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Post April 6th, 2009, 3:21 pm

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The problem is that cigarettes don't cost the same at every shop ... It doesn't have a fixed price like gas (petrol), so you'll have to track it per brand per shop.

In USA Gas costs different per state (Between some states as far as I noticed from my travels) and sometimes per gas station (In the same state).

Wow, that's cool. I think we're not big enough for that ...
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Post April 6th, 2009, 3:21 pm

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Post April 6th, 2009, 3:26 pm

lol, I don't really think that's cool.

Let's say I go to one gas station and buy 15 gallons of gas at $1.90 per gallon and then on my way home I see a gas station selling the same gas at $1.85 per gallon. That's $0.75 difference... not much, but it's still something you could have saved... (Prices don't reflect the real prices we/I pay today, but is very close to it :lol:).

It's just that bigger gas stations could stand to loose 5-10 cents on gas and they make up that loss and more from soda and other stuff they sell inside.
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Post April 6th, 2009, 3:54 pm

Bogey, you're right - not cool. lol That's just how it is, I guess. I work 45 mins away from my home, and there's on average a 15 cent difference, so I have to try to remember to fill up before I get low enough that I can't make it back, or I pay the difference. *shrug*
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Post April 16th, 2009, 2:08 pm

i dont smoke but I know how hard to quit because of my father...so good job ATNO/TW..I salute you, hope you will not find a way to go back again in smoking...

cheers!!
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Post April 16th, 2009, 2:10 pm

How long we up to now ATNO?
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Post April 16th, 2009, 2:56 pm

UPSGuy wrote:
How long we up to now ATNO?


You must have missed page two:
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I had quit and was doing great for 4 months. Got a little stressed and started back a few weeks ago. I do intend to stop again before summer gets here. Just too much money and I hate the way I feel
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Post April 16th, 2009, 3:58 pm

Doh, I read it a while ago, just forgot. O_o Well, I'm rootin for ya, I quit when I moved from Memphis to Nashville cold-turkey. Just never worked it back into my schedule after moving and soon enough, I forgot about it.

Hope ya can kick it soon.
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Post April 16th, 2009, 11:09 pm

I have done 30 since xmas.. not bad really after 30 years smoking the horrid things. I was going well until I got beaten up 3 weeks ago.. Needed that old friend to make me feel better then took 2 weeks to get rid of them again.

It's possible.. I know it is, but addictions can come back and bite you when you get down.. and that sucks XD
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Post April 17th, 2009, 5:50 am

On a side note my mother did multiple things to stop smoking for the past 15 years, first started cold turkey worked for a year... and then she started again with her divorce then decided on some pills... she stopped for a month and gave in again. Then maybe 3 years later went on to try Hypnosis which worked for a year and half maybe two.. The last shot was the good one I think shes now been off cigarettes for 3 years going on 4. She went to a specialised clinic where they cleaned her entire body of the cigarette, she ended up having kidney stones because of it.. but after her very first treatment, everytime she smelled cigarette she felt like throwing up. So the envy to smoke was never there and till this day her new fiance is a smoker and NEVER does she think of wanting a drag. I'll look into the name of the treatment.

It really did an amazing job for her.
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Post April 18th, 2009, 4:03 am

Well Done Mark! Stick to it! Left it now some 20 years ago after smoking for almost same number of years. I still kick my self for having starting to do so in the first place.
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Post April 18th, 2009, 7:21 am

wow...
you really do that right now!

congratulations!
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Post April 18th, 2009, 8:14 am

Well, I just got down to the last one that I had and made the decision NOT to go to the store to buy more. Going to give it my best shot to just stop cold turkey without the Chantix this time (although I do have a few pills left in a pinch).
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Post April 18th, 2009, 8:29 am

ATNO/TW wrote:
Well, I just got down to the last one that I had and made the decision NOT to go to the store to buy more. Going to give it my best shot to just stop cold turkey without the Chantix this time (although I do have a few pills left in a pinch).

Good luck ATNO... I don't know how hard it is to quit smoking since I have never smoked, but... good luck
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Post April 19th, 2009, 4:37 pm

Good luck! I'll be hopin for ya.
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Post May 7th, 2009, 12:55 am

I started smoking at the age of 14, I was up to 3 packs a day up until 2 years ago. I tried auricular therapy and never had another craving at all. Not even one. amazing!

Just another idea in case the chantrix doesn't work. Good luck!

Here's a link with a little bit of info.
http://www.neurologyassocinc.com/stopsmoking.shtml
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