• tomi000@lemmy.world
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    While I hate cigarettes as much as the next guy, the stuff in parantheses doesnt really make sense as most of those are used for a million other things. How about

    H2O(Urine)
    Salt(Hydrochloric acid, deadly)

    Really no need to exaggerate the harm of cigarettes, theyre literally deadly enough.

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    4 days ago

    here’s a markdown formatted quit plan for your notes app (based on this) with bullets for common answers to the questions that you can delete if they don’t apply / keep or add ones that do.

    # Quit Plan
    
    ---
    
    ## Quit Date
    _Choose a date within the next two weeks._
    
    **Quit Date:** [YYYY-MM-DD]
    
    **What to expect**
    - **1 week:** Nicotine is out of your system  
    - **2 weeks:** Physical withdrawal symptoms fade  
    - **1 month:** Habit- and emotion-driven cravings may continue  
    
    ---
    
    ## Reasons for Quitting
    
    - Feel healthier / Live longer
    - Save Money
    - See my kids grow up / set a better example
    - Look healthier / smell better
    - Reduce stress between uses
    
    
    ---
    
    ## Triggers
    _Knowing your triggers helps you plan around them._
    
    ### Emotional
    - Feeling stressed
    - Feeling anxious
    - Feeling down
    - Feeling lonely
    - Feeling bored
    - After conflict
    
    ### Situational
    - Talking on the phone
    - Drinking alcohol
    - Watching TV
    - Driving
    - Finishing a meal
    - Drinking coffee
    - Work breaks
    - After sex
    
    ### Social / Environmental
    - Bars or parties
    - Social events
    - Seeing someone else smoke
    
    ---
    
    ## Coping Strategies
    
    ### If your hands or mouth need something to do
    - Hold a straw or pen and focus on breathing
    - Fidget with a coin or paperclip
    
    ### If you use tobacco to manage stress or mood
    - Slow breathing or short bursts of exercise
    - Talk it out with someone you trust
    
    ### If boredom or restlessness is the problem
    _Keep a short “craving list”:_
      - [TASK]
      - [TASK]
      - [TASK]
    
    ### If you feel irritable or anxious without nicotine
    - Consider nicotine replacement (patch, gum, lozenge)
    
    ### If you used tobacco for energy
    - Light exercise
    - Regular meals and healthy snacks
    - Adequate sleep
    
    ### If you used tobacco for pleasure or relaxation
    _Substitute another reward:_
      - Music
      - Movies
      - Saving money for something specific
    
    ---
    
    ## Remove Reminders
    _(Before Quit Day)_
    - Wash clothes that smell like smoke
    - Clean your car
    - Discard tobacco, lighters, ashtrays
    - Place coping tools where tobacco used to be
    
    ---
    
    ## Support (Optional)
    _Quitting is easier with backup._
    - [NAME / ROLE]
    - [NAME / ROLE]
    
    ---
    
    ## Personal Notes
    
    

    …and if you’re a transgirl I’d like to add to your reasons list that estrogen + smoking significantly increases the coagulability of your blood. I’ve had several transgirl patients with DVTs / PEs / strokes even who did not know that can happen!

    • ben@lemmy.zip
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      It’s less what’s in the chicken nugget and more what isn’t in the chicken nugget

      Not really any nutritional value mixed with a lot of sugars and fats

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    4 days ago

    they convinced a whole new gen of teens that vaping is worse than cigs they are literally fine with ppl smoking and go at least you arent vaping

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    on the other hand tobacco causes extreme addiction which is for about 15 minutes very fun when satiatied