Smoking...

So, my aunt gave me one of those Biogen chip cards that supposedly helps you cut back on smoking and makes quitting easier...
It was bought down in some part of the country I haven't visited yet, so I've never seen one before...
Look, I really want to quit smoking, but I honestly have no idea how to actually do it...😕
It’s basically this little card with a round metal chip embedded in it. You just tuck it into your cigarette pack, and apparently, it somehow draws the nicotine right out of the cigarette...
Does anyone here actually know how this works? Has anyone seen these being sold in the States???
According to the packaging, it reduces:
-Toxic CO levels in the lungs by 21%
-The heavy smell of smoke and ash
-Throat irritation and coughing
-The total number of cigarettes smoked
-Nicotine addiction by 90%
-Helps with the whole weaning process
-Improves your overall health

And the instructions even claim that the smoke coming out of the cigarette isn't as harmful anymore—not even for second-hand smokers or a small child in the same room...
I don't know how much truth there is to any of this, but I guess I'll give it a shot...
The idea is that it helps your body get used to lacking nicotine, though later on, I'll still need to break the habit of just having a cigarette constantly in my hand...it supposedly takes about 2 or 3 months for the whole process...
Has anyone actually tried this thing? Does it actually work???
And if you happen to know what these chip cards cost, let me know...

Honestly, I have zero interest in quitting smoking. I’m actually loving it. I know I could stop whenever I felt like it, but I just don't want to.

Must be nice for you, being able to just walk away whenever you feel like it...
But I can't. I really can't. And instead of actually helping me, you're just sitting there pushing those cigarettes on me...
You are such a jerk...😁

Just go outside totally naked and barefoot and let yourself get sick. Your throat will hurt so much you WON'T BE ABLE TO SMOKE even if you really wanted to. And then you'll be out for a few months... if you survive, you made it! 👍

Are you sure you want to quit?

Look, I honestly can't believe this stuff might actually help my sore throat... I had my tonsils ripped out about a year ago, and what did I do? Started smoking right after the surgery...
Am I certain about this? Absolutely...
If this doesn't give me some relief, then that chip thing is it. I'll toss them all in the trash and finally give it everything I've got to quit once and for all... 😉
By the way, have you ever heard of that device? It looks just like a metal coin embedded in a cardboard card...

Sean Brown makes a solid point. If you’re truly committed to making a change, you can pull it off without breaking a sweat. I look at it through the lens of my old man, who quit smoking ten years ago. He lost his brother because he lived such an unhealthy lifestyle, and seeing that was the wake-up call he needed to never touch a cigarette again.

Don't sit around playing games with "trying" to quit; just push yourself until it finally clicks and becomes your reality. Until that moment happens, you don't stand a chance.

Yeah, my uncle used to say the exact same thing: "I can't quit even if I tried."
Then he ended up having a heart attack—thankfully a mild one. After that, he didn't touch a cigarette again.
The point is, he was able to do it, so you probably can too. He’d been smoking for thirty years straight and just quit overnight.

Just wait until you have a heart attack—then maybe you can try quitting.

rapidtiger352 said:It’s basically just this card with a little circular metal chip on it that you slide right into your cigarette pack, and then supposedly it pulls the nicotine out of the cigarette itself...

Total smoke and mirrors.

Just buy some candy instead—maybe that'll help you quit smoking! 😎

Or you could just, I don't know, drive your husband crazy... so he stays awake and doesn't sleep. 🙂

So, you're saying there's no support needed if you just want to quit smoking?
That's coming from someone who used to smoke four packs a day—80 cigarettes daily, right?
I guess it really just comes down to making a choice and having the willpower. If you decide to quit, it has to be a firm "no." Not a "maybe I will" or a "I'll give it a shot," but a straight-up "no." That's just how I see it.
But then again, I suppose everyone has to know where their own limit is.

Saw this on TV not too long ago, one of those sensationalist news segments—you know the type, where they claim some "unbelievable" patent is about to wreck the entire tobacco industry and stuff like that.
Basically, it supposedly does everything you're talking about, and they even had some scientist on there to back it up, but still... sounds pretty sketchy, right?

🙂

Coming from someone who used to smoke four packs a day—80 cigarettes...??

Assuming you weren't awake 24/7...that's over three cigarettes an hour.
If you actually got 5 or 6 hours of sleep...we're looking at roughly four per hour.
Go ahead. Tell me you were joking.🙂

John Ward98 said:It was on TV not too long ago, one of those sensationalist news segments—you know the type, "unbelievable patent that Big Tobacco is fighting to suppress," blah blah blah...
Basically, apparently it does everything you’re claiming, and they even had some scientist on there confirming it, but still... sounds a bit fishy, doesn't it?

🙂

I called my aunt in Washington, D.C. and she told me three girls from her office finally quit smoking...
That little card helped them out; it only lasts for four months, but it worked...
It isn't even expensive $50...
And one girl used to smoke two packs a day, and now she's down to just three cigarettes...
I've been using mine for ten days now but I don't feel a massive difference yet, maybe they're a bit weaker and the smoke smells less...
Plus, the instructions actually say you'll crave cigarettes even more at the start because there's no nicotine in them...
Well, I'll let you all know how it goes in a month or so...😎

Igor DRAGOJEVIC from Washington, D.C. has managed to grab everyone's attention with his BioGen chip card... he's already seeing actual business offers roll in. This BioGen chip fits right into a cigarette pack. According to the inventor, it actually alters how tobacco burns. The result? Lower carbon monoxide production, which means less harm to the smoker and less toxic smoke lingering in indoor spaces. He even claims this card could help people quit smoking altogether—it even earned some recognition from the United States Patent and Trademark Office...

I quit smoking because I refuse to let my kids say, "Dad died of lung cancer because he was a smoker."

casualstag38 said:So you're telling me this smoker used to go through four packs a day—like, 80 cigarettes total??

Assuming you weren't sleeping... that would be more than three cigarettes an hour...
If you were getting maybe 5 or 6 hours of sleep... then it's roughly four cigarettes per hour..
Go ahead, just tell me you were kidding.🙂

Man, I wish I was joking.
Honestly, I was hitting three packs a day when I got about 7 hours of sleep, but if I was up for most of the night, it was probably 4 packs or even more.
Back then, my motto was basically "don't let the light go out."
And honestly, I know a few guys who still smoke way more than I ever did.
<If I had a do-over, I’d keep everything else the same, but I definitely wouldn't touch a cigarette again.

You might want to look into hypnosis; I've heard it can really help people quit. There's this specialist out in Santa Monica who works with it, though I don't know much else about his practice.

My grandad used to smoke about 60 cigarettes a day and treated whiskey like it was plain water... somehow, he still made it to 84. He probably would've even lived longer, too, if it wasn't for some anesthesiologist who went way too heavy on the meds when he went under for cataract surgery.