Re: Lung cancer and lifetime riskIn article <2ea3448a-535c-4f87-a426-b8b30d54532d@a70g2000hsh.googlegroups,com >,
upinsmoke <jpinto08@gmail,com > wrote:
>> In article <13ca420e-550f-462d-8406-7b9bca11b...@34g2000hsf.googlegroups,com >,
>> >> In article
><4c963ca2-15d6-4b63-8125-fd91bc314...@w1g2000prd.googlegroups,com >,
>>
>> >> >Hi Bruce,
>> >> >I found a previous post by you in which you say that nicotine does
>> >> >nothing but make you want more nicotine. I spoke to a
>> >> >psychopharmacholgist out of Stanford about smoking a pipe, and he told
>> >> >me that nicotine stimulates the dopamine receptors in the brain,
>> >> >leading to a sense of pleasure and well being. I think you should
>> >> >check up on this statement and verify it for yourself.
>>
>> >> Describe the "pleasure" and "well-being" you get from nicotine.
>>
>> >> Don't be vague. Don't call it a "buzz." That's meaningless.
>> >> Give it some thought.
>>
>> >> Try to convince a nonsmoker it's something they should try.
>>
>> >> The nonsmoker doesn't need nicotine to feel pleasure or
>> >> have a sense of well-being. Make your best case.
>>
>> >so-called hypocrite?
>>
>> I used to smoke. There may have been some pleasure in the beginning.
>> Or not. Maybe I was rationalizing just as much as nicotine
>> addicts here do. But in the later years before I quit, I was
>> just maintaining. Fixing. Getting back to a normal nonsmokers
>> are always at.
>>
>> You can describe all kinds of things about cigarettes, cigars
>> and pipe tobacco, but when it comes down to it, after you
>> get past the packaging and window dressing, smokers of
>> all kinds are just feeding the jones.
>>
>Bruce, you always give us bullshit on smoking and you yourself are a
>past smoker?? You guys are the worse man! You are most likely a closet
>puffer and this is your way of dealing with it....nice!
Once you've been taken in by a fraud, you learn.
Except if you're a nicotine addict. They just come back for more.
I haven't smoked for almost 32 years.
When I quit, I quit. I did not weasel out by taking up
cigars or the pipe.
Trust ex-smokers. They've been there. They know.