Giving up smoking!!!

Smoking ages you
Along with sun damage and hard living, nicotine can add years to your appearance. According to Dr. Nicholas Perricone, dermatologist and author of The Perricone Prescription (HarperCollins), the effects of smoking in terms of ageing are significant. When we inhale just one puff of cigarette smoke, more than a trillion free radicals are produced in our lungs, which then trigger an inflammatory response that circulates throughout the body. And if that wasn't enough to persuade you to kick the habit, in 1985 the term 'smoker's face' was added to the medical dictionary. The characteristics of a smoker's face, which tends to make people look older than they are, was defined as the following:

Lines or wrinkles on the face, particularly radiating at right angles from the upper and lower lips or corners of the eyes, deep lines on the cheeks or numerous shallow lines on the cheeks and lower jaw.

A subtle gauntness of the features, with prominence of the underlying bony contours.

A grey skin palour.

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Originally Posted by chance

talking about pregnant women who still carry on puffing when preggers i think is discusting,think aout what you are doing to your unborn child.just an opinion,i can see both sides though...

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That is bad enuff but i really hate seeing woman who push thier pushchairs/prams with a fag in their hand!! all the smoke right near the baby and what if she dropped it!!!

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Originally Posted by chance

Smoking ages you
Along with sun damage and hard living, nicotine can add years to your appearance. According to Dr. Nicholas Perricone, dermatologist and author of The Perricone Prescription (HarperCollins), the effects of smoking in terms of ageing are significant. When we inhale just one puff of cigarette smoke, more than a trillion free radicals are produced in our lungs, which then trigger an inflammatory response that circulates throughout the body. And if that wasn't enough to persuade you to kick the habit, in 1985 the term 'smoker's face' was added to the medical dictionary. The characteristics of a smoker's face, which tends to make people look older than they are, was defined as the following:

Lines or wrinkles on the face, particularly radiating at right angles from the upper and lower lips or corners of the eyes, deep lines on the cheeks or numerous shallow lines on the cheeks and lower jaw.

A subtle gauntness of the features, with prominence of the underlying bony contours.

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well if that dosent put you off the ciggies nothing will!!!!

Unfortunately, I was one of those disgusting people that smoked during my first 2 pregnancies **boo hiss**. With Stephen I didn't know I was pregnant till I was 3 1/2 months gone and the midwives told me that it would put me under too much pressure to give up, therefore harming the unborn in that way, although I only smoked 5-10 a day at worst. I also smoked at weekends only when expecting Ciaran and again the midwives told me not to put myself under too much pressure to give up (even though the benefits speak for themselves) as that would cause my blood pressure to rise and would cause even more problems. Luckily, both of them were fine and healthy chaps. This time though, I gave up September in preparation for trying for this one, and haven't touched one since. I would never smoke around my boys though, and always go into my back garden, especially as I used to be the only smoker in the house. So I understand both sides of it and am certainly not proud of smoking during pregnancy - I was one of the lucky ones, others aren't so fortunate.

Just keep it up Willow, positive thinking. The main thing to realise is that you will feel like ******* for the first couple of months (or at least I know I did) but you know that your system is clearing all of the gunk through this and that you will feel 100 times better once you have got through it. My best bit of advice would be to throw everything away - ashtrays, lighters, fags etc and as much as you can change your routine (which is hard for us working gals) do so. But let us know how you do and we will support you all of the way!! :D

i guess i was just very lucky that it made me so ill and put me off evry time i got near a ciggie! otherwise i would have probabaly found it very hard to give up

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Originally Posted by chance

i know what you mean debs,it must be annoying for the person giving up to recieve advice off of people who know nothing about it as they have never had to give up or have never even smoked.

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Yes but only then it encoruages them to stop and they know people are behind them and they never smoked in the first place beacause they know its bad for them and that's why they are helping the smoker to stop.

Although they do say the ex-smokers are the worst - "if I can do it you can" etc, ut like you say, people who have never smoked don't know what it is like to try and give up!

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Originally Posted by jojomum28

Unfortunately, I was one of those disgusting people that smoked during my first 2 pregnancies **boo hiss**. With Stephen I didn't know I was pregnant till I was 3 1/2 months gone and the midwives told me that it would put me under too much pressure to give up, therefore harming the unborn in that way, although I only smoked 5-10 a day at worst. I also smoked at weekends only when expecting Ciaran and again the midwives told me not to put myself under too much pressure to give up (even though the benefits speak for themselves) as that would cause my blood pressure to rise and would cause even more problems. Luckily, both of them were fine and healthy chaps. This time though, I gave up September in preparation for trying for this one, and haven't touched one since. I would never smoke around my boys though, and always go into my back garden, especially as I used to be the only smoker in the house. So I understand both sides of it and am certainly not proud of smoking during pregnancy - I was one of the lucky ones, others aren't so fortunate.

Just keep it up Willow, positive thinking. The main thing to realise is that you will feel like ******* for the first couple of months (or at least I know I did) but you know that your system is clearing all of the gunk through this and that you will feel 100 times better once you have got through it. My best bit of advice would be to throw everything away - ashtrays, lighters, fags etc and as much as you can change your routine (which is hard for us working gals) do so. But let us know how you do and we will support you all of the way!! :D

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boo hiss! lol :)

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Originally Posted by .:SpIcYsPy:.

Yes but only then it encoruages them to stop and they know people are behind them and they never smoked in the first place beacause they know its bad for them and that's why they are helping the smoker to stop.

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yeah thats all very well but it must be annoying.

True, I will shut up then lol