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Posted over 5 years ago This two websites are FULL of valuable infromation for nurses on how to stop smoking...aslo interesting information on nurses who smoke and patient interaction, education and teaching.
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| Posted over 5 years ago i quit smoking the summer before i started Nursing school....Now that i am a non smoker i can smell a smoker from miles away.....i cant imagine standing over my patients smelling like a smoke.....I took Chantix and it worked wonderful for me |
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| Posted over 5 years ago I quit smoking 20 years ago this April. One of those decisions that I have never regretted. I have watched family members struggle for years trying to quit. My older sister will stay quit for a year or so and pick one up and be smoking again, then quit again. My brother has never quit for more than 2 days. My younger sister quit with each of her three pregnancies and began again as soon as the babies were born. My mother quit in the hospital after being diagnosed with COPD, emphesema, and adrenal carcinoma- she began again before she died too early at 64. My dad quit on many occasions, he tried many methods and was able to stay off for a month here and there, but always went back. He died this month at 66 with a massive heart attack. He had tried Chantix, but found himself with migraines and so gave up using this tool. My husband of 20 years has tried numerous times to quit. Smoking is an addiction and we all need to be educated and supportive in curing this addiction. |
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| Posted over 5 years ago michellegtcc said: Cool beans! I hear ya on smoker's smell. I dated a man for sometime who was a smoker...I now have "must be non-smoker" high on my date/boyfriend list. He tried Wellbutrin. It worked when he rememberd to take it. To satisfy his nicotine craving he would sometimes dip toothpicks into cinnamon oil. While in nursing school I became aware of how many nurses smoke. It was amazing... bj |
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| Posted over 5 years ago Hi,
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| Posted over 5 years ago vickielee1970 said: Hi, Thanks for sharing your story, and Congratulations on not smoking for two years! Woo-Hoo! I am sad to hear about your parents, and losing your dad just this year. I hope things only get better for you and your family in 2008! Thanks again, Bobbi |
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| Posted over 5 years ago My school is going smoke free next Fall........Im so happy...This will be the last area that i have to be around smokers......I usually do ok with not wanting to join them ...but sometimes when im stressed i dont think it helps for there to be smokers around me.......Who would have ever thought so much of North Carolina (tobacco city) would have so many public places go smoke free...........My grand mother passed away 3 years ago from lung cancer...i dont ever want to put my family through that pain.......I miss her dearly.... |
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| Posted over 5 years ago michellegtcc said: I have found that alot of campus/schools are going smoke free...at least here in Alaska. Anchorage (largest city in state) just went smoke free in bars this summer...odd, people still drink and just step out to smoke now. :) Even when 30 below you got your die hards...I been there, not going back! |
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| Posted over 5 years ago Personally, I think smoking bans in bars/restaurants are really annoying. I believe that the private sector should regulate the private sector; and should be able to make their own choices based on a tax-and-license system. Living in Chicago, there have always been many popular non-smoking bars, clubs, restaurants, etc.; and I just don't like the further encroachment of the Nanny State. That said, thank you so much for the website... I will definitely make sure to peruse this while doing homework (and hopefully not smoking!) |
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| Posted over 5 years ago margaritka said: I dont know if you read any of my suggestions as to things to do with your hands...some people who are smokers need to have that smoke in their hand, and especially during stressful situations (nursing school, exams, long hours, etc). A few ideas: tootsie pops, ice cream stick or toothpicks dipped in your favorite flavor oil (some like hot stuff like cininamon) a cocktail straw. What ever floats your boat! Good luck, bj |
