Quote Originally Posted by Tfpets View Post
In the back of my mind, no matter who it is, if I know you smoke, your IQ dropped by 50%!
Well I guess I'm fortunate my IQ is pretty high to begin with

Thank you all so much for your input. It helps to know that I'm not the only one who has such a hard time with this! My primary issue is that I don't want to be a slave to it anymore. After reading what some of you have said, I started thinking about it and I literally plan my life around smoking!

I've heard the e-cigarettes are helpful, but I have concerns that mimicking the habit like that could just prolong the quitting process. I think I'm going to shoot for cold turkey. If I find that it's just too tough, I'll throw in some Nicorette.

January 1, that's the day. With any luck, I'll be a nonsmoker before I turn 35 (later in January), and with even more luck I won't look like I'm 62 when I'm 35!