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Congratulations Andy . Keep up the great work

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Not today, 4 weeks into my journey. NOPE!

So glad to hear this. Its it jusy great to enjoy this little wins and successes. Rather than looking at what we are missing, look at what we are gaining! Keep going quit buddy, we got this! 👊🏼

How many thousands of years did people smoke tobacco before tobacco smoke started causing cancer? Tobacco smoke has caused cancer since humans first lit a leaf on fire 5,000 years ago. Yet, lung cancer was virtually nonexistent until a 19th-century innovation changed the smoke itself. Indigenous peoples in the Americas cultivated and smoked tobacco for millennia before European contact. The reason they avoided a lung cancer epidemic lies not in the plant, but in how it was consumed. Early tobacco was incredibly harsh. Because the smoke was highly alkaline, taking a deep breath of it would trigger a violent coughing fit. Instead of inhaling into the lungs, smokers puffed tobacco in pipes or wrapped in leaves, absorbing the nicotine through the mucous membranes of the mouth. This practice caused lip, mouth, and throat cancers, but it left the deep tissues of the lungs largely untouched. Furthermore, ancient tobacco use was often ceremonial, medicinal, or occasional. The modern concept of a "pack-a-day" habit—lighting up 20 times from morning to night—was practically impossible before mass production. Even if early smokers had inhaled deeply, lung cancer takes decades of accumulated genetic damage to develop. Before modern medicine and sanitation, most people died of infectious diseases long before cancer could form. The lung cancer epidemic was created by two 19th-century innovations that fundamentally changed how humans interacted with the plant. First, in the 1830s, farmers in North Carolina discovered "flue-curing," a heating process that turned the tobacco leaves yellow and made the smoke milder and slightly acidic. For the first time, smokers could inhale deeply, drawing carcinogens directly into the vulnerable air sacs of the lungs. Second, in 1880, James Albert Bonsack invented a machine that automated cigarette rolling. Before Bonsack, a skilled worker could roll about four cigarettes a minute. His machine could churn out 200 per minute, dropping the price of cigarettes and making them ubiquitous. An 1888 illustration of the Bonsack cigarette rolling machine, which automated tobacco production. Source: Wikimedia Commons. Coupled with the invention of cheap safety matches, smoking transformed from an occasional, harsh ritual into a daily, inhalable habit. The plant never changed its biology; industrialization simply engineered a way to deliver its carcinogens directly to the lungs, hundreds of times a week.

Yes I will have to poke in there sometime 😊

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G’day NOPE .....Not One Puff Ever. Lota creek

Your doing great I kept busy too… Play the games we have here , it keeps your mind active and busy too 🐸

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Hello and welcome @HimalayanClimber So glad you found us Keeping a blog has worked very well for some folks We have tons of great information here Maybe spend the days waiting for your Quit date to read all you can Watch all the videos You’ll need all the tools in your toolbox to help you through the early days Have to agree about slips , there is no such thing , when you throw away your quit it’s you deciding to end your fabulous quit . Keep all your thoughts positive not negatives Looking forward to getting to know you better 🐸

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Excellent plan @HimalayanClimber! I'm very impressed by not only your planning but your expectations and your statedaim to focus on the small positives you begin to notice as your quit progresses. Quitting is a journey not a sprint so as you say it's best to take it a day or even a moment at a time. Looking too far ahead can make the process seem overwhelming. Another resourse here on the forum is a thread on themain home page titled "The Daily NOPE Pledge". It's a thread where we can go each day and pledge to NOPE (Not One Puff Ever). Some people find it a great way to reaffirm evech day that you are committed to not smoking just for today! Another resourse you may want to check out if you're into watching videos, is the Thread on the main home page titled "Joel Spitzer's Quit Smoking VideoLibrary". There are a collection of quit smoking videos there that examine some of the odd reasons we giive ourselves as to why we smoke and seemingly enjoy it when the reality is the opposite from enjoyment. In any case, we'll all be watching for your quit start day and cheering you on along the way. If you can any questions or comments or just want to rant a little, by all means, this is the place to do it. We've all been standing at Base Camp looking up at the mountain we wanted to scale so we know generally what you'll be going through.

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