any suggestions? I tend to prefer songs with a heavy, fast beat like LMFAO, Lincoln Park etc. Any help is mucho appreciated!!!
He's looking a bit thick around the middle there - if he can get rid of that spare tire to fit into his too small t-shirts my hat goes off to him.
ReplyDeleteYeah, only dumb people smoke these days. No offence to dumb people. I think a carton costs about $80 in Canada and quite honestly I can think of a million better things to spend that money on that slowing poisoning my body, fouling up the air and my hair/clothes.
I am a former smoker and my hatred of such a disgusting habit is what finally made me quit, I could not come up with 1 single reason to continue to smoke.
*Linkin Park
ReplyDeleteI start Chantix tomorrow. so hopefully in one month, I'll be smoke free! Woo hoo!
ReplyDeleteNo, Rickatoo, you're not. I'm not buying this. If he's truly in rehab, I'm sure it's for another reason.
ReplyDeleteGood luck to all those trying to quit. As was stated above. Why in te world would anyone want to take up that nasty habit. Numerous cancers including colon, esophageal, pancreatic and skin cancers can be linked to smoking. Plus you stink big time !!
ReplyDelete@RenoBlondee - happy to make some suggestions for you! Here are some songs that I like to work out to. They may not be exactly what you're looking for, but they make me move faster:
ReplyDeleteRush - Big Audio Dynamite
Shut Up - Black Eyed Peas
Crazy Bitch - Buckcherry
Why Can't I be Like You - The Cure
Tonight I'm F**kin' You - Enrique Iglesias
Burn Rubber - Gap Band
If - Janet Jackson
Pretty Girls - Joe Jackson
Makes Me Wonder - Maroon 5
U Can't Touch This - MC Hammer
Roses - OutKast
I Know You Want Me - Pitbull
Rain Over Me - Pitbull
Talk Dirty to Me - Poison
Baby I'm a Star - Prince
Don't Stop Me Now - Queen
Suck My Kiss - The Red Hot Chili Peppers
Whenever, Wherever - Shakira
A Night to Remember - Shalamar
Do Ya Wanna Funk - Sylvester
American Girl - Tom Petty
Caught Up - Usher
Young Guns - Wham!
Rump Shaker - Wreckx-N-Effect
Hope that some of these work for you.
I'm not really buying the whole rehab story here either. I'm sure he smokes a lot more than that if a rehab stay is involved and hopefully it only involves tobacco. As a former smoker, I know how difficult quitting can be. I would say that he could employ my quitting methods, but it involved carrying a baby for nine months so.....unless his moobs are really breasts, I'm thinking that won't work.
ReplyDelete@Popcorn Sutton - thank you! I forgot to mention the moobs!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm stunned by the "started smoking at 8", that's scary. Also scary is Chantix. I know three people personally who went into deep, deep depression and also had homicidal thoughts. The SNL sketch last week isn't really a joke.
ReplyDelete@RenoBlondee - I like Muse for working out, the music (not always the lyrics) is inspiring, and I match my pace to the different songs so I'm not always going full-bore. I have their first two CDs but the one with Absolution on it is my fave.
I quit smoking last August via nicotine patches. The patches itched and irritated my delicate skin but it did work.
ReplyDeleteI started smoking at 10. The ballet world actually encouraged it.
Every now and then I would still like to light one up, but I have not. I also avoid situations where friends are smoking, and yes, I have gained 10 pounds but I'm working on that now.
I know the concerns over Chantix. I've taken it before and had some crazy dreams but not the severe depression that can sometimes come from that.
ReplyDeleteThe patch just didn't work for me. And I know i'm not strong enough do do cold turkey.
I quit smoking a little over two years ago by not smoking anymore. Ding!
ReplyDeletegood for you Maja! I wish I had that willpower!
ReplyDeleteI actually buy the "rehab" story. Quitting smoking is incredibly difficult, especially if you're a 3 packs a day smoker.
ReplyDeleteSimon has the money and he's basically paying up to go to some spa place where (a) he won't be allowed to smoke and will go through the worst of the withdrawal w/less willpower involved than doing it solo; and (b)I'm sure there's a lot of exercise and healthy food involved to avoid gaining 15 pounds automatically.
It seems as good a use of his money as anything else - I wish him luck.
@amh.producer, I wish you the best, in no way meant to be discouraging. I found a lot of support online - sometimes logging on and saying "I'm going out of my mind" and hearing people tell me to keep it up was the only thing that worked. I have quit many times, for sometimes years at a time, only to start again. It's a horrible addiction and for some people it takes a few tries. I'm gearing up for another shot at it now by getting my support system in place. Good to know there are so many non-smokers on CDAN!
ReplyDeleteI started smoking ciggies at 10, changed to bidi's in my 20's and then cloves now every once and awhile ion my 30's. I am not addicted to tobacco and I feel really lucky. I abhor the smell. I can understand the addiction to the act of smoking though! I quit "smoking" weed last week and now only vaporize. I have to say it's been very tough. There is something about the act of smoking...not holding a ciggie, but the drawing in. Good luck, ol' chap!
ReplyDelete@amh.producer: Glad you're aware of the Chantix risks. I tried it when it first came out and had every side effect in the book. Suicidal thoughts, wanting to cut myself, vomiting at no notice (sorry Mr. Supermarket Manager), etc.
ReplyDeleteI was a 3-packs/day smoker all my life and I'd tried everything: the patch, cold turkey, "rehab" (a two-week stay at Pritikin, in my case), Allen Carr, hypnosis, acupuncture...
Sometimes I'd quit for nine months and think I was well beyond "cured", and I'd wind up back on them in a flash after a night out partying w/folks who smoked. It was so frustrating to see all the difficult weeks of withdrawal go up in, um, smoke.
I decided to try e-cigs (I know, I know, I sound like bad spam). I tried a few brands and finally found one that was reliable. I stocked up on everything, set a date, and switched.
It was completely painless. I'm still as addicted to nicotine as ever, and I hate that. However, I'm not inhaling smoke or all the other chemicals in cigarettes. My cough is long gone.
It'll be three years in March, and I've never missed cigarettes. I'll never go back to them. The strange thing is that now, when I'm in a situation where smoking is banned (e.g., hospital or a plane), I just slap a patch on and occasionally sneak off to the loo for a "drag" on my e-cig.
Of course, I feel like a complete doofus when I get my year-end summary from Amex and realize how much I am spending on the damn things. Before, the cost of smoking used to be buried in my supermarket bills :-(
P.S. Just read Tempestuous Grape's comment. I agree on the last bit about the "drawing in" effect. I think that's why the e-cigs work for me. I probably paused, "inhaled," and put the e-cig down quite a few times writing this over-long post. Sorry all, back to your regularly-scheduled gossip!
I quit smoking about a decade ago and abhor the habit today, but I honestly don't know how I would have gotten through college without copious amounts of nicotine. :-) I tried to quit at least five times (twice with the patch) before my last drastic tactic: googling pics of animals used in tobacco experiments. THAT did it.
ReplyDeleteIt was a disgusting, expensive habit of which I was always ashamed, and I know it's damned hard to quit. But I know it's possible, and I wish those of you who are trying to quit all the luck and willpower in the world. Once you've gone without the cancer sticks for a few months, you'll probably be totally repulsed by them.
I'm more astonished by the fact that I haven't smoked any weed since September. And you know what? I don't miss that, either. Go figure.
I read somewhere that it takes about 7 tries at quitting smoking. To everyone who is trying to quit, don't give up. Don't feel like a failure, just try again and again.
ReplyDeleteI never smoked cigarettes thanks to growing up with a mother who smoked (at least) a pack a day of unfiltered Camels. Neither my siblings nor I has ever even taken a single drag off a cigarette. Mom finally quit after about 50 years, but it took a couple tries. To this day, she misses smoking.
ReplyDeleteThat said, I did used to smoke pot. I think I wasn't cut out to be a smoker, though, because the "drawing in" as described above is what I abhored the most about pot smoking. I hated the way smoke felt going down my throat and into my lungs.
Now pot brownies or other edibles, those I enjoy.
Good luck to all those trying to quit! I say this about dieting but it applies here, the best way to quit is the way that works for you!
Well wishes to him!
ReplyDeleteI'd never heard of rehab for cigarettes but everyone is different. I'm SO thankful I was able to just quit cold turkey. Any other way (for me) and I would have never quit.
I just reached 13 years. If I can quit, anyone can. My daughter is using that e-cig and having great success with it.
ReplyDeleteEmail me if you need support...the addy's my stupid screen moniker.
^^ Forgot to add well wishes to every one here trying to quit as well, because I am an asshole.
ReplyDeleteI quit almost 3 years ago and it was such a prolonged hell I cant believe there aren't rehab centers on every block. If he really is in rehab for cigs good for him, if its something else good for him for not using the exhaustion or mental check up excuse and coming up with something innovative.
ReplyDelete@Rickatoo - I've never heard of it either.
ReplyDeleteI was never a chain smoker, but fell into that annoying category of social smoking (alcohol was usually a factor). My husband quit cold turkey 2 years ago and since I've been running, it hasn't really been an option. I know how hard it is, so I wish all of you trying to give it up the best of luck.
I'll cop to it. I am STILL a smoker and started at 12. I literally have smoking hangovers and believe me I hate smoking. I usually smoke one pack a day but have only had one and it's now 3 PDT. I have packs of chantix but have not cracked them open. I used it before and yeah it made me ill. And aside from one psychotic dream I never had any other side effects. My husbands smoke a lot but my sister-wife (roomie) recently quit with the gum. I abhor the gum. I shoiuld prolly try the patch. I had the E cig but then I lost it somewhere between Vermont and SF. Sigh....
ReplyDelete@Sherry: "My husbands smoke a lot but my sister-wife (roomie) recently quit with the gum."
ReplyDeleteUtah speaks up!
@AnotherAmy: "I quit almost 3 years ago and it was such a prolonged hell I cant believe there aren't rehab centers on every block."
ReplyDeleteYou nailed it. You can be addicted to anything else in the US and if you commit a crime as a first-timer, you'll likely get a stay a government-sponsored rehab.
Strangely, that does not apply to smokers. Get drunk, get loopy on pot, abuse painkillers: likely first sentence is rehab because the jails are full.
Addicted to nicotine? Forget any help.
If you want to know why, look at how much your state's budget benefits from the taxes on tobacco.
If anyone in government gave a rat's ass, we could eliminate smoking.
I never became a cig smoker, because my Mom was one until I was 14 and I always detested the smell. Still do.
ReplyDeleteIda, I quit smoking weed at the beginning of November. I smoked regularly for 15 years. I am so happy i quit! I have so much more money, and the 10 extra lbs I was carrying for the past 2 years just fell off! It's awesome.
Good for you!
@parissucks -- Yeah, the bigger cashwad IS nice. Damn. But I mostly quit because I came to the realization that most of the Big Girl jobs I want require a drug test. It was just easier to kick the habit for good and not have to worry about a telltale cup o' pee getting in the way of my dream career.
ReplyDeleteI honestly don't have anything against weed -- as far as addictive vices go, I still think it's relatively innocent. And I've actually gained a little bit of weight in the past few months, since my appetite has become more regular and less dependent on a munchie schedule. :-) I'm sleeping better, too.
I actually had the chance to hit a bowl a couple of weeks ago, and I didn't. I knew I'd just cough to death, eat an entire cabinet worth of junkfood, and pass out immediately afterward.
I quit smoking when I got pregnant 7 months ago, and I hope that I'll stick to it after I give birth, I can't stand the smell on other people.
ReplyDeleteFor people who are trying to quit, or cut down, or who crave the "drawing in" sensation, I have kind of a weird tip that did help me.
Try taking a drag...of air. Close your eyes, and inhale as though you were taking a drag of a cigarette. It's not the same. But I found it helpful, hopefully other people will too. Good luck to all.
"If you want to know why, look at how much your state's budget benefits from the taxes on tobacco."
ReplyDeleteNot nearly as much as they're losing in health care costs.
Smoking rehab sounds like something for rich people.
ReplyDeleteI quit about 15 years ago. I was out with a bunch of friends one night who didn't smoke so I didn't. Next day, no hangover. Plus I didn't smell. I decided to give it a shot. I didn't tell anyone, including my boyfriend (now husband) that I lived with. I think it's easier to quit when you don't tell anyone, that way you only have yourself to face.
I was mostly a social smoker but I had smoked for 10 years and that was enough.
I got bad last year, I'd smoke when I drank. It became too much a habit so I had to quit that.
I'd need a rehab to quit; I get it. Although from what I understand [from friends], people used to smoke in rehab as a break; go to rehab, pick up smoking. Maybe they don't allow that anymore — it would make sense that if they're trying to wean you off one substance, they'd wean you off all while you're there.
ReplyDelete(OT: Have they cut out smoking in the prison system, too?)
Good luck to everyone trying to quit. I have to ditto Black Cat. The smell is just something I can't deal with at all. Might as well roll in dog shit. I get nicotine headaches if I'm around it too long. After what smoking has done to my friends I will never, ever put ANYTHING in my lungs again. EVER.
ReplyDelete@Reno - I have a friend who loves running to The Cat Empire. He has all their CD's after I sent him one and swears he can't run without them.
ReplyDeletesimone cow, Mooo !! he has a b&^^h0[ like a cow
ReplyDeleteHis moobs are gonna blow up like crazy now!
ReplyDeleteI going through the hell of trying to quit right now. I quit using the gum on 1/1 and didn't touch a cigarette for a week. My sense of smell came back in 2 days. My hour long workouts 5 mornings a week got easier. My heart palpitations were completely gone. And then, one Friday at work, I got really stressed out and was crying in the bathroom and told myself that I could have a cigarette later to deal with the pain I was going through. So SO SO stupid! I have gone from a pack a day to 5 - 10 cigarettes a day and I don't smoke in my house or in public anymore. I still use the gum unless I'm at home, and then I'm smoking :( It's progress but I seriously need to never take another drag and I'm scared I can't do this.
ReplyDeleteThanks to everyone who shared what did/didn't work for them. I don't want to be a smoker anymore.
Oh, and I would almost sell an organ to be able to afford smoking rehab!!!! So jealous of Simon Cowell, but I do hope he is successful in kicking whatever his habit is.
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