12 août 2009
Quitting “You”
The real “you” never, ever
needed nicotine. You were fine
on your own. The real “you”
never experienced the artificial
highs brought on by elevated
nicotine levels or the
devastating lows that often
accompany withdrawal. We
typically functioned more
towards the center without
such violent or disturbing
neuro-chemical mood swings.
So what if you never, ever
needed to smoke, dip, chew or
suck nicotine again? What if
your mind was once again
itself, filled with a constant
sense of calmness and getting
its dopamine releases the
natural way, from great food,
big hugs, cool water, a sense of
accomplishment, friendship,
nurturing, love and intimacy? What if days, weeks or even months passed comfortably,
without once thinking about wanting to use nicotine? Would that be good thing or bad?
05 août 2009
Nicotine addiction
Nicotine addiction is about living a life of lies, deceit and denial. Forgetting the amazingly
calm and quiet mind we once called home our "pay attention" pathways were fooled into
establishing a new number one priority in life, obtaining that next fix. We are drug addicts
in the truest sense.
We may forget to take our vitamin or medicine, procrastinate regarding work, skip meals,
miss-out on time with family, friends or romance, but we would not forget or fail to
respond to the bell for our next nicotine feeding.
Knowledge is key in our quest to return home.
Knowledge, some form of ongoing support
and an appreciation of the truth that just one powerful hit of nicotine all but assures relapse.
Like an alcoholic pretending they can have "just one sip," toying with true chemical
addiction as though it were some "nasty little habit" is a recipe for relapse.
As you’re about to learn, there is only one rule that governs recovery. We call it the "Law
of Addiction." Break the law and you lay to waste all of your effort and dreams of a life
free of nicotine. Abide by it and failure becomes impossible. Knowledge is power!
09 juin 2009
Newport cigarettes ads
30 avril 2009
Smoking Mannerisms
Smoking Mannerisms
Usually the way we smoke is characteristic of our whole personality.
The mannerisms of smokers are innumerable. Some people always have
cigarettes drooping from their mouths. Others let the cigarette jump up
and down in their mouths while they are talking. Men sometimes complain
about the way women smoke: "A lot of women blow out the smoke with a
gust of wind, right into your face. They just puff it at you." Some
men, when they want to appear to be aggressive,
hold their cigarettes with thumb and forefinger so that the glowing end
shows toward the palm of the hand. Often smokers will assume a pose,
because they have found that it fits their personality best, or at
least they think so.
A not too modest glamor girl revealed to us some
of her "smoking secrets": "I think it looks so much better to smoke
with a holder. I studied that very carefully. Don't you think I'm
somewhat of a Latin type? It all really depends on what type you
are.... I always have holders that are long and dark. I think a long
holder is somewhat like a big hat: it's alluring and 'don't dare come
close' at the same time." While every smoker has to go through the
motions of lighting and inhaling the smoke, the way in which these acts
are carried out varies according to his mood. The nervous smoker has a
faster smoking tempo than the relaxed one. The angry smoker blows the
smoke in an aggressive way, almost as if he were trying to blow
somebody down. A smoker who is about to ask for a raise in salary will
press his lips tightly around the cigarette as if to gain courage by
holding it that way. "Smoking Helps Me Think"
The mind can concentrate best when all outside stimuli have been
excluded. Smoking literally provides a sort of "smoke screen" that
helps to shut out distractions.
This explains why many people who were
interviewed reported that they cannot think or write without a
cigarette. They argued that moderate smoking may even stimulate mental
alertness. It gives us a focal point for our attention. It also gives
our hands something to do; otherwise they might make us self-conscious
and interfere with mental activity. On the other hand, our respondents
admit that smoking too much may reduce their efficiency. Cigarettes
Help Us to Relax One shortcoming of our modern culture is the universal
lack of adequate relaxation. Many of us not only do not know how to
relax, but do not take time to learn.
Smoking helps us to relax
because, like music, it is rhythmic. Smoking gives us a legitimate
excuse to linger a little longer after meals, to stop work for a few
minutes, to sit at home without doing anything that requires effort.
Here is a nostalgic comment contributed by a strong defender of
smoking: "After a long day's work, to get home and sit in a chair and
stretch my legs 'way out, and then to sit back and just smoke a
cigarette and think of nothing, just blow the smoke in the air - that's
what I like to do when I've had a pretty tough day."
26 mars 2009
Chesterfield cigarette trademark
Chesterfield was featured as the sponsor on some of the Dragnet radio
series. In the 1960's, print ads for Chesterfield featured color
photographs of 4 smokers from various walks of life with the headline
"Chesterfield People: They like a mild smoke, but they don't like
Filters." In the late 1960's, when other trademarks brought out
Extra-long 100 millimeter length Cigarettes, Chesterfield exposed its
own version under the brand name 101. The name came from the fact that
it was 101 millimeters in length, 1 millimeter longer than its
participants. That fact was the base for it’s advertise slogan "a silly
millimeter longer", which was used in TV commercials sung to the tune
of the popular Ritchie Valens song "La Bamba".
In the 20th century, the
Chesterfield cigarette trademark was one of the most distinguished in
the world and one of the three most smoked cigarettes. Chesterfield was
a favorite of Hollywood immense such as Lucille Ball, James Dean and
Humphrey Bogart along with other well-known names both on the silver
screen and the television. They put out a special red Christmas Edition
pack of cigarettes that symbolized the international love for the
Chesterfield brand.
The Chesterfield brand name was very involved in
American society in the early 20th century and until the new laws
banned the tobacco industry from many forms of advertising.
Chesterfield sponsored many early Radio and Television Shows such as
Glenn Miller’s Radio Show and early editions of Dragnet and Gunsmoke.
The cigarettes were also featured in several popular movies, but now
that the laws have limited them you might not see them very often any
more.
10 mars 2009
Zino Davidoff
Zino Davidoff has set up its first cigarette, famous Davidoff Magnum,
only for connoisseurs of tobacco. The steadily keeping its basic
principles "of a minimum level of quality", he then created the Premium
Line - a set of compositions, which deservedly received worldwide as a
symbol of clever work, excellent taste and elegance.
An unusual amount of cigarettes and possessing noble aroma of dark
orange tobacco Virginia, collected on four continents, makes smoking
cigarettes davidoff magnum classes, enriching our exceptional
experience.