Quit smoking for YOU, not her.

That way, you will actually quit!

I appreciate all the support, thanx!

HWD: I did quit smoking for myself, mainly for my health. I'm making alot of changes to better myself. :wink:

Do some research on that Chantix, if you decide to go that route. There's a lot of bad press about it lately.

I did research it online, and they main things are the withdrawls, vivid dreams and irritablity.
But do actually have a sister that was a heavy smoker/drinker in two days she would only go outside and stand next to her cigarette, The nicotine patches can and do cause many of the same side affects and there isn't as much of an uproar. Also someone from my church quit using chantix (prescription required btw) and same thing, two days and had to stand next to the cigarette instead of smoking it.

PS
He said he already quit.
I think it is going to get bad press because it now will compete with the tobacco industry smokes and the nicotine patches/ gum. The would hate to lose all that money. They do say don't mix with alcohol and Im sure that's true but my sister is a healthy drinker ( Im not talking soda either).

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080521/faa_c..._ban.html?.v=3

FAA bans Pfizer's Chantix following report
Wednesday May 21, 6:23 pm ET
By Damian J. Troise, AP Business Writer
Pfizer's Chantix banned for pilots, air traffic controllers following report on side effects

NEW YORK (AP) -- Pfizer Inc.'s once promising anti-smoking drug Chantix received another blow Wednesday after a nonprofit group's report about serious physical side effects prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to ban the drug's use by pilots and air traffic controllers.
The report, from the Institute for Safe Medication Practices, points out hundreds of serious problems reported since the popular drug was approved in May 2006, including dizziness, loss of consciousness, seizures, and abnormal spasms and movements.

"We have immediate safety concerns about the use of varenicline (Chantix) among persons operating aircraft, trains, buses and other vehicles, or in other settings where a lapse in alertness or motor control could lead to massive, serious injury," the researchers said in the report.

FAA spokesman Les Dorr said the Chantix ban is effective immediately and that the agency was notifying unions representing pilots and controllers. He said the FAA is unaware of any aviation accident caused or contributed to by Chantix.

Pfizer, in a statement, reaffirmed its stand on the drug's safety and said the label already contains safety warnings about driving or operating machinery.

"It is important to understand the limitations of spontaneous adverse event reporting," the company said. "Often these reports lack sufficient medical information and/or have confounding factors that prevent a meaningful assessment of causality."

The report specifically cites 173 serious events described as accidental injuries, including 28 road accidents and 77 falls. There were also 68 cases of blurred vision, 86 cases involving seizures and 372 reports of movement disorders. The researchers recommended the Food and Drug Administration undertake an epidemiological study to assess potential risks.

The regulatory agency has been under fire for its lack of post-approval tracking of prescription drugs, following several drug safety issues.

Congress last year gave the FDA the authority to order drug label changes and conduct more safety studies after several medicines, including Merck & Co.'s blockbuster Vioxx, were pulled from the market because of their safety risks.

The Institute for Safe Medication Practices' report and Wednesday's move by the FAA come months after the FDA said the connection between Chantix and serious psychiatric problems is "increasingly likely." Pfizer had already added stronger warnings to the drug's label before that opinion was released in February.

New guidelines released this month by the U.S. Public Health Service recommend doctors prescribe the drug to help smokers quit. The new guidelines mention links to depression and suicidal behavior but also say the popular drug is the most effective at helping people get off cigarettes.

Chantix sales totaled $277 million during the first three months of 2008, an increase of 71 percent from a year earlier. For full-year 2007, the drug had sales of $883 million.

AP Business Writer Dan Caterinicchia in Washington contributed to this report.

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Feds Ban Truckers, Bus Drivers From Using Chantix
WASHINGTON (CBS) ― Truckers and bus drivers will be unable to sit behind the wheel if they are using the drug Chantix.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced that the use of the anti-smoking pill may adversely affect a driver's ability to safely operate a commercial motor vehicle.

Last Wednesday the FAA banned the use of Chantix among pilots and air traffic controllers.

The U.S. Food and Drug administration recently issued a public health advisory on Chantix on the drug's serious side effects, including violent behavior and suicidal thoughts.

The FMCSA, a division of the Department of Transportation, issued this statement KTVT: "The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's (FMCSA) regulations for the medical qualification of interstate truck and bus drivers prohibit the use of prescribed substances or drugs that adversely affect the driver's ability to safely operate a commercial motor vehicle."

"The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves medications for use, and has recently issued a public health advisory on Chantix (Varenicline). FMCSA's rules defer to the physicians and health care professionals to determine driver medical fitness for duty, which includes when a medication has actual and potential side effects that could impact safe driving."

"While we do not name any medications, such as Chantix, in FMCSA regulations, it appears that medical examiners should not certify a driver taking Chantix because the medication may adversely affect the driver's ability to safely operate a commercial motor vehicle."

"We are committed to ensuring safety on America's highways and we will continue our ongoing effort to review all FMCSA medical standards, including prescription drugs."

I'm doing the cold turkey method. :shock: :evil: :lol:

That's the only way to do it. Once your mind is made up, the rest will follow. All the stop smoking aids in the world won't help you quit of you don't WANT to.


BOL to ya!!!!

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Best of luck neighbor! So far, 11 seems to be a lucky number. That's when I hung it up too. A couple of months now, I guess, and I still have no regrets. I'm a changed man in a lot of ways.

I hope you can quit the butts too. That's one thing I haven't managed yet.

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I sure hope you are talking about cigarettes :lol: :lol: